A long, narrow Montreal apartment where everything is secondhand
Sandrine brings a slow, low-waste approach to her classic Montreal apartment, where every piece is secondhand and has a story.
Sandrine's Montreal apartment is a classic long, narrow layout, with one hallway and all the rooms off one side. She studied and worked in fashion and spent time in Berlin researching sustainability. That shaped how she lives. Everything here is secondhand, and she owns three pairs of boots and three pairs of sandals. She's trying to keep fewer than 100 pieces of clothing, with a goal of 85.
She solves problems with what she has. A closet she didn't need is now her office. She cut a $36 sheet of plywood into a slatted wall with a mid-century feel and used the scraps for a ledge. A long plank from her dad's garage replaces bedside tables. One can of wood stain finishes almost every piece, so they all match.
Floor-to-ceiling curtains on three walls give the living room privacy from the bedroom, and sliding doors close off rooms when she wants. She carried a leather corner chair home on the metro for $80 and redyed it.
Her cat Pistache shapes the space too. A curtain from her grandmother hides the litter box. When Pistache slashed a lampshade, Sandrine kept it for the memory. A disco ball from Berlin throws light speckles across the kitchen.
