Anne-Laure Dubois has renovated a family apartment in Paris, using dark blue tiles and pale poplar plywood to offset the existing wooden flooring.

Local architect Anne-Laure Dubois refurbished the 100-square-metre flat in the city's 11th arrondissement for a couple and their three children.
Dubois left the main structure of Apartment G intact but made a few modifications to improve its quality of light and circulation, and the coherence between different spaces.

The existing wooden floorboards were restored to their original tone, and complemented by the restrained colour and material palette used throughout the residence.
Dark-blue cement tiles are the focal point of the apartment, from the small triangular-patterned patch in the living room to large square of hexagonal tiles that mark the kitchen space.
A number of rooms, including the master bedroom and corridor, also feature matching blue paintwork on the walls. In the kitchen the base of the bench is also in the same hue.

"A variation of motifs, colours, and sizes is developed, all containing one common feature: a dark blue colour," said the architect.
"The cement tiles used through the apartment function as a common thread and provides a continuity in the apartment."

Part of the wall dividing the living room from the kitchen and entrance hall is removed, leaving the metal load-bearing column exposed.
"These modifications have made the room more open, lighter and has created a ...