In October, after visiting the Netherlands we next took a romantic trip to Paris, France. The moment we set foot in Paris, we strolled straight over to Merci, one of the best stores in the historic district of Haut-Marais. If you don’t speak one word of French, you’ll quickly learn the word merci, which means thank you. Merci is a completely awesome name for a store.

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Built in 2009, Merci is located in a tall three-story, 4000 sq. ft building that used a 19th Century textile factory. On the first floor there is the Le Used Book Café, which has a wall stacked with over 10,000 books. Additionally, in the Merci courtyard, they’ve parked a vintage red car. After you walk through the main door there is a skylight atop the building that lets natural sunlight fill the entire space. Art hanging from the tall ceiling and walls, give the feeling of walking through a fine arts museum.

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Merci is the perfect destination for discovering trinkets and small designer items from all over the world.

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One of the walls displays exclusive, time-limited availability exhibits, which change every month.

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Merci is separated into various sections including small goods, household utensils, kitchen tools, stationary, men and women’s jewelry, home decorations, and a coffee store. Besides all of the small-goods items in the store, Merci also reserves spaces for local artists and brands to display their products.

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The diversity of the brands at Merci is amazing, and there are even many famous ones from Asia. When we visited, there were many Japanese-branded stationary goods, which are quite popular with Parisians.

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The 2nd floor of Merci is reserved for kitchen goods that can be purchase individually, or as customer-created sets.

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The atmosphere inside Merci is very relaxed and enjoyable. In all my visits, the store has been great.

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Merci is more than home decorations, it also offers many trendy accessories. It’s fascinating to explore the materials and colors that are used in foreign-designed brands and products.

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If you go to France, and visit the romance capital of the world, I recommend experiencing how locals live their daily lives. You must sit at a corner restaurant, sipping a nice glass of house wine. It is Paris, after all! Then, swing by Merci to enjoy the beauty, and the international flavor of the store.

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Merci Paris
Address:
111 Boulevard Beaumarchais, 75003 Paris
Phone:
+33 1 42 77 00 33
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/MerciShopParis/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/merciparis/
Web:
https://www.merci-merci.com/fr/