A thrifted one-bedroom in a 120-year-old Toronto building
Flight attendant Camille Lalonde furnished her downtown Toronto rental with curb finds, family heirlooms and renter-friendly DIY.
Camille Lalonde rents a one-bedroom apartment in downtown Toronto, in a building about 120 years old. She works as a flight attendant and is close to finishing her studies in architectural design. Almost nothing in her home is new. Her furniture comes from Facebook Marketplace, thrift stores, her family and the side of the road. She credits the Stooping Toronto account for many of her curb finds.
The kitchen was her biggest job. The old layout had nowhere to cook, so she built an island with storage where she can prep, eat and host. An ironing board that once folded out of the wall is now a small coffee bar. She removed the door but left the old hinges in place.
Family pieces fill the dining area, including her great-grandmother's table and a chair from her grandfather. A mural she made with a mural studio separates the dining area from the living room in the open main space. Her hanging chair moved indoors after a family of raccoons kept swinging on it at night.
Peel-and-stick tile covers the damaged fireplace surround and the broken ensuite floor, both renter-friendly fixes. Green, her favourite colour, turns up throughout the apartment.
