The necessary and the superfluous coexist in this recently-opened store. If Literie & Design seems rather like a Swissflex centre for Nice, Isabelle has united everything in this showroom that makes for a home’s charm and functionality. “This winter’s major trend is for bedding in leather, compositions with luminous panels, contemporary stage-sets, with beds mounted on platforms.” One finds a lot of lacquer, an entire range that is resolutely baroque with daybeds in wood and red velvet, designer lighting and offerings from Dutch designers, such as vases carved from stone or ceramics coated in metal. Star features include ultra-modern bio-ethanol hearths from Planika and Saffretti, the world of the bedroom signed Misura Emme and the inevitable convertibles with silver or gold lamé fabrics. Literie & Design, 3 rue Gubernatis (04 93 85 61 33).
