24/11/2024
Following on from a short look at Netherlands interiors, this post focuses on the French, primarily Paris. A city that holds a personal connection filled with love and fond memories. I was lucky enough to spend quite a lot of time visiting Paris, mainly wandering and taking in the awe inspiring architecture, design and everyday life. Visiting various homes from multi million pound apartments close to the Eiffel Tower, to smaller living quarters across the city. What struck me with Paris, and the areas of France I’ve travelled, is the element of maintaining its originality. From metros, to cafes, bars, restaurants, flats both grande and petit….the majority have an undeniably classic look, retaining as much of its originality as possible, typically white walls and ceilings, made only different by the choice of furnishings. This provides Paris with their own unique stamp on the interior design world. However, Living quarters are looking like the wind of change there, where dwellers are thinking outside of the box with quirky and ingenious ways to bring extremely small spaces to life with colour and functionality. I absolutely love Paris, from the simple metro tile, to the sense of art nouveau that surrounds and fills you on every street corner, it’s the most inspiring place I’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting…..and made even more so as we had our 12 week scan here for our first born as her mother was living there at the time. I don’t miss them journeys back home to a flat above a pub in Darlington!! 😂