The Hoschedé Daughters' Rooms: Where Two Families Became One

Past Monet's bedroom, a row of small rooms belongs to the daughters of Alice Hoschedé.

After his wife Camille died, Monet found comfort in Alice Hoschedé. Leaning on each other while raising their children, the two fell in love. Alice, however, still had a husband, so the couple did not share a room, and Monet stayed in his studio on the ground floor. They married only years later, once Alice learned that her husband had died.

The sleeping arrangements are telling, too. Monet's two sons and Alice's two sons from her first marriage slept in the attic, while the second-floor rooms were given to the four daughters. Perhaps Monet was the kind of father who believed in raising his boys tough.