“To start a new life at the age of 58 is quite real!” says Beatrice Ogier, an artist, decorator and part—time wife of the mayor of Deauville. And she knows what she’s talking about

Socialite Beatrice Ogier entered the profession of decorator at the age when others are retiring to a well-deserved retirement. But she got down to business with youthful enthusiasm! Here is her project — a former orphanage in Normandy, turned into a country residence.

In order for this spacious living room to appear in the house, Beatrice had to combine four rooms. The walls are painted beige, Farrow & Ball. The sofa, Caravane, is upholstered in grey velvet. A low pouf is used as a coffee table.

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Pierre Laurent Hahn

In her “past” existence, Beatrice worked in the press services of Yves Saint Laurent, Cartier and even the Paris- Dakar rally, was the director of a consulting company. “I worked hard and had a lot of fun,” she recalls. — I traveled, explored the world, always tried to look refined and elegant. And suddenly I realized that all this is not the same!”

Glazed cabinets from floor to ceiling function as a partition separating the dining room from the kitchen.

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Pierre Laurent Hahn

The floorboards and ceramic tiles were bought from vintage building materials dealers

A red and white stripe on the walls brings a sense of celebration to the interior of the ceremonial dining room.

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Pierre Laurent Hahn

Now Beatrice paints flowers and decorates interiors. And, as the house she designed in the town of Beaumont shows, in her new profession she is not an amateur at all. The building, stylized as a 19th-century Norman farm, was once intended for an orphanage.

The facade of the house is covered with Japanese grapes.

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Pierre Laurent Hahn

All the kitchen furniture, except the antique oak table, is painted white. The work surface with a sink is adjacent to the window, so that the hostess can admire the landscape “on the job”. On hot days, the windows are covered with roller blinds, Silent Gliss. The floor is lined with antique concrete tiles. Faucets, Dornbracht.

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Pierre Laurent Hahn

The new owners asked Beatrice to make the interior brighter and more modern, while preserving the rustic flavor. She approached the task with great tact. The house has a lot of antique furniture — but in fashionable bright upholstery.

Chess tables, Moissonier, are perfectly combined with antique chairs of the era of Napoleon III, the seats of which are covered with velvet of different colors

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Pierre Laurent Hahn

Between the rooms, instead of blank walls, light transparent partitions with fine glazing appeared, matching the window frames of the house. In the kitchen, the sink is located in front of the window facing the garden — a concern for the mental comfort of the cook, unthinkable in the old days. Comments are unnecessary!

A half-glazed partition separates the guest bedroom from the bathroom. The starting point for the design of both rooms was an old bright red bedspread. Beatrice matched it with fabric for the upholstery of the headboard and for the curtains on the bathroom window.

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Pierre Laurent Hahn

I worked a lot and had a lot of fun, I always tried to look elegant… but one day I realized that all this is not the same!

The sinks in the bathroom remained from the time of the construction of the house — the hostess wanted to keep them at all costs. The cabinets with the sinks are made according to the sketches of Beatrice. She enclosed the Delphes bathtub from Jacob Delafon in a wooden “case” similar to them. Retro style faucets, THG.

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Pierre Laurent Hahn

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