"The French Buy Nice Things"

Best iron ever

As previously mentioned, “furnished” is a term used loosely.

However, other expats agree, a furnished apartment is the way to go.  A non-furnished apartment takes on new meaning in France – do not expect anything outside of a toilet and sink.  One set of friends had a nine-month adventure from bare apartment to fully-furnished.  Throughout the ordeal, a popular furniture chain experimented with new depths of customer service.

Far be it from this author to criticize anyone’s furniture.  If you find me in a place with nice furnishings, rest assured it will be someone else’s doing.  However, taste and opinion are fair game.

The metal slats and thin
cushion are excellent
motivation for standing.

If the best thing your rented apartment has to offer is a nice Philips iron, so be it.  This actually makes a lot of sense in the land of the five Euro shirt pressing.

But if the iron is Koslowski’s umbrella stand then the rest is closer to his current furniture.  A set of chairs that require an actual steel derrière, a couch from the era of Reagan vs. Gorbachev, and nothing made with wood sans glue.

So why comment?  Because this was mentioned at closing:

“The French buy nice things and keep them for a long time.”

If the apartment is evidence, this statement is half right.