Our Own House Hunters International

last week steve and i

(and griffin)

went and looked at 

11 

ELEVEN

paris apartments.

i really felt like i was on

house hunters international.

and i think i could do that 

every day.

ok,

maybe not 11 in one day.

but, wow.

how fun to be driven

around paris

to view 11 amazing

flats.

so..update.

the last apartment

with the amazing view didn't work out.

so our transition company here

found these flats for us to view.

i took 300 pictures that day.

i promise not to share them all.

the one on top

with that awesome view..

crossing fingers.

we saw some furnished

and some unfurnished.

the difference here in france

is that unfurnished generally means

NO kitchen.

like..

no stove,

refrigerator

oven

dishwasher.

a part of me would love

the idea of furnishing a kitchen.

this one had nothing.

not even counter tops.

i kept thinking of the 

amazing furniture i could buy!

 it was a great building..

great location and 

a view of the tower 

from some of the rooms.

this flat (#2)  was actually

in a private mansion

right on trocadero..

straight ahead in this photo

is the arc d'triomphe.

it was still being 

refurbished.

it was so charming!

oh i die over these french details!

this next flat

(#3) 

i just fell in love with.

the location.

the building

the details..

and from two of the rooms

there is a view of the tower.

i mean, hello?

stained glass windows..

AND

trompe l'oiel ?

it was hard for me to leave.

and then we saw the 

dining room.

i just kept imagining 

the dinner parties.

i was honestly

ready to move in.

but again..

the kitchen needed

everything.

we kept coming back

to buying all of these 

appliances and then having 

to sell them in a few years.

AND

furnishing the flat!

we have some things here...

a few beds..

a desk..chair..

but we'd have to furnish the 

entire flat.

(which between you and me..

i would not mind :)

ok 

totally switching gears here.

(#4)

modern

kind of cold

but kind of cool.

especially when we were 

brought upstairs

to the terrace!

wow.

this was a duplex flat.

the master bedroom

was upstairs and this

amazing terrace off of it.

and if you peered around 

the back of the terrace

there was a view of the tower.

just look at those paris rooftops.

the next few flats we saw

were furnished.

this one had great details..

and others had great views of paris.

loved this master bedroom

this flat was HUGE.

it was on the first floor

and had a bit of a view

of the seine.

i actually said that i 

thought it was too big.

can you imagine?

yes..

there was a fountain 

in the foyer.

in the end..

this is the one we've been

back to see 3 times.

steve will think i'm jinxing

it by talking about it..

but just look at that view!

this is the view from the living room.

looking out that same window towards

les invalides..

you can also see sacre coeur

but i didn't get it in this shot.

the view over the champs de mars

and the foliage was breathtaking.

this flat is completely furnished.

and when we walked through it

i kept thinking it would be like 

living in a hotel.

it's very different from 

the flat we live in now.

it certainly doesn't scream

PARIS APARTMENT

like most of the others..

however..

the view

and the location are 

what's going on here.

if we get this flat

we'll have to put 

most of the furnishings that we have 

here into storage.

hello sparkly eiffel tower.

please be my new view.

hoping to hear soon!!