There was already an antique dealer in this small town of Livarot (Calvados).
There is now also an upholsterer… and what an upholsterer!
Benoit Lemaire, 41, offers to restore your furniture, your armchairs and other sofas, after having for a long time restored those of the great world, of “very famous” singers (whom he cannot name “because of confidentiality contracts”). , to the royal family of England and Emirati leaders.
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“I had the privilege of doing my apprenticeship with the companions of duty, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
Even when I was very young, I restored exceptional furniture.
And then I worked a lot abroad, notably in Great Britain for very famous houses that are clients of Christie's and Sotheby's.
It was obviously there that I found myself commissioned by the most prominent interior designers of British high society and thus to partly redo the private salons of Wimbledon.
But also to carry out orders for prestigious personalities, leaders, singers and actors,” he says.
The consequence of Brexit
Until in 2018, the consequences of Brexit prompted him to leave England to return to France.
“Quickly, I realized that I couldn’t find the way of working that I like here.
So I said to myself:
Do it yourself!
This is how the project of settling in Livarot came to me.
» The customer base was immediately there, often with very good orders, notably thanks to the English based in Normandy.
“And I am delighted with this new adventure which allows me to share my rather special experience with my clients.
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