Radiant refinement

She likes to juxtapose objects of different styles, to create harmonies of different textures and highlight artisanal excellence. But, perhaps paradoxically, this creative ebullience produces calm, peaceful ambiences, filled with light and serenity. In the works. Stéphanie Coutas is juggling a dozen projects, including three Paris townhouses, seven apartments, a house in southern France and a commission in Monaco. “Each place is unique,” she says. “I like to develop things that are very different from one another.” Opening. The furniture that she has self-produced since 2015 has a new home: a gallery on Avenue Matignon in Paris, showing her own brutalist-tinged creations alongside works by her preferred artists.