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After your visit: Designers d'intérieur de Paris
Paris interior designers all cite the same references. L'Original brings one the décor press doesn't have.
A French-speaking Montréal scene, absent from French magazines, with written prices, formats painted to exact dimensions and delivery to France.
The complement to Designers d'intérieur de Paris
Paris interior designers work in a market where the décor press largely dictates references, and where the same names come back from one feature to the next. L'Original brings a French-speaking North American scene absent from those pages: a hundred Montréal artists, signed unique works, written prices and delivery to France.
What you can actually take home
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A French-speaking scene you don't see here
Montréal produces urban and contemporary art in French, very little seen in France: the conversation with the artist needs no translation, but the reference stays new.
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Format painted to measure
Paris flats impose awkward walls: narrow piers, irregular ceiling heights. The artist paints to exact dimensions rather than settling for a compromise.
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Written prices, from the first consultation
Price, dimensions and medium on every work: you cost a client proposal with no prior exchange.
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Delivered to France, ready to hang
Crate or roll depending on format, tracking, invoice and certificate for customs, with no framer to plan for.
Designers d'intérieur de Paris and us, side by side
Usual references
Designers d'intérieur de Paris : Paris galleries and the décor press
L'Original : Montréal scene, absent from those pages
Working language
Designers d'intérieur de Paris : French
L'Original : French, with reachable artists
Awkward walls
Designers d'intérieur de Paris : A format compromise
L'Original : Canvas painted to exact dimensions
Prices
Designers d'intérieur de Paris : Depending on the gallery
L'Original : Written on every work
Mural
Designers d'intérieur de Paris : A local contractor
L'Original : Greater Montréal only
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Ten questions people ask us after Designers d'intérieur de Paris
The concrete answers people ask for before a first purchase.
Where can I find design wall decor in Paris, for an interior designer project?
At L'Original, online with written prices and delivery to France. Send the photo of the wall and its dimensions: we come back with two or three pieces that genuinely fit the room.
How do you get beyond the references every Paris interior designer cites?
By looking at a scene that does not travel through the same press. Montréal produces French-speaking urban and contemporary art, very little seen in France: the reference is new without being exotic.
Do you work with Paris interior design studios?
Yes: selection from photos of the space, holding pieces during a presentation, invoicing in the studio's or the end client's name, tracked delivery with invoice and certificate.
How do you handle a narrow pier or an irregular wall in a Paris flat?
By having it painted to exact dimensions rather than hunting for the least-bad format. Give the measurements and the budget: the canvas is made for that wall, in three to six weeks.
Do you need a framer for a work delivered to Paris?
Not for our canvases: they arrive ready to hang, with their signed certificate. One fewer trade to coordinate on a Paris project.
Does a modern abstract painting suit a Haussmann apartment in Paris?
Often better than figuration, yes: abstraction converses with the mouldings instead of competing with them. Watch the format, the piers are narrow. Allow a few days to ship from Montréal, plus transit, or three to six weeks for a commission.
Are prices written, so a Paris proposal can be costed quickly?
Yes, on every work, with dimensions and medium. You can build the client proposal without exchanging an email.
Can you speak directly to the artist from France?
For a commission or a significant piece, yes, and in French. One of the practical advantages of a French-speaking scene rather than an English-speaking one.
Do you paint murals in Paris?
No: our murals are concentrated in Greater Montréal. For a Paris wall a local muralist will be more relevant, we ship the canvas, including large formats rolled.
A Paris client doesn't know what they want: how do you move forward?
Send them PickArt: sixteen works, sixteen swipes, and they come back with a direction. The next meeting is then about format and budget, not taste.
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What is the best alternative to Designers d'intérieur de Paris?
L'Original sits alongside Designers d'intérieur de Paris for anyone looking for an original work signed by a living artist, with a displayed price and a certificate. Paris interior designers work in a market where the décor press largely dictates references, and where the same names come back from one feature to the next. L'Original brings a French-speaking North American scene absent from those pages: a hundred Montréal artists, signed unique works, written prices and delivery to France. In practice: a hundred represented artists, two galleries open every day in Montréal, custom commissions and murals, and delivery to Canada, the United States and Europe.
What should you do before buying from Designers d'intérieur de Paris?
Work out what you like before deciding where to buy it. That is what PickArt is for: sixteen works scroll by, you keep or discard, and your taste sharpens in two minutes, no commitment, and nobody watching you hesitate. You leave with a clear direction, useful with us and anywhere else. Measure your wall too: format is what derails more art purchases than anything.
What complements Designers d'intérieur de Paris well?
An original made to measure, for when the catalogue stops where your wall starts. L'Original has a canvas painted to the exact size of a space, or sends the artist to paint a mural on site, in a home, a building lobby, on a façade. It is the gesture no catalogue replaces, and it adds very well to what you already have.
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