Monet’s House

by Ariane ~ January 17, 2009

Monet’s house at Giverny looks exceptionally long while it is shallow.

The reason for this disproportion? Monet bought a medium sized farm, but he needed more space because of his extended family. Therefore he added two wings to the original building.

On the right he converted a former barn into his first studio. Over the studio he had his own bedroom and bathroom. Monet had even his own stairs and a garden door at his disposal in order not to disturb the family life when he went out early to paint, or when he came in with art collectors.

On the other side of the house, Monet demolished the tiny farm kitchen and designed a big and modern one, more suitable for a bourgeois family with gourmet tastes.

Over this new kitchen there were rooms for Alice’s four daughters. The four boys had their rooms in the attic.