{"id":574003,"date":"2023-05-10T20:42:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T17:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-small-town-quebec-home-is-a-retro-lovers-paradise\/"},"modified":"2023-05-10T20:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T17:42:12","slug":"this-small-town-quebec-home-is-a-retro-lovers-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-small-town-quebec-home-is-a-retro-lovers-paradise\/","title":{"rendered":"#This small-town Quebec home is a retro lover\u2019s paradise"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n \u201cIt feels great to be in this groovy yet soothing space, surrounded by trees and tranquility\u201d\n <\/div>\n
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In 2019, Martin Dumas, a graphic designer, and Maude Beaupre\u0301, a TV producer, felt cramped in their Montreal apartment. They had been renting a three-bedroom place in the Little Burgundy neighbourhood for the past 12 years, paying $865. After their daughter, Simone, was born in 2009, the couple realized they were exploring the city less. They started imagining a change\u2014preferably to a leafier, pastoral setting.<\/p>\n

Dumas and Beaupre\u0301 hoped to find a rambling old house in the countryside filled with vintage character, as opposed to a cookie-cutter new build in a suburb. That November, Dumas sketched a crude illustration of an A-frame cottage with a squat addition on a pink Post-it note. He joked to Beaupre\u0301 that he had just drawn the house of their dreams. A day later, their realtor sent over a listing for a small home with a stucco exterior that bore a strange resemblance to his illustration. \u201cMy boyfriend doesn\u2019t believe the universe sent it, but we were in shock,\u201d says Beaupre\u0301.
\n\"\"She runs an Instagram account, @stalker.fever<\/a>, where she collects images of quirky interiors she finds on real estate listings. The house fit right in\u2014a dead ringer for the dwarves\u2019 cottage in Snow White\u2014but it was further from Montreal than they liked in rural Rawdon township, which is an hour\u2019s drive north. The couple still agreed to see it, and as soon as they toured the place, they were sold.<\/p>\n

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Built in 1968, their home looks like a tiny bungalow from the outside and a 1970s fever dream on the inside. The decor emphasizes a retro brown and orange colour scheme, which fits well with the mid-century aesthetic Dumas and Beaupre\u0301 had already cultivated in their Montreal apartment. They moved in most of their old furniture, and the rest, including the orange couch with chrome detailing in the living room, was left over from the previous owners.
\n\"\"\u201cIt feels great to be in this groovy yet soothing space, surrounded by trees and tranquility,\u201d Beaupre\u0301 says. The guest bathroom features an avocado green toilet, bathtub and sink, and the abundance of wood detailing adds warmth\u2014especially when the day app<\/a>roaches sunset. Light floods the expansive living room, which is elongated with cathedral ceilings and a split-level layout. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame a panoramic view of the backyard, and a black fireplace is set against a red-and-white brick wall.<\/p>\n

There are also practical considerations when it comes to modern life in a vintage build. Dumas, who is six-foot-one, often hits his head on the kitchen\u2019s archway. The house is not as energy efficient as newer places, so the monthly hydro bills are high. If something breaks, service workers are often hesitant about doing repairs out of concern they will damage the house. \u201cOne of my worst fears is that something will happen to the plumbing, and I will have to rip up one of the bathrooms,\u201d Beaupre\u0301 says. \u201cI keep thinking: \u2018Just hold on for one more year!\u2019\u201d
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Certain retro design choices were also initially off-putting. The kitchen\u2019s striking decor included bright orange tiling and wooden walls, a built-in Jenn-Air grill and a supposedly soundproof padded ceiling that, according to Beaupre\u0301, resembles \u201ccooked spaghetti.\u201d But over time, the couple saw how these features fit in with their place\u2019s overall aesthetic, and they decided to run with it. The home\u2019s unique design has even become an object of fascination for others. After Beaupre\u0301 joined a location scouting group on Facebook<\/a>, it was featured in several Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois artists\u2019 music videos and a fashion campaign for the glasses brand Bon Look.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something very sexy about this home,\u201d says Beaupre\u0301. The primary bedroom has a mirrored ceiling, but the crown jewel is the jacuzzi room, which is furnished with a built-in sauna, beige carpeting and textured walls. Whenever guests visit, she always tells them to bring a bathing suit. One day, she also hopes to invite over the original owner to swap stories about what these walls have witnessed in the copacetic 70s. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty rare that you see vintage houses for sale that are in pristine condition,\u201d Beaupre\u0301 says. \u201cI like to imagine the parties that were thrown here.\u201d
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