Repair over Replace. ‘…the surrounding atmosphere brings it to life — the light and the air, which vary continually. Claude Monet. This 250 sqm historic apartment consists of a majestic corner suite of rooms that remained largely unchanged from their original arrangement from 1859, and a back suite of rooms that had undergone less careful additions and alterations over the last 163 years. A visit to the archives revealed historic drawings rich in intricacies and details of internal wall paneling and marquetry, which while somewhat maintained in the front rooms, all building craft was missing from the back.