Blogging Canadian House & Home: True Colours

On a recent trip to Winnipeg, Canada, we picked up the February '08 copy of Canadian House and Home. Inside we found this color-rich piece on Oorbee Roy's home in Montreal, where she relocated from New York with her husband after 9/11.

Roy began transforming their apartment with a mural on the bathroom ceiling, based on aplona, an Indian technique of making patterns on the floor with pastes and flours passed from mother to daughter. She continued by adding bold color in the kitchen and bedroom textiles.

With the move came a career change for Roy, formerly a computer programmer, with the founding Om Home, her modern Indian textile company.

Our favorite part of Roy's home is her unique bedroom storage solution: she sandwiched a vintage teak dresser between two Ikea armoires to make a built-in, custom look.

Via: Canadian House & Home

Comments (7)

This apartment was shown on AT a while ago - I think they might have entered a contest (the fall colour contest?)...

posted by otis on February 11th 2008 at 3:00pm
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This was a great one to see in the magazine. Her use of color and shape adds up to a great, sophisticated and casual space.

posted by Lady J on February 11th 2008 at 5:41pm
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love the bathroom, can someone find when it was on AT?

posted by LaDonnaNichole on February 12th 2008 at 5:31am
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OK, I'm from Winnipeg. The REAL question here is...

what could possibly entice you to travel to Winnipeg?!?

My only guess could be family, there's no other logical reason to go there...

posted by Angie in Montreal on February 12th 2008 at 5:50am
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Thanks for posting Danielle!

The bathroom was previously referenced as a slink. Hope that helps!

Thanks again,
Oorbee
OM home

posted by OM home on February 12th 2008 at 5:56am
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That's it! Thanks for the link. Great space.

posted by otis on February 12th 2008 at 2:28pm
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Does anyone know where i can find a silhouette dining table similar to theirs, other than Brocade Home?

posted by collleen on February 13th 2008 at 12:21pm
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