Alon & Betsy’s Clean & Classic French Countryside Home

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Name: Alon and Betsy Kasha
Location: Normandy, France
Size: 2200 square feet
Years lived in: 5 years

We got a first look at Alon & Betsy’s Beautiful Normandy Home last month and now we’re back to see the rest of this stunning home. Alon and Betsy have a clean and classic style and, in renovating this classic French home, they brought that perspective to the space.

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Alon and Betsy are the clever and creative forces behind a+b kasha. The couple renovates old Parisian apartments in what they term “the art of the pied-a-terre”. With years of experience designing and rehabbing classic Parisian apartments, Alon and Betsy had a clear plan for the renovation of this house in Normandy. The combination of light wood floors and white walls, not to mention plenty of windows, keeps this home looking bright and airy. The exposed beams, which could have weighed down the space if they had been a dark color, fit right in with their gray finish. Taken as a whole, this home is a wonderful juxtaposition of old and new.

Since Alon and Betsy weren’t able to be on-site for the renovation of their home, as they usually are with the apartments they renovate, the job took longer than they had anticipated. (Although I would have loved to have seen the construction workers using the zip line they fashioned on the job site!) Judging by the finished product, it was well worth the wait.

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Apartment Therapy Survey:

Our Style: Clean, comfortable, classic.

Inspiration: Evolutionary from our work designing Paris apartments.

Favorite Element: Betsy: We removed the wall between the living and the dining room, creating an open floor plan, which I love! Alon: The exposed beams on the second floor.

Biggest Challenge: Our contractor.

What Friends Say: Wow!

Biggest Embarrassment: During the construction, the workers were living on the property, and created a trash pile that grew and grew in the front yard to the horror of our neighbors. For entertainment, they also made a zip line from our bedroom window upstairs to the drive way.

Proudest DIY: The house! We changed everything.

Biggest Indulgence: The Cassina dining room table.

Best Advice: We do this everyday professionally with apartments in Paris. We visit all our job sites on a daily basis to keep on top of every detail. When we did this house for ourselves, we could not be there on a regular basis. As a result, the work took a lot longer than we hoped for, and was not without frustration and additional costs. Our best advice is to stay on top of your project. And keep it simple!

Dream Sources: The classic Parisian and French village flea markets.

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Resources of Note:

PAINT & COLORS

LIVING ROOM

DINING ROOM

KITCHEN

BEDROOM

BATHROOM

FAMILY ROOM

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Thanks, Alon & Betsy!

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