It is in a hidden cobblestoned alley alongside Porte Saint Martin that Pierre Moussié decided to start his journey as an hotelier. After the success of Chez Jeanette, Brasserie Barbès, Le Mansart and other landmarks in the Parisian East, the bistrotier-turned-hotelier continues to breathe new life into the city’s up-and-coming neighbourhood of Strasbourg-Saint Denis with his new (and already buzzing) Hôtel Providence.

Dating back to 1854, the building was formerly an hôtel de passe (a short-time hotel) before its complete renovation overseen by Parisian architect Philippe Medioni. The 18 rooms which are split across 6 floors include a suite occupying the attic floor with heart-stopping views overlooking the city’s zinc roofs and the Sacré-Cœur basilica.

Co-owners Elodie Moussié and Sophie Richard curated the hotel interiors with painstaking attention to detail and an outright preference for the warm hues and hypnotic tropical patterns of House of Hackney and Madeleine Castaing-inspired prints. Velvet is the dominant feature of all rooms, ranging from yellow ochre and petrol blue, to fern green and kilim red —while addiitonal features such as French herringbone parquets, dark-coloured vintage woodwork and antique headboards only further accentuate the tradition of Paris’ upper-class Haussmannian apartments.