paris hotels - how fun!

paris is basically everywhere (i look) for decor and fun stuff.  its wild.  i'm constantly bumping in to things online about paris.  maybe its a sign i should move there. or maybe its just because i love it so much, it sticks out.  ha. so there is this hotel in paris where you can pay what you want. cool idea. i dont imagine i would ever stay there since i have friends in paris with whom i would stay, BUT its cool to get the word out AND i love the decor.

here is the hotel: Tour d'Auvergne, a three-star hotel in the city's Opera district, which is an amazing location!

and here are some cool rooms:

and more stairs!

its true, i love the stair.  many in a row is preferable.  stairs.

so this website has a list of 17 awesome staircases around the world.  here are some of my favorites - i've never seen ANY of these in person - MUST. GO.

in my next apartment...

so it appears that i will be moving in 2 months time. i need to commemorate my current apartment, but until then, i am going to begin collecting ideas for decor (which i have been doing all this time, but now i might have room to do things!).

i've been looking at furniture, because i will have to buy quite a bit of furniture for my next place and boy oh boy!  its expensive.  so i would like to get some used pieces to redo or bring to new life.  the only issue is, living in a city, there aren't many random garage sales where i can pick things up for cheap.  der.  and the consignment stores are actually quite expensive.

in any case, i would love to do this on something.  here is the aftermath, what i quite love, and what it was.

maybe some colored books? from here.

many moons ago...

i lived in paris.  sniff.  i lived in an apartment in the 10th arrondisement that, if i remember correctly, was 18m squared. or maybe it was 15.  i can't remember. it was a small studio. i wish i had more pictures of it.

in any case, when i saw this apartment in paris, it reminded me of my place. my bed was lofted and my family (parents and 2 brothers) came to visit and stayed WITH ME in the apartment. it was soooo cramped. think dickens-style poor cramped.  this is a bit more spacious, it seems, but very small and yet ultra cool.

i've love to own a place like this for when i travel there and i could rent it out at other times.

more pics here and here is the floor plan.

i guess thats why they call it a bathroom...

because you can take BATHS. bahahaha.  ok, that wasn't that funny.  but i have to write about these bathrooms.  they are
GOR
JUS

so gorgeous.  find more here.  below are some of my favorites.

the following one makes me feel a bit exposed... what if someone came by??

and this one i like because you could float around... reminds me of the springs in new zealand, rotorura.

stairs! they're everywhere!

last week, i wrote about some funly painted stairs.  funly is a word, right?  ok, it's not.  i'd like it to be.

well, now there are MORE stairs from here.  that just keep getting crazier and crazier.  here are some of my favorites.

this one would be great for rolling suitcases up and down.  (or kids, if you have them)

friday night in paris

tonight is friday and i am spending it in paris.  fortunately, the place where i am staying is free for me.  unfortunately, it is not any of these places.  my friend gidge sent me this site and i thought you'd enjoy some of the parisian apartments.  here are some of my favorites.