An open-plan Old Port loft with no interior walls

Lessandra and Sam's first home together is a loft in a building over 100 years old in Montreal's Old Port. No walls divide the rooms, not even the bedroom. When they first saw it empty, Lessandra told Sam to trust her vision. They moved in about six months before filming.

Light sold them. They chose not to hang blinds, so the sun reaches from the windows to the bed. Exposed pipes and a terracotta brick wall give the room its old-building feel, and an unused chimney adds depth.

They brought their families with them. Lessandra is from Honduras and lived in Portugal for a year, and the blue-and-cream kitchen tiles remind her of it. Sam is Armenian Lebanese. A table that travelled from Japan to Kuwait to Lebanon has been in his family for over 40 years. Small Armenian rugs, sent by family in Lebanon, sit by the bed.

Much of the rest came from Facebook Marketplace and Value Village. An oak dining table pairs with reproduction Saarinen tulip chairs for game nights and dinners. A monstera came with its chinoiserie pot from a woman whose late mother grew it. They carried one chair home through a snowstorm.