Interior Designer Garrow Kedigian’s Tiny Paris Kitchen

New York City interior designer Garrow Kedigian didn't need much from the original, admittedly pokey kitchen tucked just off the dining room of his Paris apartment — he simply made the most of it. A hidden refrigerator disguised behind cabinetry, a small dishwasher, a compact sink, and a discreet storage cabinet keep the tiny footprint feeling clean and uncluttered, in keeping with the grandeur and symmetry Garrow prioritized throughout the rest of the apartment.

For Garrow, the kitchen's real purpose has little to do with cooking and everything to do with ritual. The very first purchase he made after buying the apartment was a Nespresso machine, something he insisted on having installed before almost anything else. Just as essential is his running pilgrimage to Mariage Frères for their Thé des Vieux Comptoirs, or "Black Opera Tea" — a fragrance-forward black tea Garrow says he is thoroughly, happily addicted to, and considers a defining scent of his time in Paris.

Practicality rules here in a way it doesn't elsewhere in the apartment, but Garrow's signature love of scale and drama still finds its way in through the dining room just beyond, where an oversized printed canvas of Venice extends a sense of grandeur into an otherwise modest space. It's a fitting philosophy for an apartment Garrow calls his getaway — a place designed less for elaborate cooking and more for slowing down with a proper cup of tea, a good book, and the quiet luxury of coming home to a place entirely his own in one of the most inspiring cities in the world.