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Push open the door of La Coutellerie de Lyon and you'll understand why this address is recommended year after year by Le Futé. Behind the window on Place Bellecour, discover passionate cutlers, women - including the wonderful Thiernoise Luce Bouterige - and men - who share their passion for exceptional products. A wide choice of knives for all uses, especially in the kitchen, and all budgets. A Lyonnais must-have is the homemade knife, with fixed or folding blade, made on site. Visible from the store, the workshop enables all blades to be sharpened. The full range of Savoyard Opinel knives is available, and handles and blades can be engraved.

In the beating heart of a neighborhood that lives like a village, an artisan florist adds a little pep to the Grande Rue de Vaise. Enter Dahlia Shop to see life in all its colors with Cyril, a true artist of plants for the past 10 years. A beautiful boutique where flowers and plants are presented in a streamlined decor to highlight the high quality of a selection of essentially French and seasonal flowers. Superb multicolored bouquets, beautiful arrangements for all occasions, ceremony bouquets, contemporary aesthetics, variations on all themes, flowers that are always elegant... We're spellbound.

A good night's sleep starts with choosing your mattress, box spring and everything that goes with it at Univers Literie. A brand established 70 years ago, where you're always greeted with a smile by genuine professionals: Christian, a^3rd generation mattress-maker, in Lyon 7, and Thomas, at the new Brignais address. In addition to made-to-measure mattresses, our superb showroom features the best French and European brands: Diroy, Gomarco, Conulex, Sealy. Sylvie Thiriez bed linen, feather comforters and Pyrenex comforters. Convertible sofas and armchairs. Univers Literie has something for every body type and every budget, for the night and for life. Other address: 19 boulevard de Schweighouse - Brignais.

While the light has long been considered a functional product, it has become indispensable today to all those who look at the decoration. Feuka, specialist in the light in Marseille, is the address where the electricians are supplied. Therefore, reference can be made to the matter. You'll find on 3 000 m ² of exposure, a mishmash of styles and genres that allows you to enlighten all corner of the house, but also outside. A large part of the space is dedicated to designers, the other part is illuminated by glass chandeliers, round lamps or a much more classic porcelain wall. Among other things, you will find the famous Fatboy, Martinelli Luce, Norlys and Slide brands. In the end, there are for all tastes, from the classic to the most creative. Young households will appreciate the average price that remains reasonable. The SAV is also very competent, quick and pleasant.

This artisan bottegacreates exceptional paper products and restores old books. They produce stationery products such as notebooks, directories, albums and small cards, all of which can be personalized, as well as beautiful scarves and ties, made using the marmorizzazione technique (marbled paper). Each piece made by this team of outstanding craftsmen is like a work of art.

It has to be said, the Smart took time to refer to this address. And for the reason, go ahead and it will be very difficult for you to know what this "anonymous" store contains. Yet Cultures and Rhizomes are among the best florists in Lyon. Not those who propose to the chain of bouquets "already ready for use", but artists who make up authentic little works of art according to your tastes and desires. There's no doubt, there's poetry in the air and a real passion for plants that are here in very nature pots to combine plant and decorative. Bulbs to plant - there are even mushrooms to grow - and plants to love, custom bouquets, Cultures and Rhizomes is part of these addresses, which can no longer be discovered once discovered.

Coutellerie de Lodi is a Marseilles institution. At the same address for over 100 years, they make the very best blades. The shop window is always splendid, attracting passers-by like a magnet. The selection of knives is magnificent. From professional blades to penknives for enthusiasts, there's something for everyone. The knives are handcrafted from the finest materials. For handles, the horns and woods (olive, oak...) are sublimated and the blades shine brightly. Major brands such as Opinel, Victorinox, Nontron and Fontenille Pataud are represented in the store. La Coutellerie de Lodi also offers knife sharpening for private and professional customers. But you'll also find the very best in shaving and chiselling. An address worth discovering or rediscovering.

A family business with a long history, since it was founded in 1931! A house that always knows how to have fun and surprise us, bringing life to our homes with objects that make everyday life more beautiful. Cerfogli is the specialist for the right idea to decorate your apartment and/or find the right gift to wrap with care (particularly pretty gift-wrapping). A selection of over a hundred brands of quality and originality, all jostling for position in this chic Ali Baba's cave where good taste prevails. Fortunately, the other specialty of the house is advice (and a smiling welcome). You'll find everything you need at Cerfogli.

This workshop exhibits the work of a traditional bookbinder who has books and white notebooks, photo albums, archive boxes, covered with binding paper, or grief in different colours. One can also buy secret boxes; have the spines of his books gilded; bind his own books with a certain delay. It is this bookbinder who supplies Diwan, those bookstores in Cairo where their creations are also sold.

Rakhmon's family invites you in its traditional house to discover the art of making suzanis. Her daughter Nasiba masters no less than 14 types of embroidery stitches and gives demonstrations lasting about 45 minutes! Rakhmon, on the other hand, designs the patterns and dyes the fabrics to give them the bright colours so particular to natural materials. A unique opportunity to discover this art so typical of Uzbekistan. Dining on site to combine gastronomic and artistic discovery is also a great experience.

The Tufenkian Group, which already has several hotels to its credit in Armenia, including Historic in Yerevan itself, has also become known for its carpets, which are part of an authentic Armenian tradition. Its show room in the centre of Yerevan, close to Vernissaj, offers a large selection of carpets from the Caucasus region, but also from Central Asia and Tibet, as well as other handicrafts, on display for sale alongside furniture and other accessories.

Tastefully furnished, on the ^2nd floor of a building at the beginning of Abovian Street, a multi-purpose place, sewing and design workshop. A wide selection of handcrafted creations in fabric, wood and other materials inspired by Armenian traditions. Nina Hovnanian reigns over these "Treasures", which have spread to Armenia (in Dilijan) and the United States. Creator of the place, she produces a line of clothing, especially for children, toys, leather goods, shoes and bags, jewellery and accessories, handmade and made in Armenia.

Recognizable with his sign that reproduces the multicolored canvas bag where the Armenian peasant stole its salt (aghaksak), this small boutique located at the very beginning of Abovian Street, after the place de la République and offers a wide selection of memories. It is one of the very first signs of the capital to have offered unformatted and original souvenirs. You will surely find something to bring into your luggage from the multitude of ceramic or fabric objects (kilims and carpets) inspired by traditional Armenian crafts, at high prices for local but affordable standards.

Shavkat Boltaev makes superb shots exposed at the bottom of this small caravanserai. Ninety per cent of his work is about Bukhara, but there are also many photographs from Surkhandarya or other parts of Uzbekistan and sometimes the work of other equally talented photographers. The themes explored range from portraits of Jews and aksakals of Bukhara to the Gypsy populations, and sketches of the monumental settings of the Silk Road stage cities. But it's the beautiful portraits that catch the eye.

The Residence is not a store but two to a few metres from each other on the same street. The first, located at number 21, is a chic and refined place. Three pieces were relookées in a spirit of showroom of beautiful invoices: signées and glass signed by Italian and Dutch craftsmen and paintings by English artists. The colours are clear and the lines are revisited in the image of products from the largest French brands in this field. Furniture combines both noble wood (oak) and contemporary inspiration while being presented with taste. That of 25, the Contemporary Residence is 100% contemporary. There are carpets, sofas and other decorative objects, resolutely modern and original. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

Maison Empereur is the oldest hardware store in France (opened in 1827!). In this Ali Baba's cave, you can really find everything! From kitchen accessories, cutlery and drugstore to gardening accessories, not to mention objects from yesteryear to be rediscovered. A must-see institution in Marseille! Newlyweds can open their wedding list there. A quick tour of the website also gives you an idea of the products available. But, as Petit Futé believes, nothing beats a little visit to the boutique!

Specialist in kilims, patchwork, paçmina (wool or silk), çatouk (antelope wool) and carpets (handmade). Yasar will receive you in perfect French to tell you about his passion: carpets. Don't hesitate to come in and question him as a true professional, he will tell you the origin of these different products, their uses, their meanings. There is a very large selection. If only out of curiosity and to learn a little more about these different kinds of carpets, this shop is worth a little visit.

In this temple of shopping, the Part is a Haven for Diy. In the middle of a few objects and a fine grocery radius, a very large DIY radius offers the essentials for all areas, from electricity to paint through zinguerie or wood. To help you, because the rates do not allow you to go back to the BHV. However, it is a practical address that makes it possible not to go into traffic jams with the car and to equip themselves in a pleasant atmosphere. Side advice, it is better to know already where one goes, sellers being rare… A place for the locals who love the beautiful things.

In the heart of Lyon's most mixed and exotic area, behind an unspoiled storyteller, a small piece of Asian furniture is hidden for amateurs! Small but rich. It offers traditional Chinese furniture imported and authentic from the eighteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century. It contains carved or lawn wood, natural or painted, in all forms, of the small furniture (bedded to 169 €) to larger pieces (console to 349 €, bahut at 600 €). And if you fear being too amateur for this kind of place, don't worry! You will not be solicited insistently or ignored, but rather advised appropriately, with politeness and passion.