We stayed at Julia's apartment for 3 days in late September. All I want to say is just COOL. We arrived Thursday at night and were met by a nice Julia's helper Isabelle. She showed us everything and advised the bars to drink first welcome drink in Paris)
The apartment is clean, very big (I think enough even for 4 people to share and still feel kind of free and comfortable), cosy. The design deserves so many congrats! Julia, being an art director, has established in the typical (but very big) Parisian apartment something close to modern Viennese, Budapest or Milano style, quite delicately integrating in it all that we love in Parisian flats: special tables, sofas, kitchen stuff, art on the walls. It is a good mix of classic and modern design, very comfortable to live in. The rooms are bright, full with light, especially one leaving to the Frochot street. It was a special start of the day to open the windows, listen to Mozart (Julia has an astonishing collection of classical and modern music) and drink first coffee.
Well, kitchen is equipped excellent. All kind of pots, plates, cups, glasses, forks and so on. So many types of olive oil, spices, salt and so on.
We were also astonished by the library which Julia have been collecting for 20 years. There are ALL kind of books, on art, design, music, fashion. There are hundreds of books just nice to spend an evening with: classics in French, English, German...
The bed is comfortable and nicely dressed, the bathroom is even supercool to make Instagram looks)
The mansion itself is old and beautiful, clean and well kept. We've almost never seen the other neighbors though.
Near the building there are some nice bakeries to have breakfast. And in 12-15 min you could reach opera house and Lafayette.
So it was a pleasure to stay at Julia's place. She is very nice and intelligent, as well as her helper Isabelle. Hope to stay there next time in Paris.