This Left Bank Apartment Is Built Around A Secret Garden In The Middle Of Paris

Christine d’Ornano has lived all over the world – England for boarding school, Princeton for university, New York and London as a young executive for the family firm (beauty giant Sisley Paris). 

But her childhood was spent in Paris, on the Left Bank’s riverfront Quai d’Orsay. When d’Ornano moved up the company ladder to take the position of global vice president of Sisley in 2018, it was time to leave London and return to France.

She knew she preferred the Left to the Right Bank – it’s the artier, leafier side of the Seine. While d’Ornano was house-hunting two years ago, she was invited to an art dealer’s Left Bank home for dinner. To get to the apartment, she recalls, “You came in through the garden. 

And I thought, ‘What a dream to be in the middle of town and have a garden!’ In London, most houses have gardens. But in Paris, it is very rare.” That evening, she realised she wanted her home in the French capital to have a garden, too.

Read More:   Vogue.co.uk

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