The Polish princess Sarah Lavoine — nee Poniatowski — is France’s decorator du jour, a designer of perfectly imperfect interiors as well as seriously sleek home décor (go to sarahlavoine.com). Her Paris crib, high above the Tuileries, is an art-filled nest feathered for her children, Yasmine, Roman and Milo, and her husband, the French pop star Marc Lavoine. "Andrée Putman and Charlotte Perriand are sources of inspiration," says the designer, an unmistakable A-list partygoer. "I’m the one in the pavé Balmain mini."
The reasonably childproof library contains numerous works by Albert Cohen, a favorite author.
Penny le chat and flowers from Lavoine’s preferred florist, Vert et Plus.
Perched on a linen sofa she designed, Lavoine wears a Salvatore Ferragamo top, a denim skirt by Stella McCartney, Manolo Blahnik strappy heels and Stone jewelry by her sister, Marie Poniatowski.
1950s rattan chairs, a Nathalie Decoster bronze orb and a Gigi Chen panda in the salon.
A wall consumed by her husband’s Polaroids.
Family snaps and more Decoster hoops in the master suite.
A painting by Brigitte Waldach looms over a Philippe Starck lamp and an Yves Klein table.
The Be@rbrick bear is dressed in Chanel.
Galignani, the bookshop, is just downstairs.
Lavoine pauses in the foyer wearing a Ralph Lauren Black Label sweater, a leather skirt by the Row and Church’s shoes. The large photograph is by Valerie Knight.
Constance Guisset’s iron ceiling fixture.
A très cher view of the Tuileries and, in the distance, the Eiffel Tower.
Roman, 4, and Milo, 1.
Gordijn and Nauta’s dandelion seed light sculpture.
Lavoine’s hardworking kitchen contains a Tolix lamp, vintage industrial chairs and a playdate straggler.
The designer rocks a Boy by Band of Outsiders shirt, an Azzedine Alaïa skirt and shoes by Gianvito Rossi.