A 100-year-old Montreal apartment with two living rooms
Aude kept the separate rooms of her century-old Montreal apartment and gave them their own colours, from a blue living room to a yellow bedroom.
Aude's 825 sq ft apartment in Montreal turned 100 the year she moved in. It was built as a workers' home, likely for a large family, which explains the double living room. An original arch splits the space in two. Aude painted the darker half blue. The other half is her library, where she reads with her cat in the window.
She doesn't like open-concept layouts, so she kept the rooms separate. A former hallway is now one long closet. Friends can still chat from room to room. Aude points out that the living room could become a bedroom one day.
Family pieces fill the home. Her grandfather made the mid-century armchair in the living room, and she never returned his Expo 67 book. Her uncle made the bedroom lamps to fit shades she found at a market. She built a window shelf with her father so the cat can see outside.
On a budget, she left the kitchen cabinets alone. She changed the counters and hardware and tiled the backsplash herself. A vintage light from a Montreal church brightens the kitchen, and an IKEA standing desk works as a bar. The bedroom walls are yellow, a colour she finds relaxing.
