Style Mates: the co-owners of L’Ouvrier restaurant open up their chic Little Portugal home
Style Mates: the co-owners of L’Ouvrier restaurant open up their chic Little Portugal home
Justine Fowler and Angus Bennett are the 30-year-old co-owners of the Dundas West restaurant L’Ouvrier (Bennett is also the chef). They met in elementary school in Ottawa. Although they lost touch for a while, they reconnected in their 20s, fell in love and recently had their first child together, Oscar. They bought their Victorian home in Little Portugal three years ago and began kitting it out for frequent dinner parties and house guests. They agreed that Fowler would handle all decor decisions, with the exception of the kitchen, where Bennett spends most of his time in front of his industrial six-burner Garland stove.
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- The brass bed belonged to Fowler’s parents. The tennis racquets are from the St. Lawrence Antique Market
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- Style Mates: Angus Bennett and Justine Fowler
- Style Mates: Angus Bennett and Justine Fowler
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- Fowler and Bennett like to place little vases and jars full of fresh, fragrant lavender around the house. The skull is a piggy bank from Urban Outfitters
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- Style Mates: Angus Bennett and Justine Fowler
- Style Mates: Angus Bennett and Justine Fowler
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- The letter B is from Love the Design. The chess clock is from Value Village. Neither of them play, but Angus is a big fan of the store. The red dresser is also vintage. The couple found it at a consignment store in North York
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- Style Mates: Angus Bennett and Justine Fowler
- Style Mates: Angus Bennett and Justine Fowler
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- Bennett and Fowler are voracious readers. The name L’Ouvrier is from George Orwell’s <em>Down and Out in Paris and London</em>
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- Style Mates: Angus Bennett and Justine Fowler
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- Fowler had the neon “Pork” sign made for Bennett at Hope Neon as a Valentine’s Day gift. Pork is his favourite meat to cook; pink is her favourite colour
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- Style Mates: Angus Bennett and Justine Fowler
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- The shelving unit by Umbra is made to resemble stacked coffee tables
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- The hamburger illustrations are by Toronto artist Courtney Wotherspoon. She helped design the restaurant and the couple’s house. Each burger is modelled after a real one from a fast-food chain
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- The vintage Coke crate was a Christmas gift from one of the cooks at L’Ouvrier<br />
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- The hardwood floors are the only part of the kitchen they didn’t touch during renovations. The rest is brand new, and tricked out for a professional chef
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. They met in elementary school in Ottawa. Although they lost touch for a while, they reconnected in their 20s, fell in love and recently had their first child together, Oscar. They bought their Victorian home in Little Portugal three years ago and began kitting it out for frequent dinner parties and house guests. They agreed that Fowler would handle all decor decisions, with the exception of the kitchen, where Bennett spends most of his time in front of his industrial six-burner Garland stove.
See inside their home »
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STOP STICKING SHOES AND PURSES ON EVERYTHING ! IT LOOKS RIDICULOUS !!!
Hmmm… where are the pictures of their home?
The portrait is disturbing. It’s the eyes.