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$ 4,950,000 OLD MONTREAL I Exclusive Penthouse, enjoying a 10,000 s.f. terrace, combining advantages of a condo and a house. The ultimate in luxury, privacy, quality and breathtaking views. Each of the 5 floors enjoys a different function ranging from exceptional rooms ideal for sophisticated receptions as well as exquisite private lifestyle. Louise Rémillard 514.935.3337
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$ 2,295,000 NUN’S ISLAND I SOMMET II Exceptional in every way, this magnificent penthouse condo is luxurious and chic! Superb river views, 11 foot ceilings, marble floors, immense open concept living and dining areas, fireplace, terrace, 3 bedrooms, 2 + 1 bathrooms, private 2 car garage & private wine cellar with capacity for 1000 bottles! Carl Rémillard-Fontaine 514.726.2077
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IT’S NO SECRET THAT THE AUTUMN ISSUE of Montreal Home is my personal favourite. Perhaps it’s because I love the bathroom feature that we present at this time of year. Or maybe it’s because autumn is when we begin to turn our attention back to the interiors of our homes after a fun-filled summer spent outdoors. With the cooling days and nights, I seem to find myself absorbed in this issue, thirsty for ideas to incorporate into my home. This issue brings us into some particularly beautiful homes, including the penthouse condo owned by real estate broker Carl Rémillard-Fontaine and his fiancée. Aside from being inspired by learning about its renovation, interior design and décor, I was particularly touched when I read how Carl looks forward to returning home after a day in the city. This sentiment was echoed by the owners of a 12,000-square-foot mini-chateau located in Laval on the shores of Rivière des Prairies; they cherish the calm and tranquillity of their retirement home, which is only a 15-minute drive from downtown Montreal. We all want our homes to be a calm refuge from the outside world. Whether we wish to live in the city and capture a rural feeling, or we simply yearn to return to our nest every day, home is truly where the heart is. I hope that Montreal Home plays its part in helping you to envision your own refuge, your own nest. I always stand in awe of the editorial and production team at Montreal Home that makes sure you receive every issue of the magazine on time. I wish to acknowledge all of them, beginning with our art director Mark Ruzayk and continuing with the office, sales and production team of Ashley Dana, Jennifer Lipkowitz, Hana Rakovski, Sonya Braich, Emily Bitting, Ariel Cozocaru and Jennifer Ohana. I want to thank in particular Phillipa Rispin and Marlene Eisner who joined the team in the latter part of the production stage and have worked tirelessly to get the edition out by deadline. I would equally like to acknowledge our writers and our designer Jean Monet, our photographer Drew Hadley and our punctilious translator Christian Bergeron, who works at a moment’s notice to make sure it all gets done every other month. I also have to thank my husband Oz and my precious little boy who allow me to do what I love every day and support my every move. I hope to bring you many more beautiful editions for years to come. Last, but definitely not least, I would like to thank you, our readers, for supporting us from the day we launched our first issue in the summer of 2009. I wish you a wonderful autumn leading up to the holiday season, and may you find peace, joy and comfort in your homes. LEAH LIPKOWITZ Publisher
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ELIZABETH LEWIS Writer and editor Beth Lewis plans to be an illustrator and painter in her next life. In this life, she is content to be spellbound by the works of her favourite artists, several of whom are at least mentioned in her article about Brome-Missisquoi painter John Ballantyne, whose love of white clapboard rivals her own.
Volume 4, number 5, Autumn 2012 Date of Issue: October, 2012 Publisher Leah Lipkowitz Assistant to the Publisher Hana Rakovski
JEAN MONET Montreal Home’s stylist, Jean Monet, says he loved the happy marriage of France and Quebec in the Brome home he styled for this issue. “The French f lair in this home was a dream come true,” Jean said. “It was like having a European interior and a Quebec exterior landscape. And it was great to work with homeowners who were as excited about the photo shoot as we were.”
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KATHRYN GREENAWAY The moment Kathryn Greenaway walked into the exquisite coach house tucked out of sight in Montreal’s Golden Square Mile, she wanted to curl up in one of the comfy chairs by the elegant fireplace and call it home. Then she visited the intriguing contemporary condo on Nuns’ Island and decided she should keep her options open. Kathryn has been writing about entertainment, lifestyles and, more recently, Montreal’s West Island for The Gazette for 23 years. Before that, she spent a decade dancing with Ballet de Montréal Eddy Toussaint. She’s made a practice of falling in love with beautiful homes for as long as she can remember.
Production Director Ashley Dana
CORRECTION The story titled “Steely Look” on page 42 of Montreal Home’s 2012 Country Homes issue omitted a piece of information. Because the home profiled in the story is for sale, it should have included contact information for the listing agent, which is as follows: Marie-Claire Rémillard and France Rémillard of Profusion Realty Inc. www.profusionimmo.ca, 514-935-3337 and 450-327-6161 Montreal Home regrets the omission.
EDITORIAL Editor-in-Chief Stephanie Whittaker Art Director Mark Ruzayk
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THIS JUST IN
An array of new items for you home.
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Two design eras are artfully melded in a St. Lambert home.
58 A GOOD FIT
A new contemporary-style home blends in perfectly in a traditional Westmount neighbourhood.
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STYLISH SOPHISTICATION
Real estate broker Carl Rémillard-Fontaine finds his perfect home in a Nuns’ Island condo that boasts views to the north and south.
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140 HOSPITABLE HOME
A chateau-style home on the river in Laval is designed to welcome several generations of a family.
158 ENTENTE CORDIALE
A Townships home’s interiors are inspired by French country, its garden by Quebec.
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A Golden Square Mile former coach house is revived as a quaint home for empty nesters.
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Newlyweds design their first home together in a recycled industrial building.
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1. FALL FORWARD Autumnal colour palettes are evolving. The Tula collection from John Robshaw is evidence of fresh fall mixes: rich eggplant, dusty grey and soft tangerine. Tula bedding is made in India from 300-thread-count cotton and features an intricate botanical-inspired pattern. Queen size pieces from $99 to $559. ——— Design Louis George 1307 Ste-Catherine St. W., Montreal www.designlouisgeorge.com 514-842-7711 / ext. 294 or 347
2. PAMPERED PLEASURES What could be more indulgent than a pre-warmed towel after a bath on a cool autumn morning? With streamlined design, reflective shimmer and ultra-efficient technology, the Impresario 1200 towel warmer is the ultimate in bathroom luxury. Available in seven contemporary colours plus a mirrored option, this brilliant accessory from Campa will change your bathing experience. ——— Convectair www.convectair.ca 1-800-463-6478
3. BRAZILIAN SENSATION Granite and marble are becoming modern classics for kitchen and bathroom countertops, but Chateau Marbre et Granit offers beautiful slabs for custom projects as well. New varieties of 1 ¼" granite, exclusively imported from Brazil, include the Sensation (pictured), Dolce Vita, Aurora and Mascarello. ——— Chateau Marbre et Granit 9055 Pascal-Gagnon St., St-Leonard www.chateaumarbre.com 514-955-9760
4. CHIC AND ANTIQUED As in fashion, this year autumn/winter pastels are an important trend in home décor. The Modern History three-drawer commode, with routed pilaster columns and tapered feet, is intricately carved and painted in a soft white, perfectly on point for the coming seasons. Measuring 46" by 22" by 27". ——— Design Louis George 1307 Ste-Catherine St. W., Montreal
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1. GATEWAY TO AUTUMN Your garden doesn’t have to be a sad place once you’ve put it to bed for the season. Decorative elements such as this turn-of-the-century wrought iron gate mean a charming garden all year long. Featuring strap joints and measuring 30 inches by 30 inches, pieces such as this start at $450. ——— Spazio Architectural Antiques 8405 Saint-Laurent blvd., Montreal www.spazio.ca 514-384-4343 2. LET’S GET PERSONAL Options are paramount when decorating your home. Imagine having the choice of nearly any image, pattern, colour or photograph on your stretch ceiling or walls. Shalaev offers unlimited possibilities for personalization, with antistatic, allergen-free materials, uv protected printing and quick installation. ——— Shalaev Inc. Call for consultation. 1001 Lenoir St., Suite b-360, Montreal www.shalaev.ca ~ 514-503-6032 3. CLEAN LINES The Virtuoso system is inspired by modern and contemporary European furniture design. Available in eco-friendly Lago and Tesoro finishes, the system can be customized with a variety of accents and accessories, including glass elements and coloured lighting. Perfect for closets, media centres and entryways, the linear system can be designed, produced and installed in just four weeks from an approved order. ——— California Closets 1373 Greene Ave., Westmount www.californiaclosets.com 514-636-6336 4. BATHROOM BEAUTIFUL The elegant artistry of Irpinia bathroom cabinetry makes a lasting impression. The quality is in the details, including a smooth lacquered polyurethane finish to protect the solid walnut burl beneath. Custom made for your traditional, modern or eclectic lifestyle. Exclusively available through Audacia. ——— Audacia Design 8162 Devonshire Rd., Town of Mount Royal www.audaciadesign.com 514-344-8000
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A TALE OF TWO ERAS Homeowners marry the old and the new to create a harmonious union BY JOHN GRIFFIN PHOTOGRAPHY DREW HADLEY STYLING JEAN MONET
This classic 1909 white brick St. Lambert dwelling is thoroughly at home with its setting and its modern addition. Century-old trees agree.
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ON ONE SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT: a classic 1909 residence, erected for the ages in white-painted brick on a prestigious street in the long-established South Shore community of St. Lambert, with a formidable gate and fencing and formal garden. On the other side: an addition, clad in gun-metal grey brick and acres of glass, with knife-edge lines and a flat roof, the very epitome of modernist ambition. A stand-off commenced, pitting the forward-thinking property owners and their fervent desire to honour the original house by refusing to copy it, against a town council aghast at the notion that contemporary architecture should enter a municipality where things were just fine the way they'd always been. So the situation remained, for nine long months. Finally, cooler heads and fresh faces in council prevailed, and work began to mark the home's centennial with a new look for the 21st century. Here the owner takes up the tale. “We've been in this home now for 18 years,” she explains candidly and with passion. “I'd raised two stepchildren here in a warren of small, dark rooms typical of the era. But when I started having my own kids – a boy at the age of 41 and twin boys at 43 – enough was enough.” Along with a Bernese mountain dog and a Persian cat, they all tended to cram into a 10-foot by 10-foot solarium that provided most of the light. They needed more room. And they needed it now. “It was a two-year project,” the owner recounts. “The first step was to get the city to approve an idea that had never been done here before. Some liked what we wanted to do. They liked that we didn't want to take away from the original with a replica, but rather show two eras of design in one house.” •
Murf the cat gets close to the music in the Yamaha baby grand. Comfy furniture is provided by Montauk. This relaxed party palace is anchored by a travertine fireplace wall that reaches 14 feet to the ceiling. The art, part of a series of four paintings, is from Ambiente Design.
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Family action centres in the kitchen, with its pierre calcaire countertops, quartz island and seating for six. The stairs lead to the basement, where the boys can run loose. Cabinets are by Armoires Créabec.
“The first step was to get the city to approve an idea that had never been done here before.”
She admits, in a model of understatement, that there were “issues,” not least of which was finding an architect who’d grasp the notion that modernist can also mean warm and inviting. This was to be no icy doctrinaire statement, but a home for rowdy growing boys and their gang. Who knew that her own stepson, then 27 and studying architecture, would plant the seeds of that concept? “He heard we were planning an extension and came over to the house armed with a Power Point presentation. He was very persuasive, and his ideas are at the heart of the new wing.” For the finished product they looked to the Swiss-born architect and Université de Montréal professor Peter Fianu, and his firm Atelier Braq. The homeowner describes the subsequent long, exhausting road ahead: “With the excavation, we had to move out and into downtown Montreal for seven months. My schedule consisted of getting up, driving the kids to daycare here then commuting to my own job in the West Island. I also served as the project manager for the extension, though I was lucky to have designer Dany Morin do the electrical.” •
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“With the excavation, we had to move out and into downtown Montreal for seven months.”
If she learned one thing from the experience, says this self-described compulsive re-designer, it's “I will never do it again, ever!” In the same breath she also says, “it was well worth it.” The family moved back in 2010. Six months later, work was finally completed, and at last she had a home free of workers and chaos. The result, of course, is worth every drop of blood and tears shed in the process. Blessed in its location across from schools and the community swimming pool, with the river within eyesight and the Victoria Bridge a walk away, the revised home is both a tribute to the original and an understated example of the best of modern building. The addition pops, but it doesn't shout; it stands respectful of the tradition right beside it. The warren of post-Victorian rooms is gone from the old place, but the high ceilings and mouldings remain. There's the bright new kitchen with its Armoires Créabec cabinets, limestone counters, new hardwood floor to match the original, and quartz island with six leather chairs, open to a dining area and glass table from Maison Corbeil. The kids’ tv room lies beyond. There’s a powder room where the stove used to be a pantry and drawers for linen cleverly created from a miniscule old cupboard under the stairs. Deeper into the 1909 ground-floor space is the surprise of a second, more formal dining room that exists because “I couldn't bear to part with this beautiful table, from Fraser Furniture.” There's also an office with fireplace. •
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A re-imagined dining room in the old section features a glass-topped table from Maison Corbeil and mouldings original to the home. New hardwood floors were stained to match those first laid over 100 years ago. (Opposite, below) Murf, the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Persian cat, settles down on the back terrace, one of many outdoor living spaces. Furniture by Ambiente Design.
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“I didn't want a museum. I want to live in this house.”
In the other direction is an open corridor to the extension, framed on one side by an enormous sliding glass door leading to an inviting sheltered deck, with a stone floor and furnishings by Ambienti Design. Next up is the controversial addition itself. Step into it, and you understand what the fuss was about, but in the best of all possible ways. It's an open, soaring, graceful space, bathed in light and anchored by a double-sided fireplace and a baby grand piano. It is the definitive party palace, where one imagines friends gathering in all seasons and revelling in the joy of being in each other's company. “I didn't want a museum,” says the woman, who fought the war and won. “I want to live in this house.” •
(Opposite) The second-floor master bedroom sits where the original deck once stood. Now, awash in natural light, it's a private place for the owners to escape their young brood.
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STARTING OUT Newlyweds design an elegant condo in a former industrial building to begin married life BY PHILLIPA RISPIN PHOTOGRAPHY DREW HADLEY STYLING JEAN MONET
Zoolander the dog adds a patterned accent to the living area, which reflects the ownersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; minimalist design aesthetics.
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“I like to be surprised by new ways of designing space,” says Ian. He built this staircase with risers canted forwards so that the treads could be made deeper.
“The design process was really easy. We knew what we wanted.”
ALL OVER THE ISLAND OF MONTREAL, neighbourhoods are in flux as industry relocates or dies out and residents move in. This loft’s location is a case in point. It’s at the convergence of three municipalities – the Town of Mount Royal, Montreal, and Outremont – and three major activities: commercial, industrial, and residential. The loft is in a mid-1950s low-rise building that until recently housed light industry. Now it contains a daycare centre and eight condos, one of which is home to Hanne Ellingsen and Ian Nataf. When the couple first saw it, the building was being renovated and had no dividing walls. “The first time we came up here we stood in our corner, and you could see from there completely to the other side of the building,” Hanne recalls. “There was tape showing where our place would be. Ian’s an architect and has amazing 3-d visualization skills. I think he could see the potential of it much easier than I could.” “It was a beautiful space,” Ian says. “We’ve got windows everywhere. We’re sited due southeast-southwest so we’ve got sun pretty much from morning ’til night. It was an unbuilt loft that we could do whatever we wanted with. The fact that it was in a good location was a plus.” •
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“We’re four minutes from the train station,” Hanne points out. “I can go back and forth to downtown in about 15 minutes.” Despite proximity to the train, some might quibble about the “good location.” It’s true that there are other residential buildings nearby, but the street is still home to commercial enterprises such as printers and auto body shops. That’s all part of the charm for this couple. “I really love the industrial feel of the street,” says Ian. “We know that this street isn’t so nice-looking right now, but it’s going to be,” adds Hanne. “We’re kind of at the beginning of the transformation.” Not only the neighbourhood was in transformation; so were the new owners. They were engaged to be married, Hanne was writing her bar exams, and Ian was setting up business as an architect. Turning the empty space into something liveable would be not just an opportunity to add to his portfolio, it would be a labour of love as they built their first home together. “The design process was really easy,” Ian recounts. “We knew what we wanted. We wanted a big open space, and essentially we just plopped a box down in the middle of the room and used it to generate all the spaces. That inner box acts as a hub: the kitchen on one side [open to the living-dining area], the laundry room and the bathroom and storage inside it, and then the staircase on another side. •
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The rooftop terrace offers space for a little urban garden. “We’ve really been enjoying being here in summer with the terrace and the barbecues and friends,” says Hanne. “Entertaining in [the downstairs living area], you can always be in the party even when you’re washing some dishes.”
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The master bedroom and ensuite bathroom are built on top of the original building. White oak flooring adds to the airy feeling in a room flooded with natural light.
“I did a lot of work myself …”
“It was a learning experience for me. Because it was my own place I got to test materials that I hadn’t used before and try details that I didn’t know would work. It was a challenge, but it was an interesting experience.” The lower level is 1,200 square feet. In the upper 400 square feet is another full bathroom and the condo’s only bedroom, with doors leading out to 800 square feet of rooftop terrace. All the spaces reveal the couple’s minimalist taste in design and décor. What you can’t see is the personal effort that went into the raw space before it was finished. “I did a lot of work myself – a lot of the carpentry, a lot of the finishing,” says Ian. “I put up the gyps. I did all the trim work. I built the kitchen. There are a few things that I know I can’t do that we outsourced, like the plastering, but wherever I could do it myself, I did. “One thing about moving in before it was 100 per cent finished was taking pleasure with each little step done; all of a sudden, the way you live changes. Another thing that was good was that when you’re living in a space you get a much better idea of how it should develop. It was an ongoing process, that’s for sure.” Six months before their wedding, Hanne and Ian took possession of their loft. They moved in a year ago, the day after the nuptials and months before the interior was fully finished. They’re still together. “We’ve been told that one of the hardest things to do as a couple is build a home,” Ian says. “And we did it while we were getting married.” He and Hanne smile at each other, proud of their accomplishment. They’re at home in their space. •
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THE CLADDING SOLUTION Red brick and slate were the keys to making a contemporary house fit in with its historic neighbours BY STEPHANIE WHITTAKER PHOTOGRAPHY DREW HADLEY STYLING JACINTHE LEMIEUX
Because the homeowners often enter their home from their parking spot behind the house, architects Gavin Affleck and Richard de la Riva of Affleck + de la Riva Architectes designed the houseยนs back facade (seen here) to be as appealing as the front.
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CREATING A CONTEMPORARY HOME in an established historic neighbourhood can be a challenge for any architect. Often, the goal is to design a home that fits into the streetscape without slavishly imitating the design of its historic neighbours. And paradoxically, it should reflect today’s architectural conventions without garishly standing out as the new kid on the block. When architects Gavin Affleck and Richard de la Riva of Affleck + de la Riva Architectes were given the job of designing a contemporary house on a historic street in Westmount,
“Our house is a modern take on what’s next door.”
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“So the back of the house has a front-like facade. It’s as architecturally noteworthy as the front.” they knew the best way to ensure it would be at home with its Victorian and Edwardian neighbours would be to clad its facade in the kind of building materials used on the street’s older homes: red brick and slate. It worked. The colour palette creates an unbroken line in the streetscape but the home’s design statement places it in the now. “Our house is a modern take on what’s next door,” says the homeowner. “We were building it more than 100 years after the house next door was built so it’s a contemporary interpretation of a Victorian home.”
Most of the houses on the street are semi-detached. But the 1895 Victorian next door was what the homeowner calls “a twinless semi.” The new structure was created as the Victorian home’s twin and is attached to its south wall. In addition to hiring Affleck and de la Riva to design their home, the homeowners turned to Sienna Construction, run by partners Richard Dufour and Denis Pomerleau, to build it. The architects and Sienna had worked on other projects together. • The homeowner plans to turn the little sitting room to the left into a home office.
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“It’s a spiritual element that allows you breathing room.”
The homeowners were looking for something that many Victorian houses lack. “We wanted a sense of volume, light and space,” says the homeowner. They also wanted something else that would be nonexistent in a Victorian home: a structure with interchangeable front and back facades. “We park behind the house and enter it by the back door,” says the homeowner. “So the back of the house has a front-like facade. It’s as architecturally noteworthy as the front. You could flip the house around and the back would fit well in the streetscape.” To realize his clients’ desire for volume, light and space within the home’s modest footprint (2,400 square feet spread over two storeys), Affleck designed the dining room, which is in the middle of the ground floor, as a two-storey space. It soars, in ecclesiastical fashion, so the eye is drawn upward, bestowing a sense of majesty. “Instead of filling up the space, the open area is like a church space,” says Affleck. “It’s a spiritual element that allows you breathing room. It becomes the centre of the house and everything rotates around it. You move up and down through it.” •
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(Opposite) The staircase, with its open risers, is an architectural element. The homeowner wanted it to have as much visual appeal from the front of the house as from the back. (Below) A built-in custom bookshelf surrounds the fireplace in the sitting area at the back of the house.
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The dining area is the focus of the house. Here, the ceiling soars two storeys, creating a sense of space and volume. Red chairs add a pop of colour to the muted palette.
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“We wanted a sense of volume, light and space.” The homeowner also sees the dining room as the centre of the house. “When we entertain, we like to be near the kitchen and for entertaining, we want the flow to be from kitchen to dining room to living room to patio,” he says. Following the concept of the f lippedaround building, the main living areas are at the back of the house. Through floor-to-ceiling glass doors, the living room overlooks a backyard deck and patio. At the front of the house, a vestibule is floored in the same slate used on the home’s
exterior. Just off the entry hall, a modestly sized room is designed as a sitting area although the homeowner has plans to convert it into a home office. Straight ahead lies another architectural surprise. The open-riser staircase faces the back of the house but is equally spectacular when viewed from each direction. “We wanted the staircase to be as aesthetically pleasing from the back as from the front,” says the homeowner. Glass panels replace traditional spindles, keeping the look airy and creating the impression of floating stair treads.
The kitchen, which is sleek and contemporary with its walnut and white lacquer cabinetry, is open to the dining area and living room to form the open space the homeowners craved. In the adjacent living room, designer Richard Bélanger used the same materials as those used in the kitchen to build an elegant wall unit, creating a sense of flow and continuity from room to room. • The living room is a modest space at the back of the house. A cowhide rug grounds the space, which is filled with light from a large window that opens to the back yard.
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(This page) The second storey landing is seen here looking toward the front of the house from the catwalk that spans the space above the dining area. (Below) A bank of vast vertical windows in the dining area allows light in, but the frosted panes ensure privacy. (Below, left) Old-fashioned office stools at the kitchen island recall a bygone era. (Opposite, clockwise from top left) The master bathroom is a compact space. The catwalk, looking toward the back of the house, spans the dining area. A standing stainless sink in the ground-floor powder room is an unusual fixture in a highly designed space.
Light streams into the space through generously proportioned windows on three sides of the building. Tall vertical panes on the house’s south side are frosted, requiring no window treatments. Glass is a key element throughout the house. A thick glass catwalk on the second storey spans the open vertical space above the dining area and unites the front and back wings. Sienna installed hefty structural beams to unite the two wings. “We wanted to expose the beams,” says the homeowner. “They’re made of the same raw steel as is used in the staircase and fireplace facade.” Affleck located the master suite in the front wing and a guest bedroom and office in the back. The colour palette throughout the space is subdued and earthy with the exception of six scarlet chairs in the dining room that surround a walnut table by Kastella, inlaid with anodized aluminum. Building the home was not without challenges. “It was an empty lot and it was wide enough,” says architect Affleck. “But the site was irregular and it was connected by the house on the top side. Moreover, it was on a slope, so it was a balancing act.” Affleck says because the homeowners use their back door more than its front counterpart, “the door that faces the street – the city – is symbolic. It’s civic. It has a nice, generous staircase but that doesn’t mean you use it.” The collaboration between architect and homeowner was key to the project’s success, says Affleck. “You need the trust and collaboration of your client and builder. When a project turns out well, it’s bigger than any of the players.” •
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THE HEALING GARDEN A homeowner creates a landscape that is a tonic for body, soul and neighbourhood children BY STEPHANIE WHITTAKER PHOTOGRAPHY GUY TESSIER
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AN INSPIRATION FOR A GARDEN’S DESIGN can come from unexpected places. A serious illness was the catalyst for the exquisite landscape that surrounds this Lachine home. During the late 1990s, the homeowner had left her career as a notary and was recovering from a life-threatening illness when she became interested in wild flowers. “I started drying flowers for my own pleasure and for friends,” she says. She would later become aware of the metaphor in this new interest. “I wanted to prolong the life of the flowers as my life had been prolonged.” Although she and her husband were living in a high-rise condominium in Brossard from which they had a panoramic view of the St. Lawrence River, they began to long for more. They both wanted a garden. So in 2001, they bought their home in Lachine, which is also in sight of the river. “We wanted to live near the water,” says the homeowner. “The house didn’t really make sense to me, but the location was exactly what we were looking for.”
“I wanted to prolong the life of the flowers as my life had been prolonged.” In fact, the house had been built during the 1970s as a one-storey extension for an indoor swimming pool belonging to the older home next door. By the time the couple bought the building, however, the pool was long gone and the structure had been converted into an apartment. The couple embarked upon a renovation, which added a second storey to the house by 2005. And the garden, designed and built by horticulturist and landscaper Jocelyn Lussier of Topia Solutions Jardins, was built the following year. The homeowner wanted a garden that would look old and established. “I told Jocelyn I wanted a pond and that we had to conserve the mature trees on the property – two Norway maples, two ash trees and a linden,” she says. Lussier created a plan that so pleased the homeowners, they gave him carte blanche to execute it as drafted. •
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Because the house is semi-detached, the garden curves around it on two sides. It is visible from the sidewalk. However, a hedge of barberry (berberis thunbergii “Rose Glow”) creates a sense of enclosure while pleasing the eye with its rich burgundy colour. It contrasts with the chartreuse creeping jenny (lysimachia nummularia) that ramps at its base. The design also included the planting of a spine of three crabapples and a Yellow Butterfly magnolia on the north flank of the front yard, which demarcates the property line. As medium-height trees, they occupy the middle range between the soaring maples and ashes and the low-growing perennials. There are no straight lines in the garden. “We didn’t want a rectilinear look,” says the
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“We didn’t want a rectilinear look. In fact, I wanted it to take a long time to get to the front door.” A patchwork of low-growing shrubs and perennials surrounds the pond, which was once populated with koi until they were eaten by wild herons.
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Also on the homeowners’ wish list was low-maintenance plantings. As a result, the lawn is minimal and restricted to the part of the garden that wraps around the side of the house. The tapestry of perennials in the front, surrounding the pond, includes various ornamental grasses, low-growing forget-me-nots (myosotis palustris “Semperflorens”), hostas, the ever-present shade-tolerant creeping jenny (lysimachia nummularia), coral bells (heuchera sanguinea “Splendens”) and the red-leafed Rodgersia “Chocolate Wings”, among others. “We planted the Rodgersia at the edge of the pond but it doesn’t flower because of competition from the tree roots,” says the homeowner. “I’d like them to flower but nature doesn’t want them to.”
“I’d like them to flower but nature doesn’t want them to.” This is a garden of textures and contrasts. While there are not a lot of flowering perennials, visual interest is created through the use of foliage that runs the gamut of colours. Japanese maples (acer palmatum atropurpureum “Bloodgood”), for instance, add punches of red here and there. A lacecap hydrangea is planted in a raised border adjacent to the terrace. Its flat-headed blooms are in stark contrast to the sprawling catmint (nepeta mussinii) and conical yews that also populate the bed. The garden attracts a lot of attention from passers-by. “People stare at it,” says the homeowner. “I didn’t know it would create such a reaction. Children especially love it. They’re very sensitive to the beauty of flowers. People tell us they walk by our house just to look at the garden.” •
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TERRACED TREASURE Penthouse condo a tranquil escape from the city BY KATHRYN GREENAWAY PHOTOGRAPHY DREW HADLEY
Removing the original circular staircase and adding mirrored glass panels to the vestibule closet increased the feeling of space in the open-concept dining room and living room. Trio of lanterns from Stacaro.
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“My fiancée didn’t want a white kitchen, so we chose the palest of grey,” says Carl. Kitchen fabricated by Ad Design/François Grandmaison.
“The kitchen was so important because we both love cooking.”
THE VAL DE L’ANSE RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX on Nuns’ Island has distinguished DNA in its steel, glass and concrete bones, courtesy of Dan S. Hanganu. The architect has won dozens of awards, including top honours for Cirque du Soleil’s headquarters in the St. Michel district and the Pointe à Callière Museum in Old Montreal. Val de l’Anse, nestled on the shores of the St. Lawrence River, in 1991 was honoured with its own first prize from the Ordre des architects du Québec. One of the eight penthouse units in the 15-storey building was purchased in January 2012 by real estate broker Carl Rémillard-Fontaine and his fiancée. He had sold a number of units in the building and was familiar with, and fond of, the penthouse layouts. The unit he and his fiancée purchased had not been touched since the original owners bought it in the late 1980s, but the couple had the courage to look beyond the dated décor. “It was horrible,” says Carl. “There was textured wallpaper and peach carpet everywhere – so ’80s – and there was a circular staircase right in your face the moment you walked in the door. But I could see the potential and, for my girlfriend, it was love at first sight.” •
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“It’s a two-level penthouse with an amazing view.” The floor-to-ceiling windows offer a spectacular penthouse view, flooding the 1,625-squarefoot condo with natural light and illuminating the uniformly white walls. But it was the two expansive terraces that sealed the deal. “I’m in real estate and I’ve never seen terraces like this,” he says, pointing to a spacious south-facing terrace with unimpeded views of the St. Lawrence River. A second-f loor, north-facing terrace offers another unobstructed view, but of verdant Nuns’ Island expanses and the Montreal skyline. “It’s a two-level penthouse with an amazing view.” The couple had the unit gutted “from concrete (ceiling) slab to concrete (floor) slab.” The most expensive project in the three-month renovation was creating a staircase that would open up the vestibule and add 16 square feet of floor space to the second-floor den. The staircase and the condo’s distinct four-panel doors are the work of Centre de l’Escalier and Intermat, both located in Terrebonne. To the left of the vestibule is the open-concept dining room and living room. A 46-inch Sony Bravia flat-screen television above the fireplace is installed on a bracket that tilts or turns the screen on command – just one of the condo’s hitech features installed by Discreet Interiors. •
There was give and take during the renovations. She got her dark hardwood floors (Multi-carpet Design). He got the unfussy chandelier (Union Lighting).
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I’m in real estate and I’ve never seen terraces like this.” The galley kitchen’s custom cupboards and drawers are the palest of grey, a gentle complement to the moonlight-coloured granite countertops and the backsplash of Carrara marble. Glass-panelled upper cupboards display stemware, and banks of deep drawers hold dishes and pots and pans. A wine fridge is tucked into a narrow piece of wall in the dining area. All the appliances are Thermador, including a state-of-the-art induction cooktop and an extra-wide refrigerator installed, flush to the wall, behind a panelled door. “The kitchen was so important because we both love cooking,” he says. The couple brought in master craftsmen to handle the custom work and installations, but tackled all other aspects of the interior design themselves. “We wanted it to be tranquil,” she says. “It’s a very balanced space with a great vibe.” A pristine palette of cream, white, pale grey and taupe repeats throughout. Most of the plump and comfy furnishings come from Maison Corbeil and all the decorative pieces are from Stacaro. • The generous window in the master suite offers an unimpeded view of verdant Nuns’ Island expanses.
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The bathroom has a soaker tub and custom vanity with Carrara marble floor and countertop. Fixtures from Quincaillerie Fernand Ravary.
“I’m a big fan of dimmed lights. In the evening, this place is magical.”
Two paintings of voluminous flower bouquets by Canadian artist Bobbie Burgers, purchased at Galerie de Bellefeuille, hang in the main living space. “She’s our favourite artist,” she says. “We’ve saved a generous space on the dining room wall for the next time we fall in love with one of her works.” The quality of the lighting was another priority for the owners. Fifty pot lights were installed, the majority tucked into bulkheads framing the outer edges of the main living spaces. A grand lantern chandelier lights the staircase and a more compact version is recessed in a coffered portion of the ceiling just inside the front door, creating a welcoming glow for visitors. “I’m a big fan of dimmed lights,” says Carl. “In the evening, this place is magical.” The couple moved in to the apartment in April and there are still projects simmering on the backburner, including installing a wet bar in the den, re-facing the fireplace and installing an L-shaped banquette in the kitchen. But for the moment, the young couple just wants to snuggle up on the sofa with their rescue dog Stashy, take a deep breath and relax. “We’re only eight minutes from downtown, but when you look out the window in the master bedroom all you see is forest,” says Carl. “I look forward to coming home every day.” •
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THE LANCTÔT FAMILY have been selling in South “We’ve been in St-Isidore for over a century,” Shore St-Isidore since 1883. You could say says company president Denis Lanctôt. “Our Lanctôt is St-Isidore. roots are all here.” Lanctôt himself started From humble beginnings as the general at age 14, working summers and weekends. store in this tiny rural community, Lanctôt has Though he briefly flirted with becoming an grown to become a giant in the retail and com- architect, the business was in his bones. He mercial flooring industry, with $20 million in studied marketing instead and has been with annual sales, a huge warehouse and store sitting the company ever since, sharing responsibilnext to prime St-Isidore prairie farmland, and ities with other members of the Lanctôt clan a brand new retail space in Longueuil. Despite and a dedicated team of salespeople. expansion, it remains a family business and No fewer than ten are constantly on the sticks to its knitting: Lanctôt does floors. road, serving the needs of the commercial
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and institutional end of its business. Others are in-store, working with individuals and interior designers who make the trip to Lanctôt for what is now, literally, one-stop shopping. The current building also houses a furniture store, Ameublement Machabée, and Portes et Fenêtres Verdun, independent yet interconnected businesses. “We’re offering our large and diverse clientele more than everything a big-box store offers, but with real professional staff. There’s no fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants here. Everyone is fully trained in what we do.” Denis Lanctôt ensures that his entire staff is on top of the latest advances in the industry. “Back in the 1980s, the emphasis was on vinyl and carpet,” he says. “Now it’s ceramic and hardwood.” And when the big-box stores came to Quebec, Lanctôt adapted. “They killed the mom and pop businesses with low-end materials,” he says. “We still offer really good value, but we moved to the higher end of the market, with a very aggressive pricing strategy and a clear business model. We do retail for homeowners doing renovations, and we do commercial. But we still focus on floors. It’s what we know.” •
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HEADING INTO 2013 BATHROOM DESIGN is all about creating a private oasis complete with regal touches of luxury, according to Daniel Roussy, designer with Centre Design Réalité in Laval. What spells elegance now? A contemporary, clean and streamlined look with lots of natural stone to create a spa-like ambience. But that doesn’t mean a space devoid of personality. “The finishing touches, such as lighting and fixtures, are what add character” he says. You might take a shine to ultra-brilliant, polished surfaces. Especially trendy are chrome taps that ref lect light, which can come from a variety of sources. Instead of the predictable over-mirror light or sconces, try backlighting the mirror or opt for one with embedded led lights. Ambient led lighting can also create a soft and dreamy glow to under-light floating cabinets, or when applied inside niches or along shelving. “Glass surfaces are also important now,” says Roussy. One of the places you'll want to make a splash is with a distinctive, free-standing tub. Not only striking in design, it serves as an elegant place to soak after a long day. “Every bathroom project is more custom than ever,” says Robert Youwakim, general contractor and owner of Groupe Rono, a custom kitchen and bathroom company in Ville Saint Laurent. He estimates that nine out of 10 of his clients now ask for a contemporary look, though how they interpret that is very individual. Since the bathroom is a relatively small room, the clean lines of a modern design style add a feeling of wide-open spaces. “The look calls for keeping cabinetry to a minimum while still having enough storage – which can be a challenge,” he says. Inset wall niches for shelving is one solution that generates a sense of spaciousness. So can a spa-like open shower area, which forgoes the traditional enclosure in lieu of a curtain of water. Whether sheathed in cool marble slabs or a riot of mosaic tiles, the effect is of a waterfall encasing a room within a room. “Just be aware that technical restraints mean open showers may not be possible in every bathroom,” says Youwakim. •
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FIAT LUXE LUX You'll likely be letting in more natural light to the bath space, according to Derick Kipps, owner of Ideka Doors and Windows. “As living spaces gets smaller, the bathroom windows seem to be expanding,” he says. “More glass in the bathroom is definitely a trend.” You might even go all the way, as in a window that extends floor to ceiling, perhaps f lanked by a glassed-in shower enclosure on one side and vanity on the other. This approach is not for homeowners with neighbours in close proximity, although a serene compromise is to have blinds on a motorized track to control both the amount of sunlight and prevent peering eyes. Opening the bathroom to the rest of the home also lets in more natural light. Pocket doors provide the perfect option, since they slide neatly into the wall. Also coveted for their outof-sight aesthetic and space-saving virtues are sliding or surface doors that slide along the wall. It’s all in the name of creating the illusion of more space, no matter what the size of your bathroom. “And people like options, the ability to easily go from wide open to closed and private,” says Kipps.
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ON-THE-WALL STYLE One important trend that is on, rather than off, the wall is “Floating fixtures – a wall-mounted toilet, sink, vanity or shower column – that seems to be the hottest trend now,” says Pierre Descoteaux, chief executive officer of Pierdeco Design. “Elevating fixtures and cabinetry makes the floor appear to go on forever and the look is clean and very contemporary.” A combination of plumbing run discreetly behind walls, plus sophisticated mounting mechanisms make this trend possible, creating a design revolution. Among the many f loating options at Pierdeco: designer Antonio Bullo's kapa or shift lines of fixtures, all wall-mounted, for Plavisdesign. •
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Another trend is fixtures that have multi functions, such as his company's AquaMassage shower column. One sleekly designed unit provides everything from an overhead rain showerhead to massaging jets for aching back muscles. “When my adult son moved out, this shower column is the one thing he said he couldn't live without,” says Descoteaux. And it's not only fixtures and vanities that are being affixed to walls, says Andrea Schwartz, design consultant with BAB Distribution in Montreal. Even soap dispensers, cup holders and other vanity-top items can be found in seeming suspension above sinks and countertops. “It’s in keeping with the effortlessness that's called for today,” she says. “Simplifying life is one of the biggest trends I see now.” And it’s also about easy maintenance, an important factor even with people who never have to do their own cleaning.
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The simplicity movement extends to bathroom taps as well. In years past, sophisticated bathrooms had to have elaborate and highly sculptural fixtures from big-name designers. Schwartz now finds the demand has shifted to those that are uncomplicated, attractive, easy to use and clean. Adding earthy and organic elements is also a big trend. "People are experimenting with adding wood floors and even extending it up the walls," she says, with bleached oak or natural walnut being the most asked-for items. What also might be on your wall: wallpaper. No longer just for powder rooms, master and ensuite baths are also getting this luxury treatment. "As with any room, it's important to create a focal point," says Christina Thomas, interior designer with Club Cuisine BCBG. "And since tactile elements are so important in bathrooms, it adds not only colour, but texture as well," she said. â&#x20AC;˘
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Applying wallpaper from f loor to ceiling is the way to go, says Thomas, rather than in an insert or top finish. Looks can range from whimsical to understated, with toneon-tone elegant fabric-inspired patterns such as damask still going strong. "And since everyone seems to be doing freestanding tubs, wallpapering the wall in back provides the perfect backdrop so the tub design really pops," she says. Wallpaper can be found in all the trendiest colours, including the spectrum of shades of white and pale grey that prevail and the important pastel colours, especially glacial blue. VANITY, THY NAME IS STYLE The prevailing minimalism in bathroom design, with its nonexistent storage, particularly under the sink, may be behind the comeback of the vanity, says Yvon Robert, retail sales director for Plomberium Doraco-Noiseaux in Montreal. “Much as people want distinctive and unique design and a truly personal and custom look,” he says, “they still need to keep stuff close at hand.” And they can do it in a vanity that is almost a modern work of functional art. The Montreal company Unik Stone, for instance, provides several vessel sink options crafted in blue limestone and supported by a sleek stainless steel frame and drawer units in solid oak. Quebec company Vanico-Maronyx, also supplies customizable wood veneer cabinet systems that can be adapted to fit almost any space. There are even solutions for incorporating a dressing table in a very small space, with up to 30 different colours of wood finishes available. “Lacquer finish has also made a comeback,” says Robert, “with white, black and red the most in demand.”
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LIVING LARGER The trend toward oversized floor tiles continues, with a new standard of 24 by 24 inches emerging. And many tiles now come in 36-inch or larger sizes, notes Eric Timms of Planchers VIP in Vaudreuil. “Today they’re used even in small-sized washrooms,” he says. The larger the tile, the fewer seams there are, making a less-interrupted sweep of colour and texture. This approach is perfect for contemporary bathroom design, he notes. New technologies make it possible to create porcelain tiles for floors and backsplashes that mimic virtually any natural material. It’s best to go with a slight texture, since glossy tiles may become slippery underfoot when wet. Almost 80 per cent of Timms’ customers request a mosaic insert on the floor or wall. “I’ve been in this business for more than 20 years and have never seen it like this. People are more daring than ever when it comes to truly Photo courtesy of Plomberium Doraco-Noiseux
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The spacious and airy living room is anchored by a sectional sofa and buffet from Fraser Furniture.
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The master bedroom features rich fabric from Jab of Germany, a chair from Montreal’s Dib Design, and lamps and table from the city’s venerable Fraser Furniture. The elephant painting, and others in the house, were acquired during the owner’s 30-year sojourn in Spain.
“I love living in a condo on Nuns’ Island.” MONTREAL IS A DIFFERENT CITY when seen from the top floors of a swank Nuns’ Island highrise condominium. Gaze through the floorto-ceiling windows, lounge on the terrace and take in the sights. There’s the St. Lawrence River at your feet – 24 floors down. Look in the opposite direction and Mount Royal, St. Joseph’s Oratory and, indeed, much of the metropolis is spread out before you. Not a bad view at all. We’re in the penthouse of a prestigious 2005 building, rising out of the waterfront, that surrounds this equally prestigious neighbourhood. Where once there were cows grazing in pastures, there is now 24-hour security, a 24/7 fitness centre, an indoor and an outdoor swimming pool, a sauna, whirlpools, a golf range and other physical luxuries available to the discerning few who stake out an address here. Up, way up, is the building’s sole two-storey penthouse, located on both the 22nd and 24th floors. Not even the sophisticated and worldly patrons of this concrete edifice will admit to the possibility of a 23rd floor. Why tempt fate? Let old superstitions have their way. •
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“It’s too big for the life we live, especially when my daughter moves out.” Lucky overnight guests have access to the top-floor deck and breathtaking views of the river, Mount Royal and the city below.
The home in question is a large nine-room, three-bedroom, three-bathroom space, with a huge open living, dining and kitchen area on one floor, and sleeping quarters on the next. It is currently occupied by a woman and her college-age daughter, which explains why the condo is now on the market for $1.75 million through Profusion Realty. “It’s too big for the life we live, especially when my daughter moves out,” says the owner, a charming Montrealer who has returned to the city after 30 years in the ancient port city of Alicante, Spain. She loves the house and the building, but seeks something smaller. As someone used to the more confined living arrangements in Europe, she’s mystified by the need on this continent for enormous family dwellings, especially when everyone ends up in the kitchen anyway. This kitchen is nicely proportioned, with an l-shaped island clad in granite, gleaming stainless steel appliances in custom cabinetry, seating for the conversing and eating inevitably linked to the emotional centre of most houses, and a computer work surface cleverly wrapped around one of the impressive concrete cylinders that keep the building upright. •
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“I used it in the house we had in Spain and brought it back with me.” The daughter’s very feminine bedroom features a four-poster bed from Grange of France. Fabrics are from C&M Textiles.
“Thank Jacques Lirette for that,” the owner says. Though she was responsible for much of the decorating decisions as the first owner of a new space, she called on the Montreal interior designer for help with the paint and curtains in what was then a raw space. He in turn called on his team of master woodworkers to create the circular, glass-topped dining table and chairs. The sectional sofa and buffet in the living room were sourced from venerable Fraser Furniture in Montreal. All hardwood floors were stained to the owner’s specifications. Upstairs, past the invisible 23rd floor and on to the 24th, the eye is drawn to the gorgeous bedcover and headboard in the master bedroom. “It’s from Jab of Germany, and very expensive,” the owner recalls. “I used it in the house we had in Spain and brought it back with me. It was only after we settled in that I realized I could have got it in Westmount!” The chair, she says, is from Dib Design, the lamps and table hail from Fraser, and the carpet is from Maison Corbeil. All paintings were brought from Spain, also the provenance of the bullfighters in the upstairs hall, though not, perhaps, the bull elephant in the bedroom. One entire wall is mirrored. There’s an ensuite dressing room to make lesser mortals weep, with floor-to-ceiling cupboards, a settee from Fraser, and a “girly” jewellery tree from Bombay Company draped with her collection of necklaces. The master bathroom has a heated travertine floor, marble counters, a double sink, tub and walk-in glass shower. •
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PROPERTY LISTING Price: $1.75 million Size: 2,300 sq ft. Details: Three bedrooms, three full bathrooms, master suite includes dressing room, spectacular views of the city and the St.Lawrence River. Brokers: Louise Rémillard and Carl Rémillard-Fontaine (www.profusionimmo.ca)
The daughter’s bedroom is a picture of femininity, with a four-poster bed from Grange of France. All fabrics in the guest bedroom are from C&M Textiles, and those lucky enough to be asked for sleepovers guard access to the dizzying vistas of the terrace and the city beyond. From this vantage point, Montreal is a really big town. The space is laid with uni-brick and has a convenient outlet for a gas grill – no hauling propane cylinders up 24 flights in this building. An added bonus: three cosy underground parking spots. Shovelling snow is not part of the mandate. Convenience stamps everything about the residence and the neighbourhood. “I love living in a condo on Nuns’ Island,” the homeowner says, and she hopes to stay here in a space more suited to her future needs. “It’s no hassle in winter,” she adds. As happy as she is to be back in the city of her birth, it’s apparent our winters are an issue. “I love the spa and gym, and, in fact, life is easier in every way. Most importantly, living in a building like this is social. You get to make friends here.” •
The minimalist kitchen with its custom cabinetry blends seamlessly with the rest of the open-concept ground-floor space.
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RIVERSIDE RETIREMENT A smooth blending of contemporary and neoclassical design in this mini-chateau brings elegant results and beautiful proportions BY PHILLIPA RISPIN PHOTOGRAPHY DREW HADLEY STYLING JEAN MONET
The infinity edge of the pool seems to beckon the swimmer towards the river flowing by this chateau-style home.
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Opposite, top: The huge two-storey window wall at the back of the house yields a view of the terrace, the pool and Rivière des Prairies. Bottom: The changing room has every amenity a bather might need, including an uneven floor to prevent wet feet from slipping.
“We chose this spot because of the view.”
A HOUSE BY THE RIVER – that’s what the wife wanted. Her husband said, “No problem.” She wanted an open, contemporary look; he wanted a more classical look. The designer said, “No problem,” and in the end, they were all happy. Of course, it wasn’t quite that simple. It was a three-year effort to build, decorate, and landscape this house on Laval Island on the shoreline of Rivière des Prairies. That’s not surprising, considering its size: more than 12,000 square feet. The first step to building the retired couple’s dream house was finding the right location. “We chose this spot because of the view,” the wife says. “I wanted something on the river and close to the city. I feel like I live in the country, but we are only 15 minutes away from downtown Montreal.” •
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Beyond the pool, the land slopes steeply down to river’s edge. The perimeter of the property is well treed, giving a feeling of being in the country, although the conveniences and pleasures of city life are close by.
“I wanted something on the river and close to the city.
The next step was building the house. The husband wanted something in French neoclassical style. The wife’s taste ran to more modern lines, but “we compromised,” she says. In making their dream take shape, “The builder got it exactly,” says the husband, referring to Jadco Construction and project manager André Doudak. “They did it with a lot of passion.” Discovering what they both wanted for the interior design was a challenge, but with the help of designer Mario Januario, they overcame it. “They knew what they wanted, but at the same time they were open,” says Januario. “They were discovering along the way as we worked together.” It helped that both homeowners wanted symmetry, beautiful proportions, and elegance. The result is what looks from the street like a chateau in miniature but is lighter, brighter, and more open in the interior. •
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Modern art and an elegant curved staircase designed by Mario Januario coexist happily in this space. The hallway beyond the staircase was originally meant to be flanked with several pillars, but the wife’s desire for a more open environment held sway. Just to the left of the piano is a cosy family room.
“They were discovering along the way as we worked together.”
One enters the main floor through the spacious foyer that gives on to the large living room with double-height ceiling. An entire wall of the living room is glass, affording a panoramic view of the river and Montreal Island on the opposite shore. To one side of the living room is the eat-in kitchen, with the family room opposite beyond the living room. The formal dining room to one side of the foyer is also accessible from the kitchen, while the other side of the foyer is flanked by a powder room, an office, the laundry room, and a mudroom that connects to the four-car garage. Off the family room is a changing room giving access to the back terrace and its pool overlooking the river. But “changing room” doesn’t do the space justice. There are several changing cubicles, a toilet, a steam shower, a double-sink vanity and a cupboard stocked with not just towels but also bathing suits and flip-flops for any visitor who’s forgotten the necessary accoutrements. •
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The living room ceiling soars two storeys, and the railed balcony upstairs fronts an informal sitting area for guests. To the right is the kitchen. The wide archway provides an open-plan feeling, but pocket doors can be pulled across to conceal the kitchen when the family is entertaining guests.
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“We were building most of all to receive the family; we want them to be comfortable.” This page: The large kitchen has an eat-in area and a walkout to the back terrace. Opposite, top: In San Francisco, the wife fell in love with this crystal and Murano glass chandelier before ever planning the house. The chandelier languished in storage for six years before taking pride of place in the formal dining room. Bottom: The upper hallway is well illuminated by the soaring glass wall in the living room. It leads to several guest rooms, one of which has its own private terrace.
This attention to detail and care for guests is typical of the homeowners, who have a large extended family. “We were building most of all to receive the family; we want them to be comfortable,” the wife says. “Family is the most important thing.” As for visitors, “When someone walks in, I treat them like family.” To accommodate the many visitors, the upper level features three guest rooms, each with ensuite bathroom, television, computer and fridge. There’s also a sitting room overlooking the living room and sharing its panoramic view. Within the master suite, the wife has a boudoir where she can relax in private, read or watch television. The lower level caters further to the family’s and guests’ enjoyment, with two more guest rooms sharing a bathroom; a recreation room with sitting area, pool table and card table; another family room; a gym with a sauna and a steam room; and a playroom for small children. •
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The spacious master bedroom also has its own terrace. To the right of the terrace doors, the room gives onto the wife’s boudoir (bottom, centre) nestled in a turret. The wife says of the well-appointed master bathroom (opposite), “It is very special to me,” but she admits to the pool being her favourite place on the property. “I’m a fish,” she says with a smile.
“Monsieur and Madame had at times different tastes.”
It was a large house to be decorated, and the wife loved every minute of the process. “Mario and I went shopping every day,” she says. “I had a great time.” The homeowners brought almost nothing from their previous residence, preferring to start fresh in their new home. Although the wife was the one to go out looking at furnishings, her husband had a say in nearly every design and decorating decision. “Monsieur and Madame had at times different tastes,” says Januario, “but in the end, it was tremendously satisfying to find something they both liked and agreed upon.” “The house is a beautiful accomplishment,” says the wife. Adds the husband, “It was a team effort with the project manager, and Mario, and my wife and myself. It’s something we love and are proud of. We’re lucky to be living in a place like this. I never tire of the setting, looking at the beauty of it.” •
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COUNTRY SPLENDOUR Unseen from the road, rural home is New England on the outside and French on the inside BY JOHN GRIFFIN PHOTOGRAPHY DREW HADLEY STYLING JEAN MONET
Shrubs and small ornamental trees girdle the lawn in front of the house.
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While the interiors of this Townships home take their décor cue from France, the surrounding landscaping is all about Quebec plants and design.
“If you’d been here three years ago, you wouldn’t have recognized the place.” ON THE OUTSIDE, the house on the hill in the bucolic Eastern Townships village of Knowlton is a classic New England example of weathered grey shakes and vernacular architecture. Step inside however, and you’re in France. But let’s begin at the beginning, shall we? For three seasons in a Canadian year, the house is unseen from the road below, with only a winding lane of river pebbles giving any hint at all of human habitation. After overshooting the address several times on a gorgeous summer day, my first impression upon climbing the driveway is of magnificent gardens in full bloom, and the soothing chant of successive ponds, cascading down from the heights amid dense foliage. Suddenly, I was there, entering a safe harbour of parking cut out from the rock wall that gives this home its identity. Indeed, the owner, a ball of positive energy, calls the place Roc Fleury, “because it’s built on rock.” She also says “work here is never done,” a fact echoed by her jack-of-alltrades maintenance man and her gardener who drives to work on the sylvan dirt road over Glen Mountain from her home, overlooking Lake Memphremagog. “If you’d been here three years ago, you wouldn’t have recognized the place,” says the maintenance man. “The back was covered with trees. We took some of them out, put in a pool, a cabana and pool house, planted 25 conifers to protect ourselves from the neighbours and had a local construction company build a fence. The stained cedar shake finish is original, but white trim was added. •
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“We had a house on Memphremagog for 30 years, but moved here two years ago to be closer to the city.”
“In the kitchen, I ripped up the hardwood floor and laid down chipstone tile bought from another local company. I bought a whole lot of tile. In fact, I cleaned them out, figuring anything left over was bound to get used sooner or later. For the owners, work here is never finished.” The mistress of this country dwelling picks up the story. “We had a house on Memphremagog for 30 years, but moved here two years ago to be closer to the city,” she says. “We already knew Knowlton because we were always visiting friends here. It’s a great village, and a walk to shopping or the golf course. Now our friends from the Magog area come to visit us.” When the owners are here, that is. He’s an international lawyer, and the couple spend a great deal of time in Paris. In fact, they just returned from a month on the continent, and she’s flying around the property, a dervish of passion for the home, its contents and land. Chief among these priorities is her dog, an adorable five-year old Havanese named Mocha, who shares her energy and has his own chair in one of the three comfortable seating areas on the ground floor. Lest there be any doubt about the chair’s ownership, a pillow reads: “Ici c’est la place du chien.” The owners recently threw a surprise birthday party for Mocha, inviting all his pals for fun and treats by the pool. It’s a dog’s life. •
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The homeowners’ five-year old Havanese, Mocha, has his own chair in one of the seating areas on the ground floor. He even has his own pillow.
“The kitchen is original, and remains a work in progress.”
Of the house itself, it’s a relatively recent construction from the 1980s, though it shares a trait with other newish buildings in the region in looking like it’s been there forever. Part of that too-rare talent lies in sympathetic architecture and part in landscaping. But mostly, it’s a result of good taste, and respect for the traditions of the Eastern Townships. All those factors come together here. “The kitchen is original, and remains a work in progress,” the owner explains, “but our maintenance man redid the floors and painted. We had a craftsman here for almost a year applying the faux finishes to the walls that contribute to the classic French feel.” A picture frame in the main hall contains a fabric square dating from 1850, with the caption “Carton de tapisserie original – Les Tapisseries d’Aubusson,” a rare treasure. The mirror on the stairs to the second floor bedroom area is encased in an enormous 18th century repurposed frame, from France. Also on the ground floor: a formal, very French dining room, with framed historical prints, a glass-fronted cabinet for a collection of Limoges tableware, a further collection of decanters, and an antique sideboard, with bottles of the best French wine scattered about. Splash of Margaux, anyone? •
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A toile de Jouy print on the wallpaper, bedding and drapes creates a cosy, inviting effect. Toile is used throughout the home.
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There’s an office for work that can’t be left at the office, and a reading room with a fireplace, leading to a tranquil sunroom clad in whitewashed wood, with a vaulted ceiling and huge circular mirror on the wall. Blue toile de Jouy fabric is everywhere, and a simple sisal rug opens to an original patio, with the pool and its three-tiered falls, a graceful cabana and gardens beyond, in what were dense woods not so long ago. On this day, the gardener is fussing with the masses of hydrangea and daylilies, checking on the 25 Colorado spruce installed last year, and pointing out dozens of varieties of plantings that fit seamlessly in their surroundings. Even the ponds are discrete, falling from three levels, with overhanging branches and playful ceramic turtles-turned-turtle, all bordered by seeming acres of wild roses, wild grasses, astilbe, flowering trees – a controlled wildness, if you will. “The owner always wants something beautiful,” the gardener says, with pride. With this home on the hill, overlooking freshly cut fields of hay, they most certainly have it. •
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“The owner always wants something beautiful.”
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SHABBY TO SHOWPIECE Neglected coach house is born again as a tribute to the Belle Époque BY KATHRYN GREENAWAY PHOTOGRAPHY DREW HADLEY STYLING JEAN MONET
The back terrace with its custom-fitted storage cupboards sets the other-era tone for the 1910 coach house, which was gutted and restored by Louis Pépin and Jean Turcotte of l’Atelier de l’Opéra. “It’s a small house with big terraces on a small piece of land,” the homeowner says.
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“Everything in the house was hand-crafted to look old.” When the homeowners bought the coach house, the side wall was bricked up and there were small, unattractive aluminum windows. A sun room was created, featuring an expanse of custom-designed old-world-style windows and French doors (bottom left) which open to the side terrace. The grey trim on the windows references the grey slate roof. Flowers bloom (top right) in the garden landscaped by JardinZurbains.
THEY CALL IT “LE BEAU PETIT PAVILLON.” It sits, like a perfect little dollhouse, on a swath of land once owned by James Angus Ogilvy. The land is now shared by the original red-brick mansion, the “pavillon,” and a modern, brownbrick-and-glass condo building. It’s tucked out of sight in what is called Montreal’s Golden Square Mile; you wouldn’t know it was there unless you turned your head at exactly the right moment while taking a stroll through the elegant downtown neighbourhood, which was once home to the wealthy anglophone families who helped build Montreal’s thriving commerce in the late 1800s and early 1900s. (Ogilvy established his eponymous department store in 1866, and it has been located in the Romanesque Revival building at the corner of Mountain Street and Ste. Catherine Street since 1908.)
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The current owner of the “petit pavillon,” or former coach house, just happened to look in the right direction at exactly the right time 14 years ago while walking the neighbourhood in search of possible real estate. She and her partner were living in a loft in Old Montreal at the time and were ready for a change. The coach house was in a shabby state, but she looked beyond its disrepair and fell in love. Heading up the side path for a closer look, she was stopped by the condo doorman and told politely, but firmly, to leave. She was on private property. Doorman or no doorman, it was meant to be. A few weeks later, a real estate agent called to tell her a lovely little property had just been put on the market. It was a former coach house in the Golden Square Mile. Would she be interested? •
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A friend put the couple in touch with designers Louis Pepin and Jean Turcotte of Atelier de l’Opéra, and the two dug into the renovation of the roof, windows and every last square inch of the interior. “When we arrived, there was carpet everywhere, mirrored doors, and the aluminum windows had been condemned,” Turcotte says. “We gutted it so completely we were worried the outer walls would collapse. The only things we left untouched inside were the concrete supports, but the concrete was so old it was brittle. A workman dropped a piece of machinery and the supports crumbled, so we ended up having to redo the concrete too.” The coach house was built in 1910 to serve the main residence. Originally, its 2,200 square feet housed sleeping quarters for staff upstairs and a garage for the family’s modes of transport on the main floor. The owners were not allowed to expand on the square footage or make changes to the outer shell because of the building’s heritage status, but that suited them just fine. “I’ve always loved homes with character,” the owner says. “Louis and Jean understood that. I trusted them completely. They had such a wonderful way of working, surrounding themselves with the best craftsmen. Everything in the house was hand-crafted to look old.” “Our goal right from the beginning was to bring it back to its original era,” Turcotte says. The project took two years to complete, which, in Atelier de l’Opéra terms, isn’t that long. “Most of our projects last between three and four years,” Turcotte says. “One of my best memories of the whole project was handing it over to the owners. It was a beautiful night and they were so happy.” •
Each oak floorboard throughout the house was distressed individually to create an antique look. A custom chandelier adds sparkle. (Bottom right) A cozy reading area is tucked into a corner of the sun room. The windows are framed with brocade tie-back drapes (fabric by Robert Allen). (Top right) The dining room set, with its chairs covered in moss-green velvet, is a family heirloom.
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The second-floor den (left) is a quiet retreat with an elaborate fireplace and a desk. Storage for files is hidden in the custom cabinets that flank the fireplace. (Opposite) French doors lead to the compact kitchen and allow light to flow through the house from the back terrace. “We wanted an open feeling with lots of natural light,” the homeowner says.
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Walk into the entrance hall with its marble wood of choice. The floor in the living room and limestone floor and you feel like you’ve and dining room is laid in a unique version time-travelled back 100 years. There is an of the herringbone pattern. “Each plank was elegant powder room to the left and two gen- antiqued, by hand,” Turcotte says. erous coat closets on each side of the French The windows, with deep sills and antique doors, with thick beveled-glass panes, that hardware, are dressed with tie-back brocade access the open-concept living room, dining window treatments (fabric by Robert Allen). The furnishings are a mix of antiques the room and sunroom. Everywhere you look there is a sense of owner brought with her and custom-made symmetry, beautiful mouldings, polish. It is purchases given the genteel look of the era. the epitome of gracious living, in miniature. The main floor’s two chandeliers and a numTwo-seat sofas covered in flowered silk flank ber of the brass wall sconces were custom the stately fireplace in the compact living room, made by an atelier in Toronto, which no which also features two bergère chairs covered longer exists. The owner added a few of her antique lamps and light fixtures to the mix in a soft red chenille (fabrics by Kravet). “The designers made it easy for us,” the as well as the dining room set with its chairs owner says. “They didn’t take me to some covered in moss-green velvet. fabric showroom and overwhelm me with Groupings of paintings adorn almost rows and rows of fabric samples. Instead, they every wall. The effect is warm, inviting and, invited me to their office and we’d sit around yes, a little Old-World. the table and eat canapés and drink wine. They The owners love to travel, and a collecwould show me five or six samples and I would tion of glass decanters collected during their choose. We had a wonderful relationship and visits to Spain, China, Russia and France is a testament to their happy travel memories. remain friends to this day.” The muted colour scheme of cream, green “I like my collections to really feel like they and touches of red is repeated throughout the are incorporated into my life and not just jewel box of a home. Dark-stained oak is the cluttering up the space,” the owner says. •
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The compact kitchen is outfitted to allow for maximum storage, with panels popping open at a touch to reveal hidden cabinets (top left). The open-concept living room and dining room share a stunning coffered ceiling (top middle). The tranquil, second-floor master bedroom (bottom left) features two antique bedside chests of drawers the owners found, and fell in love with, in Florida. The master bathroom (bottom middle) with its marble floor and countertop has all the modern conveniences plus plenty of graceful charm. Natural light floods the eat-in kitchen (opposite page).
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The home’s outdoor spaces are designed by JardinZurbains. Two spacious terraces are accessed through glamorous French doors flanked by generously-proportioned, woodframed, f loor-to-ceiling windows painted dark grey in direct reference to the slate roof. “We wanted it to feel like the terraces were an extension of the home,” the owner says. “When you walk in the front door you see right through to the back terrace. It’s a small house with big terraces on a small piece of land.” The kitchen, which opens onto the back terrace, is compact. Its meticulously detailed custom cabinetry is painted a soft green and has mouldings both on the exterior and interior of each door. Every inch of space has been used to maximum effect. Innovative storage cupboards inhabit every nook and cranny. The clever use of space reaches beyond the kitchen. Wine storage is hidden behind a wall panel in the dining room. The entertainment unit is tucked behind a panel to the left of the living room fireplace. To the right in a twin unit is a bar and storage for firewood. Because there is no basement, a utility room off the kitchen holds the hot-water tank and offers more storage plus laundry facilities. “Space was at a premium,” Turcotte says. “We couldn’t waste an inch. When you look at the project as a whole, it’s about the details.” Upstairs there is a comfortably furnished den with a desk, gas fireplace, grandfather clock and a wall of bookshelves with deep drawers for storing files. The tranquil master bedroom has views to both the back and side terraces. An antique writing table tucked into a window nook is where the owner does her paper work. A picture of her mother as a three year old, taken in 1918, sits on the desk along with a whimsical reading lamp with a crane-shaped base. The master bathroom has all the modern conveniences: separate glassed-in shower, double sinks, deep bathtub, toilet and bidet, but its feel is other-era, with luxurious marble floor and countertop, sparkling light fixtures, antique hardware and traditional, cream-coloured cabinetry. Le beau petit pavillon was born again to live on as a refined tribute to the Belle Époque. “Jean and Louis left no detail unturned,” the owner says. “You can tell we love our house, yes?” •
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