Wow! This is one of the best AirBnBs I’ve ever rented in Paris (or anywhere now that I think about it!) It is a new listing but is filling up fast because it is AWESOME. Most AirBnBs make me think “This place would be perfect if only...”. This is not the case with Stephan’s “Le Bar à Vin”. It is newly remodeled and all the details both large and small are SO well thought out!!
1. Beautiful “hardwood tile” floors and gorgeous coordinated kitchen/bathroom tile.
2. A full size refrigerator
3. A small hidden washer/dryer combo as well as a dishwasher
4. Functional, chic and fully stocked kitchen
5. Comfortable beds
6. Remote control Louvers on the bedroom skylight to keep the room dark in the morning.
7. USB ports built into the outlets near the bed
8. Super clean, well lit, cheery, bright and beautifully decorated spaces without clutter.
9. There are no stairs to climb (other than from the downstairs bedroom) because the apartment is on the ground floor. But even though the living room is basically on the main street you can’t tell if you are on the ground floor or a few floors up because they cleverly frosted the tall windows 3/4 of the way up so you just see some cool French buildings up and across. They also designed it so you can open the tops of those tall glass windows if desired.
10. Great bathroom set ups with one Full bathroom (doored shower with sink, mirror and toilet) and then a Second Full bath essentially split into two separate bathrooms side by side. In other words a “water closet” with toilet, small sink and mirror (with a door) next to another bathroom (also with a door)that had a shower, larger mirror and sink set up as well as a GREAT blow dryer. With 6 women in our group these 3 separated rooms of bathrooms were perfect!
11. Heated towel racks in both bathrooms which are great not only for warm towels but also for quick drying hand washed clothes.
12. This apartment is in a fantastic and super safe neighborhood which is one block from Rue de Commerce (a great shopping street), 2 blocks from multiple metro stations as well as the fantastic Grenelle open air market on Sundays and Wednesdays from 7am - 2pm. The apt is also next to cafes, restaurants, a bakery, coiffure, nail salon etc. It’s just a 10 min walk to the Eiffel Tower and the Champs de Mars.
While in the apartment I found myself thinking more than once that I’d like to hire the designer who did this space to help me design my own home!
Another great thing is that Stephan is a Super host. And he really is! He met us at the apartment and let us leave our bags a couple hours early before checkin time (even though they were still cleaning) so we could go enjoy the open air market and have a picnic without dragging our bags with us. When we checked out at 6:30am my daughter accidentally left her suitcase in the apartment. When I asked Stephan if he could keep it for us until we return in a month or two, he immediately offered to hold it no problem. Such peace of mind. Thanks Stephan! And thanks for an amazing stay in Paris!!