In great difficulty, Maisons du Monde tries to save furniture

Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine in Paris (12th). On this Monday afternoon, Elias came out of the Maisons du Monde boutique The arms loaded with a large wicker luminaire. “199 euros is not given, but it is a collective gift for my mother,” smiles the student, who came to choose this model with his girlfriend. A retired teacher, Évelyne did not buy anything, but this fan of the brand wanders in the aisles twice a month: “False plants very well imitated, bijoux holder, dishes, the lines are beautiful and nice”, judges the one who refuses to compare the prices with goal or ikea, “because it is not at all the same quality. And then, here, there is something for all prices, ”she says.

Which is true. Besides very affordable items such as this steel garden folding table (39.99 euros) or these pretty water glasses (at 1.59 euros per unit), there are random rays of the tableware in coarse brown plastic at 5.99 euros each, bath sheets at 26.99 euros, or even an improbable decorative hippopotamus in leather at 49.99 euros. And only customers who venture on the 1st floor of the store discover this large red poster: “price lowered on more than 2,000 references”.

By Editor