Transforming a building into an XXL masterpiece to make it into a bed and breakfast? It’s the daring project of an artsy couple. She’s an artiste, he’s an interior architect and together they imagined and conceived Maison Mondrian. The facade, inspired by old half-timber Alsatian houses sets the colorful tone… in the image of the great painter’s works.
So just choose your room to spend the night (red, green, blue, yellow, black) around a resolutely design style and furniture personally designed by your host.
The plus: their communal table d’hôtes in the evening to taste nice homey dishes concocted in keeping with the seasons (chicken in the pot, capon, guinea fowl) and local specialties such as the baeckeoffe (a mix of meats, veggies, potatoes and white wine) in a furiously contemporary dining room.
Starting at 85 € per night, breakfast included.
Feel like an artsy stroll? For her, the Parisian Promenade exhibition at the Musée d’Impression sur Etoffes that recreates the creative atmosphere of the Second Empire. An occasion to discover treasures loaned exceptionally for the occasion by the Musée Privé de la Maison Hermès (paintings, engravings, saddlery items).
For him, the exhibition at the Cité de l’Auto to see four-wheeler jewels (Panhard, Benz, Bugatti).
Musée de l’Impression sur Etoffes de Mulhouse 14 Rue Jean-Jacques Henner, 68100 Mulhouse, 03 89 46 83 00, www.musee-impression.com/
Cité de l’Automobile 192 Avenue de Colmar, 68051 Mulhouse, 03 89 33 23 23, http://citedelautomobile.com/fr/home
A small hunger pang? Rush to Maison Engelmann.
A new foodie concept-store nestled in a covered passage with grocery store, butcher, cellar, caterer … and the fantastic pastries of Dany Husser. Try the lemon meringue pie, it’s worth writing home about.
Maison Engelmann 15 Rue de la Moselle, 68100 Mulhouse, 03 89 36 80 00, http://www.maison-engelmann.com
