Notre appartement

Notre Appartement

May I offer you a tour of our chic Parisian apartment?

La grande porte

La vue de la salle de séjour

Ever wonder where Paris got its 

distinct architectural character?

Between 1853 and 1870 all of Paris 

experienced a major renovation led by 

Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann.  

The project encompassed all aspects of 

urban planning, both in the center of Paris 

and in the surrounding districts:  streets and 

boulevards were redesigned, regulations 

were imposed on facades of buildings, and 

public parks, sewers and water works, city 

facilities, and major public monuments were 

installed throughout the City of Light.  

 La salle de séjour

La cuisine

Did you know?

The pre-Haussmannian building is seen as a 

synthesis of the Parisian social hierarchy: the 

bourgeoisie on the second floor, civil servants 

and employees on the third and fourth, low-

wage employees on the fifth, house staff, 

students and the poor under the eaves. Thus 

one building was shown to represent and house 

all social classes. This cohabitation, of course 

varying from quarter to quarter, disappeared in 

its majority after the completion of Haussmann's 

work.  

This social stratification was captured beautifully 

in the fantastic 1930's film Sous les toits de Paris 

directed by René Clair. 

La chambre

La salle de bain

The only downside to our appartement charmant is that it’s a 5th floor walk-up. 

That's right folks, no elevator!

But you see, this is part of the plan:  I want to eat steak every day for lunch, have profiteroles for dessert every night, plus a bottle of wine or two a day, a sampling of fromage and for my ass to get fit by the time we get back from Paris!

Win-Win!