paris: eleventh arrondissement

Les Curieuses (4 rue Oberkampf)

Our trek down rue Oberkampf in the eleventh arrondissement began with a visit to Les Curieuses, a wonderful shop with a great mix of new and restored furniture and homewares. The owners were very friendly and helpful and on our way back up rue Oberkampf later that day we stopped by to ask them for a restaurant recommendation for dinner - it's always a good idea to ask a local! They recommended the bistro next door (can't remember the name, easy to find though) and it turned out to be a fantastic choice, with great service and simple but delicious French food (and a tart tatin that was just divine).

 

Quartier du Marché Popincourt (rue Ternaux/du Marché Popincourt/Neuve Popincourt)

On our way down rue Oberkampf, about halfway between Les Curieuses and Atelier 154, we stumbled across a cluster of seven or eight brocantes around rue du Marché Popincourt - and we can thoroughly recommend a visit to all of them! We saw so many beautiful pieces here, the prices were so much better than the marché aux puces de Saint-Ouen, and the vendors around rue du Marché Popincourt were much more willing to haggle.

• Alasinglinglin (14 rue Ternaux)
• La Chose (19 rue Ternaux)
• Trolls et Puces (1 rue du Marché Popincourt)
• Belle Lurette (5 rue du Marché Popincourt)
• La Garçonnière (6-8 rue du Marché Popincourt)
• Pudding (24 rue du Marché Popincourt)
• La Maison Brocante (3 rue Neuve Popincourt)
• Recycling (3 rue Neuve Popincourt)

Atelier 154 (154 rue Oberkampf)

Our visit to Atelier 154 was one of the highlights of our Paris trip - we loved everything about it, from the location (tucked away in a quiet leafy cobblestone lane*), to the owner Stéphane, who was incredibly warm and welcoming and gave us a fantastic and informative tour of his two showrooms. I would have quite happily furnished our entire apartment from Atelier 154!
 

  

 

 

* We never would have found it if Pia hadn't included it in Paris: Made by Hand - thanks Pia!

 

Comments

[pia]

Dear Sam,

I am supposed to be writing my Amsterdam book at the moment (it's Saturday, I am procrastinating again) and I re-stumbled across your blog from another blog in my blogroll. Your recent posts are so fabulous and i just kept scrolling and scrolling to see what else you had. Then i came across these posts and remembered your email to me, and my post about your posts. Oh, I know, I have a terrible short term memory.

Anyway! I just wanted to reiterate how fantastic these posts are, I have loved reading about your adventures in Paris and your description of your visits to the shops I featured in the book are just what I had hoped for (how nice is Stéphane!). I love that you discovered your own things along the way - again, it's exactly what I hoped for.

Thank you for taking the time to post your adventures! And sorry for the long comment, back to the writing desk for me...

xx

[sam]

Never apologise for a long comment Pia! Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving such lovely feedback. Your Paris guide was such a perfect introduction to a wonderful city. And I really love Amsterdam and can't wait to see your new book.