‘WITH THE DECOR, WE’VE GIVEN EACH OF THE 17 ROOMS ITS OWN IDENTITY’

Isaure poses on a velvet seat by French interior decoration firm Pierre Frey; and Marie (above left) sits in the smaller dining room, which has Louis XV chairs, a 19th-century sideboard and candelabra. The main living room (left) is decorated in eclectic style, with a drumkit and an old birdcage that the family found in the loft and restored methods. We’ve renovated about half the bedrooms, upgraded living rooms and modernised bathrooms. “Comfort and modernity had been introduced here rather bru...