Hotel Thoumieux (Paris)

Simplicity, peace and pleasure: an inner-city country house
Just as Jean-François Piège loves greeting customers at the restaurant as if it were his own
home, the fifteen rooms of the Hôtel Thoumieux perfectly capture the comfort and soul of the
contemporary inn of which he has always dreamed.
The architect India Mahdavi strove to give each room a unique and intimate feel – a far cry
from the standardised decor of many luxury hotels. From the Art Deco wallpaper to the
furniture which varies between leather, lacquered wood, marble and bamboo, from the
opulent bed linen to the heavy velvet curtains and from the elegant tiling in the bathrooms to
the original light fittings, all combine to create a feeling of being cosseted, swathed in
soothing charm.
The most minute attention has been paid to thousands of details: exquisite bathroom fittings
by Devon & Devon, Aesop skin care and bath gels, towel warmer, Illy coffee machine, a wellstocked
mini bar... even the coathangers are distinctive. The comfortable rooms are also no
stranger to high-technology, with a flat screen TV with all major international channels, an
iPad for the directory and an iHome for your wake-up call.
The motif running throughout the Thoumieux world, from the brasserie to the hotel, is the
graphic touch of the M / M duo on every floor – from the door handles and stationery to the
cake-boxes – a distinctive stamp in a magical universe.