Quick Takes With: Solenne de la Fouchardiere

by Remodelista Team

If you’re followed along here for a while, you’ll know we’re longtime acolytes of Ochre. (Truly. We first wrote about the furniture and lighting brand way back in 2011.)

Founded by designers Joanna Bibby and Harriet Maxwell Macdonald, and joined a few years later by Solenne de la Fouchardière, the outfit focuses on what they call “the beauty of the understated.” Put another way: “Working with the imperfections of natural materials that often feel as though they had a life of their own, they push the boundaries of design, marrying traditional craftsmanship with the barest of clean lines.” Right up our street. (And! Ochre has just opened a showroom in NYC. “It’s a large space that gives our designs room to breathe,” Solenne says. “Our new Marea Murano glass pendant lights look mesmerizing.”)

When we we toured Solenne’s own place a few years back (see At Home in Islington), and were smitten by the way its warmth and history (cobbled floors, rough brick fireplace) mingled with clean glass and Solenne’s lithe furnishings. Today, Solenne takes our Quick Takes questionnaire, revealing her latest indulgence, an unexpected color for the kitchen, and what’s on her nightstand.