27 March, 2013

Converted waffle factory in Lille

La Braderie is a vast city-wide flea market that takes place in the streets of Lille, France, every September. It dates back to the Middle Ages, when the serfs were allowed once a year to sell out or exchange their masters’ unnecessary or old and given out possessions. Very close to the city centre, an old waffle factory has been renovated by interiors and fashion photographer Pascal Francois, to become his family’s home and place of inspiration and work. Most of the areas were kept open, with furnishings and furniture, collected over the years from the Braderie. 

The result was a comfortable place to live with children, which involved knocking down a section of the roof to create an open garden, that still retains the industrial look and feel of the old facility. Scandinavian design has been an inspiration, and it can be noted throughout the interior details and furnishings. Although most of the pieces are salvaged ones, they do not appear as oddities, since great care has been put into the actual arrangements to create rooms that are lively, but also very liveable. For example the kitchen combines a huge old fishmonger’s fridge that serves as the main kitchen counter with teak base units and metal cupboards from a junk shop on the wall.

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