• The brief: A young Bordeaux couple, parents of a first child and expecting a second, wanted to leave their Haussmannian apartment in central Bordeaux to move closer to nature and the ocean. This newly built 167 m² home, which they commissioned in La Teste-de-Buch, was set to become the backdrop of a new family life. Our mission covered a large part of the spaces: the living room, the dining room, the home office, the hallways, the stairwell, the entrance hall and the master bedroom. The challenge: composing with the timber architecture typical of Arcachon Bay homes while reintegrating the antique and vintage pieces dear to our client, creating an eclectic atmosphere where coastal spirit dialogues with the charm of the past.

• The living room is articulated around two sofas in light tones, bringing warmth and luminosity, paired with two enveloping armchairs that invite conversation. Swivel-mounted, these armchairs offer a 360° view of the room and the nearby wood-burning stove; their green hue echoes the surrounding nature. A walnut and travertine coffee table, matched to the sideboard, warms the whole composition, underlined by a vintage-style rug.

• The home office was designed to optimise the space: open to the living area but concealable when needed, and fitted with integrated storage. A bespoke unit gives true unity to the room, while natural-toned Roman blinds allow the view to be filtered as desired.

• The master bedroom was built around a specific request: keeping a heirloom Empire-style chest of drawers and creating a colonial-inspired atmosphere. A tropical wallpaper in pastel tones, materials such as linen and rattan, and beautiful bedside tables echoing the chest of drawers compose a refined cocoon.

• The upper hallway and stairwell are structured by a tone-on-tone dado rail that gives character to the walls. The upper-floor decoration is anchored by paintings in the colours of the Arcachon Bay, signed by the artist Nicolas Seurot, while a cascade of greenery dresses the staircase, bringing freshness and life.

• At the entrance, a walnut and travertine console echoes the living room, topped by a magnificent mirror with gilded mouldings that sets the tone for the whole home: cohesion between two worlds, the antique and the contemporary.

Our goal was for the clients to feel fully at home reclaiming the architecture typical of the Arcachon Bay and turning it into the setting of their new life. Our craft is not about reproducing projects that all look alike, but about designing interiors that deeply resemble those who live in them, adapted to their lifestyle, their constraints and their story.