Hélène Olivier balances Haussmannian order with a controlled sense of whimsy, without a single discordant note. Just a few steps from the Arc de Triomphe, her apartment conveys a calm sense of proportion: restored mouldings, herringbone parquet, generous ceiling height. Yet everything plays out in the details.
At the centre of the dining room, a large cobalt-blue vase acts as a totem. A mobile depicting the solar system draws the eye upward. Classical busts observe the scene with discreet irony, while a painting by Debens disrupts the composition with intention. Nothing is showy; everything is considered.
Hélène and her children, Marnie and Marin, live in an interior designed to be inhabited as much as contemplated. Platner chairs converse with a Noguchi pendant; a turntable sits naturally among art objects; and the whole aligns with the books she collects more than she reads, she admits, not without regret.
As the founder of Make It Happen Paris, an agency specialising in event design for the fashion, design and lifestyle sectors, she has spent years approaching events as a form of staging: enhancing, welcoming, revealing. Her apartment is its intimate counterpart — a place where memories, curiosities and influences meet, shaped by a carefully honed eye for art and decoration.
Here, nothing is fixed. The décor shifts with the seasons, discoveries and guests, and remains open to stories still waiting to unfold.
