Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic It took the British-Iranian interior designer Ellie Peugeot some time and convincing (from friends and, ultimately, herself) to leap from human-rights lawyer to creative. She launched her design career in 2019. \u201cI always had a creative side but it was just deemed a bit too risky,\u201d says Peugeot, who fled Iran with her mother when she was just two years old to settle in the UK, and later Canada, where she completed high school and undergraduate studies. \u201cMy mum wanted me to be a doctor, lawyer or engineer \u2013 a\u00a0respectable profession for immigrants. It\u2019s that story.\u201d\u00a0Peugeot, now 40, is dressed in a chic midnight-blue knit skirt ensemble from Molli and black Loro Piana ballerinas. We\u2019re seated in the spacious salon of her new Parisian home, where she lives with her husband Edouard \u2013 managing director at TowerBrook Capital Partners and the youngest son of Robert Peugeot, chairman of the board of Peugeot Invest, the investment holding company of France\u2019s Peugeot family \u2013 and their two children, Tristan and Aria. The family\u2019s Samoyed dog Laika, named after the ill-fated Soviet dog sent to space in Sputnik 2 in the 1950s, lies dotingly at her feet.\u00a0When Peugeot first visited this apartment, it was steeped in lavish Empire style with elaborate trompe-l\u2019oeil and gilded columns \u2013 not to mention a hodgepodge of small salons impractical for a young family. The building dates to 1849 and is in step with the old-world architectural grandeur of the neighbourhood, which draws diplomats and visitors alike \u2013 the \u00c9lys\u00e9e Palace, Le Bristol and La R\u00e9serve are all\u00a0within a stone\u2019s throw. From one side of the apartment, there is a treetop view of the gardens of the H\u00f4tel de Marigny, the former 19th-century Rothschild residence built\u00a0in the neoclassical style \u2013 now a state guesthouse.To make the residence their own, she decided to open the layout, replacing a second salon with a spacious, bespoke kitchen from Smallbone. The former kitchen, a small space sequestered at the back of the apartment, is now a cosy guest room. \u201cI think kitchens are an afterthought in most Parisian flats, but my husband and I both cook, and when we host, we like to have everyone congregate in the kitchen,\u201d she says.\u00a0Throughout the home, she has taken great care to preserve and restore the original bones \u2013 the intricate mouldings, cornices and Versailles parquet flooring \u2013 while tempering such ornate details with a restrained, neutral palette. The effect has created a serene backdrop for her collection of modern and contemporary art and objects. A pair of Picasso ceramic pieces entitled Plate with Clock Face adds a playful touch to the jewel-box-like dining room, encased in\u00a0florid boiseries and mirrored panelling. Other notable artworks include a black relief etching by Lucio Fontana and a\u00a0black-and-white nude self-portrait by Tracey Emin.\u00a0More than a home it is a canvas for her constantly evolving style \u2013 and a place where she can bring people to\u00a0experience her vision. \u201cAll of my clients thus far have been trusted friends I have known for more than a decade, who have wanted me to help them execute a personalised version of my aesthetic for them.\u201dPeugeot has a talent for mingling disparate schools and\u00a0eras \u2013 united by an evident appreciation for craft and texture and monochrome or natural tones (colour makes a\u00a0cameo only in the kids\u2019 bedroom). \u201cI would always cross-collect and realised that it came naturally to me. It\u2019s\u00a0like a dinner party when you mix characters from different generations \u2013 that\u2019s when the magic happens,\u201d she says. In one corner, a Greek bronze from Galerie Chenel in Paris sits atop a marble column she bought from the Hubert de Givenchy estate sale at Christie\u2019s. On the adjacent wall hangs a monochrome ceramic diptych by the\u00a0Paris-based Korean artist Minsoon Moon, while a Charlotte Perriand stool sits off to the side.\u00a0One of the first items Peugeot bought was an Enrico Castellani white paper relief (1985) acquired while undertaking her master\u2019s at the London School of Economics and working at Withers law firm. It still hangs above her desk today. \u201cI was living in a 20sq m studio in\u00a0West Kensington and, at the time, it was an absurd and completely reckless purchase… But now, with hindsight, quite\u00a0a sound investment,\u201d she says.\u00a0As her collecting habits developed, friends took notice of her talent and recruited her to help them design individual rooms to help sell their homes. Before long, she was asked to redesign entire residences \u2013 an apartment in Holland Park, a Georgian house in Notting Hill and even Isabella Blow\u2019s former apartment on Eaton Square \u2013 and decided to focus on design full-time. Until now, however, she hasn\u2019t been able to show her work. \u201cPeople are very discreet, including myself, so that\u2019s why it\u2019s exciting I can finally showcase it,\u201d she says of the home and first-ever Paris project.Last year, Peugeot took on another role as the French chair of the International Council of the World Monuments Fund, a private, international non-profit founded in 1965 dedicated to preserving heritage sites all over the world. Personally, she considers Nuri in\u00a0Sudan \u2013 a royal burial ground for\u00a0the ancient kingdom of Kush, dating back to the\u00a0middle of the\u00a07th century BC \u2013 as a site of importance, but says the focus is not just on physical buildings but what Unesco now refers to as intangible cultural heritage. \u201cIt is\u00a0about considering urgent measures to keep alive folklore, customs, traditions, knowledge and language,\u201d she says. \u201cIranian Lenj vessels, for example, are traditionally hand-built and are used by inhabitants of the northern coast of the Persian Gulf for sea journeys, trading, fishing\u00a0and pearl diving. But the traditional knowledge surrounding Lenjs also includes oral literature, performing arts and festivals, sailing and navigation techniques, as well as terminology and weather forecasting.\u201dShe also hopes to cultivate more interest and funding in sites from recent history \u2013 20th-century architecture from the brutalist or art deco schools \u2013 while seeking new council members involved in contemporary art and design. \u201cI think we have such an opportunity to decide what will be heritage, going forward,\u201d she says. Next spring, for example, she will stage a talk with a curator from the Pompidou Centre at the 18th-century folly gardens D\u00e9sert de Retz in Marly-le-Roi \u2013 once a place of great inspiration for Andr\u00e9 Breton and the surrealist movement. \u201cMy angle was similar to my approach with this property. The surroundings are so beautiful, with the ceiling heights and mouldings, but when you start bringing in contemporary elements, it becomes much more exciting. It\u2019s a completely different conversation,\u201d she says.\u00a0On the design front, there are upcoming projects in the UK, such as the former historic home of\u00a0Thomas Cubitt in Belgravia and a Georgian terrace in Kensington. She seems to be in her element, though she admits that work sites demand as much tenacity as her former career. \u201cPeople only treat you as well as you demand to be treated, which is a shame,\u201d she reflects. \u201cI was once quite an apologetic person\u2026 just to set the tone and make others feel at ease, but when I\u00a0see women who are super-strong and say whatever they think, I\u2019m now on that path,\u201d she smiles.Is there anything about practising law she misses? \u201cNo, but it has been useful. I still do my own contracts. Also, I\u00a0know how to take a critical approach, to do my research \u2013 I\u2019m not afraid to fight with facts,\u201d she says. \u201cBut I definitely don\u2019t miss working 80 hours a week.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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