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On the ground floor:
\nthe blue lounge, pantry and studio\/lounge<\/p>\n
Start your visit in the reading room, which is still called the little blue lounge and connects with the pantry where the tea, olive oil, spices and eggs were stored in wall-mounted cupboards.
\nNext we enter the artist\u2019s first studio, where he worked until 1899 and which was restored in 2011. Launched by Hugues R. Gall, the restoration of the studio\/lounge in Monet\u2019s house was boosted by a very generous donation from the Versailles Foundation. Under the scientific direction of Sylvie Patin, Acad\u00e9mie des beaux-arts correspondent and author of many impressionism publications, the layout of the studio\/lounge resembles how it would have been in Claude Monet\u2019s time. Some 60 paintings were chosen to be reproduced. Those reproductions are now densely hung on the picture rails in the studio\/lounge to recreate the room\u2019s former atmosphere, with careful attention paid to historical accuracy. The studio\/lounge\u2019s restoration was entrusted to Hubert Le Gall and around 80% of the existing furniture was reused.<\/p>\n
Upstairs:
\nthe private apartments<\/p>\n
A staircase leads upstairs to the private rooms. First, let\u2019s explore Monet\u2019s bedroom which was painstakingly recreated in 2013. You can see items and artworks on display in the bedroom and adjoining washroom that were there when Monet was alive, including reproductions of paintings by his friends: C\u00e9zanne, Renoir, Signac and Caillebotte.<\/p>\n
Continue your visit in Monet\u2019s washroom and that of Alice, then walk through to her bedroom with its tiny adjoining room intended for sewing. Damask tablecloths sewn together line the walls of the two bedrooms.<\/p>\n
And the final room upstairs is the bedroom of Blanche Hosched\u00e9-Monet, which was opened to the public for the first time in 2014. Like Monet\u2019s bedroom, the scenographic recreation was done by Hubert Le Gall who took inspiration from interiors of that era in order to most accurately recreate the personal space of the woman who lived at Giverny until her death in 1947.<\/p>\n
Ground floor:
\ndining room and kitchen<\/p>\n
The house\u2019s dining room has been recreated down to the last detail. On the yellow walls hang the collection of Japanese prints for you to admire. The yellow-painted furniture was very modern for its time. In the display cabinets, you can see the blue ceramic tableware and the yellow and blue set, which Monet had had made for celebrations. In the kitchen, with its blue Rouen tiles, the huge cooker with multiple hobs and the copper utensils almost seem to be awaiting the return of their owners.<\/p>\n