Maison Constant - Le Séquoia - One-Bedroom Apartment

😊: The Maison Constant has four apartments in its front buildings. I stayed in the Sequoia apartment for a week, and was sorry to have to leave - I'd have happily staid there for weeks longer. The apartment is very artfully done up, respecting the age of the building while making it into something that conforms to current expectations of luxury. The kitchen and living room are just as I would've done them or better, and I especially liked the touch of vintage from the record player and the vinyls of Django Reinhardt. The bathroom is an exercise in luxury - from a bathtub to a rain shower, and the fluffiest ever towels - sorry to have pulled a thread on one, my mum says that could maybe be prevented by soaking them overnight in cold water before the first wash (but I suspect they'll become less fluffy that way). In the morning (or early afternoon) I really enjoyed having my croissant and coffee in the park, with a view of the giant sequoia tree that the apartment is named for, the park and the statues - and I felt like at that moment there was no better place in the world. The apartment is within a minute of the best boulangeries France has to offer, even I while very much not a morning person found it no trouble to get fresh viennoiserie for breakfast. The park itself is also very nice to have a view on or to walk around in - no, I didn't manage to find the turtle, but I'd happily spend a day trying. Being in the center of the town and on one of the busiest roads, you'll get some noise from the street but with the modern windows and glazing it is easy to shut that out. I slept quite well, even sleeping late on a weekday the traffic didn't bother me at all. The most important part probably though is the history that emanates from the place. From the giant tree that towers over everything to the smallest detail of the walls, the lamps and the fence, it feels like everything has a story to tell, and all of it is there if you bother to.... 😢: The bed in the apartment is one of those things that is composed of two singles joined together with a zipper or velcro. I'm kind of used to a large lits-jumeaux and I tend to turn around a lot so it might be just me, but I ended up in the seam of the two parts every night. I'd have liked a single mattress a lot better..