5 Montréal essentials: décor

We have a special relationship with the objects we use every day – which is why souvenirs you can enjoy in your home are the best way to remember a place fondly. Montréal has got a slew of handsome designs on offer, conceived by home-grown creative geniuses. Here are five Montréal essentials you won’t be able to live without!

Monumental Love

Sit pretty on a piece of Montréal history with the beautiful cushions by Monumental Love, a brand hat transforms gorgeous photos of the city’s iconic sights (think Orange Julep, the Five Roses sign, the Monster ride from La Ronde) into decorative objects. The full-feather pillows come in two sizes, 18 x 18” and 24 x 24”, and the photos are printed here in Montreal onto butter-soft cotton twill. The brand also makes magnets, prints, post cards – even phone cases.

Find the cushions online here, or in person at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal boutique (185 Sainte-Catherine Street West), a great source for Montréal-made design right in the heart of Place des Arts.

Starting at $60 for the 18 x 18” cushion cover.

Atelier Non-Useless

This Buddy table in the Friends series just goes to show how portable, adaptable and handsome the objects by these master wood benders are. With a handy-dandy handle and a lightness that means you can bring it from room to room without a thought, this side table/foot stool will become one of your new favourite things. Also check out the stool in the same series!

Find it online here, or in person at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal boutique (185 Sainte-Catherine Street West), in the heart of Place des Arts.

$230

Avenue Coloniale

Proving you don’t have to be large-scale to be impressive, this brand creates expert serving and chopping boards so seductive you’ll even hesitate to use them. (For a minute or two.) Choose your shape and your wood of choice (will it be cherrywood? Maple? Walnut?) and let the feast begin.

Find Avenue Coloniale boards here, or in person at Local Connoisseur (5179 Saint-Denis Street, a clothing and goods boutique on the Plateau where you’ll find great Montréal designs.

Starting at $60.

Pascale Girardin

This Montréal-based artist has conquered the world with her inventive porcelain art pieces, the largest-scale of which decorate hotel lobbies and halls on a monumental scale, including Printemps Hausman in Paris and the Four Seasons Place in Pudong, Shanghai. Her delicate vases are way to capture a small piece of her creative vision for your home.

Find Pascale Girardin vases in person at Bélanger Martin (6909 Saint-Laurent Boulevard), a repository for excellence in interior design and décor in Little Italy.

Starting at $100.

Loïc Bard

Light fixtures that double as sculptures? Yes please. These amazingly adaptable luminary works made and designed in Montréal by a brand that also extends into chairs, benches and tables can be used both as hanging lamps and table lamps, if laid upon their sides. Made out of maple, they’re available in three sizes.

Find lamps online here, or in person at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal boutique (185 Sainte-Catherine Street West.), in the heart of Place des Arts.

Starting at $260 for the 6 x 6 x 6”.