Where to begin? I love colour and mixing genres, whatever they are; I love all sorts of people, whatever their background. I've got friends from 4 to 90 years old. I like to mix 'n match aesthetics, whether it's an interior or fashion. I'm a bit of a Jack of all trades. I really enjoy bargain hunting, and nurturing the creativity we all have as kids, where everything is amazing. I was a freelance journalist and copywriter in a previous life. Aside from that, I've always loved making things. We didn't talk about upcycling back then, but it's now the term. Making blouses from old curtains, necklaces from old keys found lurking in drawers or collages from photos and letters that I never had copies of, etc. Until such a time when it became my job. My job is to transform materials, mainly vintage fabrics, and create new pieces. So, I'll take a dress or a scarf and transform it into a cushion or a bag.

Around a decade ago. I came across a stockpile of old scarves and began to buy them. For me they were like paintings, and I wanted to pay tribute to the artists who designed them. Plus I feel the cold, so I made a reversible poncho with a patchwork lining made out of silk scarves. Which led to my partnership with Petit H (ed: Hermès). I make a garment for them that's more of a "cape". I put the pieces together one by one. At the same time, I hold several private sales each year by reservation.

My parents took me everywhere as a child: museums, concerts, ballets, gardens, to admire beautiful things, uplifting things. My mum created a British-style home when we lived in Boulogne. She mixed 'n matched fabrics even if the overall style was classic. As for me, I loved the Bloomsbury Set, it was a creative, artistic movement, they were a group, they stood out. Even as a child I particularly loved silk and fur, even though it's no longer politically correct to say so (laughs). I remember my mother's drawers smelled of Jicky (ed. a Guerlain perfume). She placed soaps on the silk scarves in her drawers and then wear one as a headscarf or around her neck or wrap one and pop it in a bag. It was soft and sweet. Plus us kids never wore big silk scarves like that. Mixing things up was something I learned from my parents. My mum made bouquets and presented a TV show segment on how to arrange bouquets - there weren't many TV stations back then. She published books and wrote articles for British magazines... Flowers are a bit like fabrics. Meaning if you don't actually paint, it's a way to create paintings. I think that's where it comes from. Plus I always had fun. When I was a kid, there were always boxes full of buttons, ribbons and house linen. I thought it was lovely, but that the pieces needed to 'live'.

My dad was a property developer. So he was obviously a fan of architecture. He also liked modern, abstract paintings. In brief, my parents were people who lived by what they loved. It's true that when I think about it, I also need harmony, things that calm me, comfort me, a gentleness. I need to create a bubble around me. When I stay at hotels, I create a little home-from-home. I'll hang necklaces in front of the window and lay a big shawl across the bottom of the bed. I sort of create my own clutter - a bit like a gypsy caravan!

When my mother passed away, my dad found himself alone in a big house and would call me very often. I decided I should reorganise my life, so I moved into a big house in Boulogne with him. We were lucky to have a home big enough to allow us our own space. Funnily enough, back then my nephew and brother both lived there, plus two nieces who swung by for a while and a friend who lived there between moves. So it really was a cross-generational home! But there still needed to be rules, of course! My dad wasn't young, so it wasn't about all of us sitting down to eat dinner together. For anyone living here, when it was 'whiskey o'clock' - an after-work habit my dad kept up - we'd rustle something up. It was easy-going and fun. He taught us how to enjoy getting older, to take an interest in others, for want of a better word. He taught me that as we age, the secret is to not be introspective as you'll end up focussing on fading looks, the slowing down or feeling that you've underachieved and so on. So no to all that; it's important to be interested in others - the kids, the grandchildren, friends, friends of friends, etc. I stayed by his side until the end. It was an atypical life. We were lucky not be stuck in a tiny space, that would have been impossible...

When I was born, my dad gave my mum a small drawing by Foujita.  I cherish it. My mum, you see, fell pregnant at 45. It was like becoming a mum aged 55 today. Overall, the paintings and photos you see here are by friends like Edit Baudran and Julien Drach, or even my nephew Julien Hananel, plus collages by Axelle Viannet... I have very eclectic tastes.  See the egg collection in my living room? They come from all over the place. It's become a game with my guests, they bring them back from their travels... wood, sewn, Russian, Wedgewood, painted ones...

Brits are great a making things cosy, not to mention their comforting traditions - take tea time, for example. Yeah, I like their comfy, soft chairs with lots of cushions and a range of prints...

I found the living room cabinet at a flea market; it’s by Perret & Vibert, the predecessors of CFOC (Compagnie française d'Orient et de Chine, editor's note). Rattan has been a recurring theme here. Then, I found the chest of drawers for my bedroom on Leboncoin. Over time, I have blended old rattan, English rattan, French rattan from the 1950s, and Second Empire rattan.

I loved the outdoor space the moment I arrived. I wanted to create a pot-filled garden seeing as it's very shaded, but keeping with my colour scheme: green, white, purple, mauve. Plus the rattan, so it feels like the garden and interior are one, like winter garden furniture. And for the downstairs bathroom, I wanted a little green garden shed-style.

I'll still be organising private upcycled scarf clothing and accessory sales by appointment. People can get in touch via my Instagram. I call it virtuous luxury: I work with small quantities according to my latest finds.

Le Naguère, a café on rue Daguerre, is a place like no other. It's like stepping into a Sautet film, minus the smoke, with the addition of newspapers: it doubles as a kiosk! The Giacometti Institute is located in a small private mansion that belonged to Paul Follot, blending Art Nouveau and Art Deco styles. You can even take drawing classes there! The Cave des Papilles for its natural and organic wines. Montparnasse Cemetery, a green lung in the city that I have gradually come to appreciate. Its presence weighed on me at first, but I learned to walk through it and sometimes linger there.

Constance Gennari had a wonderful idea: she proves that you can develop a brand with generosity. By attaching it to a media platform open to the art of living together and family—whatever the family model—you uphold values that are dear to me.

I have a weakness for glass objects, especially the Marta lamps and the Duetto vases. Between sculptures and candies, they bring joy to the utilitarian. I also like the Rotondo modular sofas which adapt and allow for change.