For this 10th edition of Vintage Sapique, let me tell you about one of the masterpieces of Studio Sapique: the suspended staircase. It was created using reinforced concrete poured in shape, finished with polished marble steps, and brass railing. I wasn't very fond of the brass, so I painted it lilac ( so so ) Read article…
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Marimekko Helsinki map
Finland is placed very high on my places-I-want-to-visit wishlist. And not in the last place because of Marimekko. I remember my mother wearing a Marimekko shirt & skirt in the 80s. They were made with the softest jersey and had a timeless fit. When in London I picked up a free copy of the Marimekko Read article…
Vintage Sapique 9
High on our renovation-wishlist is our bathroom. When we moved in in 2004, we installed a temporary shower cabin & renewed the toilet. But we dream of a real bathroom with tiles or tadelakt, a double shower and enough place to store new towels. I created this Pinterest inspiration board for our new bathroom… The Read article…
Vintage Sapique 8
The former laboratory of Studio Sapique is bigger than a regular Parisian apartment. More than 90sqm for which we haven't found a purpose yet. It could become an art gallery, a pop-up restaurant, a conference room, a stand alone apartment we could rent out, a ballroom, an indoor campsite. Anything really. For the moment it Read article…
Vintage Sapique 7
Studio Sapique used to be a factory where chemicals were treated. Even in the 60s this meant safety regulations. In the laboratory they had a required chemical shower in case anything went wrong (you can see the red shower head in the Billy on the right). There was also a big blue fire sand bucket Read article…
Wally says hi!
A sunny morning at Studio Sapique: Wally says hi! Hope you'll all have a great week wherever you are!
Vintage Sapique 6
Remember the vintage neon letters in our guestroom that deserved a blogpost on their own? Well here it goes. When we settled in our village in France 10 years ago, I fell in love with the signage of an abandoned restaurant nearby. The typography was so beautiful! During the renovation of the restaurant many years Read article…
Vintage Sapique 5
One of many surprises at Studio Sapique was discovered in the entry greenhouse. As the building was abandoned a few years before we moved in, the greenhouse needed some serious attention. It was a very humid space with lots of fertile tropical plants, dead wood and tiny pebbles in between the plants. Underneath these tiny Read article…
Gradient Windows
My love for gradients (the kitchy-er the better) probably started in Art School. Painting good gradients with the perfect transition between two colors is very difficult & time consuming. It's also one of the reasons I absolutely love Adobe Illustrator (or Photoshop or even Indesign): it makes it so easy to create the perfect gradients. Read article…
Vintage Sapique 4
In the 9 years we have lived & worked at Studio Sapique, a mayority of the 27 rooms, housed 1 or more of our guests at a certain moment. Naturally one of the rooms in the apartment became a permanent guestroom with a regular bed and functional decoration. Including 2 huge vintage letters which totally Read article…
