He is engaged in various tasks: cosmetic repairs, turnkey construction, interior design, furniture and lighting design for factories Baker, Pouenat, George Smith, Jean de Merry. The designer conducts projects not only in France. His works are in New Delhi, Monaco, London, Istanbul, Moscow, New York, Los Angeles. Coco Chanel’s suite at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, the Carlisle house, the boutique and apartment of fashion designer Michel Klein, the veranda of the Trump Showroom are his handiwork.

Jean-Louis was born in Paris on August 27, 1974 in a wealthy family (his father is an automotive engineer, his mother is a marketing director at a company engaged in the production and distribution of alcoholic beverages). I studied poorly at school, but I just loved to draw. According to the recollections of the decorator, he began to draw at the age of two or three, and at ten he began to create layouts.

“I made imaginary interiors – palaces, apartments, ranches. Everything is out of my head – I saw the first interior magazine at the age of fourteen,” Denio shared in an interview with Admagazine.

Every week he ran away from boarding school to Paris, where he rented a garconiere (he earned money for housing by picking fruits during the summer holidays). According to Jean-Louis, this way he was able to “breathe in” the air of the city and feel the time. Perhaps it was his independence that led him to an early marriage. At the age of 18, he married the aristocrat Princess Diana de Beauvau-Craon.

This trick convinced the parents that their son could not build a serious career, and they refused to pay for his education. Jean-Louis showed wonders of ingenuity: he solved the housing problem (he got a job as a nanny for the children of the prime Minister – this position was supposed to be an office apartment) and found an architectural school ready to enroll him immediately in the second year.

After that, the parents reconsidered their decision and paid for Denio’s education at the famous Ecole Camondo Graduate School of Design. Jean-Louis graduated from the educational institution in 2000 and opened a bureau. I received my first orders from real estate sellers. Currently, the company employs 15 highly qualified specialists, including his sister Virginia (she helps with business management).

Denio’s signature style: gray, vintage elements, an atmosphere of luxury

His style is unique and recognizable. He actively uses gray. Upholstered furniture upholstery, curtains, tinting of walls or ceiling, painting of the floor or the outer side of the bathtub – this color appears in his works in various interpretations.

“Gray can be very difficult. In this light, he is normal, in another, he hits some kind of purple. I saw gray interiors in which I wanted to strangle myself on the threshold,” said the decorator.

The designer chooses shades spontaneously. He is sure that if you start thinking and choosing for a long time, you can ruin the whole project. “Suddenness is freshness and energy. Peace and tranquility are mortal boredom,” the Frenchman summed up.

Also, in the design of Denio, there is always a combination of vintage, antique and modern design elements. It is thanks to historicity and references to classical aesthetic canons that sophistication, nobility and luxury reign in the designer’s interiors. He does not use many modern details: the whole “modernity” ends with the twentieth century.

“I don’t make completely modern interiors – there is no soul in them. I need a story,” our hero shared in an interview.

Principles of operation

Jean-Louis Deniot studied classical architecture on his own. He was sure that without this knowledge it was impossible to create competent projects. And the designer was convinced of this in practice.

Although Danio graduated from Ecole Camondo with honors, it was quite difficult for him to win clients at the beginning of his career. Today, he can choose his own projects. “My services are very cheap if I really want to get the project, and very expensive if I don’t want it at all,” Denio said.

If we talk about the exact cost of his work, the decorator cannot name the figures. It all depends on the task and the complexity of the work, and his sister handles the accounts.

“But one thing I can say: my interiors look about a hundred times more expensive than they cost. It’s not about the price. The point is how the decorator combines things with each other,” the designer concluded.

The decorator does not create ready-made visualizations for clients. He prepares lists of materials, pieces of furniture, and ideas that will be relevant to a particular room. Jean-Louis Deniot believes that the customer should decide for himself which sofa is more comfortable for him to sit on.

His works are written about not only in specialized magazines. The book “Jean-Louis Deniot Interiors” is dedicated to his projects, where the best interiors of the designer are analyzed in detail.