Benoît Lemaire, 41, is an upholsterer with a prestigious professional past. He settled in Livarot (Calvados) after restoring the furniture of this small town.

Lemaire worked for the royal family of England and Emirati leaders. He was commissioned to partly redo the private salons of Wimbledon. He is delighted with this new adventure which allows him to share his rather special experience with his clients, he says. The consequence of Brexit prompted him to leave England to return to France.