Pierre Sauvage is a floor guy. "I like classical structures and strong-looking floors, like you see in the work of David Hicks in the 70s," says Sauvage. The evidence is all around us in this grand, light-filled apartment on Paris's rue de Varenne. Sauvage and his partner moved here three years ago from an apartment up the street that dated from a gaudier, more show-offy century. It was nice, says Sauvage, but it just wasn't the century where his head was at. "We had no particular reason for moving," says Sauvage with a small shrug. "The other place was very 19th century, which is quite comfortable for a country house but a little out of date for an apartment. The 18th century goes much better with contemporary style. And then we just had a coup de foudre for this place."
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