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DESIGN MEETS FUNCTIONALITY It’s your kitchen, your design and your lifestyle. The Sharp® Microwave Drawer™ Oven lets you focus on your kitchen’s workflow by maximizing sight-lines and enabling more design versatility than typical built-in, over-the-range or counter-top microwaves. The Microwave Drawer Oven offers flexible placement options such as below your wall oven, in an island or peninsula. The SMD2499FSC is the world’s first 24-inch Smart* Convection Microwave Drawer Oven, with its dual convection fans and dedicated heating elements, it provides turntable-free baking, roasting, and grilling. In addition, the Air Fry mode makes food moist on the inside and crispy golden-brown on the outside with less fuss, all without adding frying oil. The 1.4 cu.ft. cavity offers plenty of cooking space, with room enough for two 9\" x 13\" baking dishes or 3 dinner plates. With several models to choose from, visit us at sharp.ca to find the right microwave drawer for your dream kitchen. sharp.ca SMD2499FSC © 2022 Sharp Electronics of Canada Ltd. All rights reserved. Sharp, Microwave Drawer and all related trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sharp Corporation and/or its affiliated entities. Product specifications and design are subject to change without notice. *Requires Sharp Kitchen app to enable the smart features



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VOLUME 44, NUMBER 7, SEPTEMBER 2022 | DATE OF ISSUE: AUGUST 2022 DECORATING + DESIGN EDITORIAL DIRECTOR ART + PHOTOGRAPHY SENIOR INTERIORS EDITOR Stacy Begg ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Megan Cronje Alice Lawlor JUNIOR DESIGN EDITOR Bona Kim DESIGN ASSISTANCE Mojan Javid, DESIGN DIRECTOR Madison Pflance, Leanna Ruggiero HOUSEANDHOME.COM SENIOR DIGITAL EDITOR Talia Hart Shelley Frayer PRODUCTION PRODUCTION MANAGER Bonnie Cook STYLE DIRECTOR/WEST COAST EDITOR PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR Virginia Gaviller Emma Reddington SENIOR MANAGING EDITOR Day Helesic COPY + FEATURES SENIOR EDITOR Wendy Jacob ASSOCIATE EDITOR Alexandra Whyte ASSISTANT EDITOR Chelsea Dolan COPY ASSISTANCE Katie Hayden CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Gillian Atkins, Diana Hamm, Rosemary Poole, Maryam Siddiqi PUBLISHER & DIRECTOR OF SALES Lisa MacIsaac VICE PRESIDENT, MULTIMEDIA ADVERTISING SALES Sheri Graham-Delagran CREATIVE SERVICES NATIONAL ACCOUNT MANAGERS MANAGER Tracey Ho Lung Anne Ferguson, Donna Murphy WESTERN SALES MANAGER Stephanie Lloyd CIRCULATION QUEBEC SALES REPRESENTATIVE Lyne St-Amant SENIOR DIRECTOR, CONSUMER MARKETING SALES & SYSTEMS MANAGER John Smith Sarmistha Roy DIRECTOR, DIGITAL MARKETING Meri Ward MEDIA SALES INQUIRIES TORONTO, U.S. SALES (416) 593-0204 MONTREAL (438) 496-9068 VANCOUVER (604) 949-1200 HOUSE & HOME MEDIA PRESIDENT Lynda Reeves CONTROLLER Alan Gracan, CPA, CA DIRECTOR, BUSINESS & LEGAL AFFAIRS Ryan Sargent SUBSCRIPTION INQUIRIES 1-800-559-8868, [email protected] House & Home Media, P.O. Box 727, Stn. Main, Markham, ON L3P 9Z9 CONTACT US BY PHONE | (416) 593-0204 BY MAIL | House & Home Media, 354 Davenport Rd., Suite G1, Toronto, ON M5R 1K6 BY EMAIL | [email protected] HOUSEANDHOME.COM Canadian House & Home is published monthly except for occasional combined, expanded or premium issues. Canadian Subscription Rates: 1 year $26.95 plus tax. U.S. Subscription Rates: 1 year $26.95 plus tax (where applicable). For orders outside of Canada and the United States: Add $100 per year. Payment by Visa, MasterCard or American Express must accompany order. Canadian single copy price: $7.99 plus tax; U.S. single copy price: $7.99 plus tax (where applicable). Canadian House & Home is published by House & Home Media, a division of Canadian Home Publishers Inc., 354 Davenport Rd., Suite G1, Toronto, ON M5R 1K6. Sales and Editorial offices: (416) 593-0204. Contents copyright ©2022 by Canadian Home Publishers Inc. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or duplicated without the written permission of the publisher. The publisher accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or other material. All rights reserved. Printed in Canada. ISSN 0826 7642. Publications Mail Agreement No. 40065282. RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO: Canadian House & Home, PO Box 727, Station Main, Markham, ON L3P 9Z9. Indexed in the Canadian Periodical Index. Canadian House & Home, USPS 017-176 is published monthly except for occasional combined, expanded or premium issues by House & Home Media. US office of publication: 2152 Ridge Rd, Lewiston NY 14092. Periodicals Postage Paid at Lewiston NY and additional offices. US postmaster: Send address changes to Canadian House & Home, PO Box 1068, Niagara Falls, NY, 14304. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada.

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PERSONAL STYLE I A historical Montreal Produced by Stacy Begg/Styling by Nicola Marc rowhouse is accessorized 44 H&H SEPTEMBER 2022 to perfection by fashion designer Tu Ly. Photography MAXIME DESBIENS | Text WENDY JACOB

ABOVE: Marc Garand ABOVE: The pine stairway (a favourite perch of the couple’s (left) and Tu Ly on their cat, Hanoi) was upgraded with a darker stain and new wool 10-year-old sofa, which sisal runner trimmed in grosgrain. Pendant (background), Tu had upholstered so RH; antique runner, Empire Auctions. the stripes would run horizontally. Rug, Pottery CCAN A HOUSE BE A MUSE? It seems that way for Barn Canada; art print fashion designer Tu Ly, whose circa-1885 Montreal by Antonietta Grassi. rowhouse inspired a stylistic sea change. Tu’s RIGHT: The home is set former home, which he shared with partner Marc on a double lot near Garand, was a cool, industrial loft that he styled in the Lachine Canal in sexy black and white minimalism. “After living Montreal’s Little there for 15 years, we wanted something different,” Burgundy area. says Tu. “Can we have doors, a roof garden, rooms OPPOSITE: The original for entertaining and a front porch?” Currently mantelpiece was stained vice-president of design for Canadian fashion brand matte black. The coffee Moose Knuckles, Tu has enjoyed a long career table base is a giant designing for legacy brands such as Hudson’s Bay teakwood tree root. and Roots Canada. Tu and Marc, who’s a digital Sofa, Elte; coffee table, consultant, bought their house in the city’s hip Maison Pepin. Little Burgundy neighbourhood in 2015. The Victorian grande dame, with spiky wrought- SEE SOURCE GUIDE iron balustrades, a mansard roof, stained glass windows and gingerbread detailing, hadn’t been overly modernized and still had a lot of its original character. With plenty of wood panelling and frothy plasterwork medallions, the house was the polar opposite of the “white box” renovations the couple had seen elsewhere. Bonus: It had once served as a rooming house for nuns in the 1930s. “I guess that’s why it has such a good spirit,” says Tu. “The minute we walked in, we knew it just felt right.” H&H SEPTEMBER 2022 45

The former owners had updated the house by extending the kitchen “I STILL HAVE PIECES and adding a skylight, but the pine floors and cabinets created a vibe FROM PR ADA THAT that was a bit too rustic. An artisan and trades were brought in to rebuild I BOUGHT WITH MY FIRST damaged mouldings and inlay wood floors, as well as reinforce some PAYCHEQUE. INVEST IN crooked ceilings. While renovating his office, Tu was so thrilled to SOMETHING YOU LOVE unearth burgundy William Morris wallpaper under the wood panelling that he saved a piece and framed it. “We wanted to pay tribute to the AND IT’S GOING history of this house,” he says. TO BE FOREVER” The pine floors were stained a more formal walnut hue, and rooms — Tu Ly were decorated with vintage multitiered chandeliers, framed prints, tufted sofas and Venetian mirrors to accentuate the home’s innate SEE SOURCE GUIDE grandeur. Tu sourced many items from auctions and local flea markets like Marché aux Puces St-Michel, and he even found a Quebec-made pine hutch on Kijiji. 46 H&H SEPTEMBER 2022

TOP LEFT: Tu added a fashionable white leather banquette and bistro chairs in the kitchen extension. A new spiral staircase outside accesses the roof deck. Articulated wall light, Style Labo. TOP RIGHT: A lower entrance, which opens to the mudroom, is dressed up with hydrangea-filled pots and a bench. BOTTOM RIGHT: In the dining room, the traditional look is played up with tufted chairs, architectural prints, antique Quebec pine furniture and a metal chandelier. Hutch, Kijiji; chandelier, table, chairs, art prints, RH. OPPOSITE: Tu painted the kitchen cabinets a pale blue-grey for a French feel and maximized storage by extending the cabinet over the fridge to the ceiling. Fridge, Fisher & Paykel; range, Wolf. H&H SEPTEMBER 2022 47

Tu calls this den his man cave. New custom bookshelves and panelling were painted slate grey for a cocooning effect. The easel-mounted TV reads as art and displays a still from their favourite movie The Godfather. “WE WANTED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE HISTORY OF THIS HOUSE” — Tu Ly 48 H&H SEPTEMBER 2022