The Misfits

The Misfits is Montauk’s official Sale site for overstock and orphaned Montauk sofas. A selection of sofas, sleepers, sectionals, chairs, loveseats, ottomans and curated art objects and accessories will be available on line. We are delighted to give our customers the opportunity to purchase signature Montauk furniture at a reduced purchase price.   Items will range from floor models, overstock, minor flaws (a little character) and due to circumstance beyond our control the occasional canceled order. The Misfits can be accessed directly from the link on the Let’s Tauk section of our website montauksofa.com or through the Montauk blog letstauk.com ...
 

Montauk en thérapie

Le numéro d’octobre 2012 du ELLE Québec présente la rentrée culturel en duos. Les paires sont quasi toutes d’un naturel né mais parfois ils nous surprennent par leur juxtaposition peu probable. C’est le cas du comédien François Papineau et de l’écrivaine Nadine Bismuth. Les deux ont travaillé de près sur la télésérie En Thérapie. Nadine aux textes et François dans le rôle du thérapeute. Par contre les deux ne se sont que rarement croisés lors du processus. Je voulais démontrer cette liaison à la fois proche et distancée qui les unis. Le choix était évident, le sofa tout capitonné de ...
 

Tauk to me

An experienced and educated interior architect and designer, Tania Kratt has been helping design and improve home and business interiors since 1995.   Along with designing projects in the U.S., Canada and Europe, she was also the acting co-designer of Montauk showrooms in Canada and U.S. from 1997-2006, and acting Online Design Editor for Canadian House & Home magazine for 7 years.   To submit any design related queries click on Design Q&A in the Let’s Tauk menu bar to access our submission form or email us at designer@letstauk.com and Tania will respond as soon as possible, hopefully resolving any ...
 

Let’s Tauk Furniture

SEATING DESIGN THROUGH THE AGES   Furniture, dating as far back as the Neolithic period, is a part of the human experience. Inspired by the French term “fournir”, furniture is intended to support various human activities like seating and sleeping. It is a form of decorative art and a fundamental element of our existence.   Did you know… The first evidence of man-made seating sits in a preserved 3000 B.C. Neolithic Scottish village called Skara Brae.  Having little access to timber, residents created dwellings as well as interior furniture from the ample supply of stone nearby.   Flat-sided rocks serving ...
 

Gastown Steamy Window

Family-owned, carbon-neutral Montauk Sofa just opened their sleek new store in Gastown at 228 Abbott. The 6,000 sqft open concept space had been under heritage renovation for over two years, and as you can see the end result is pretty stunning. Scout film-makers Sean Horlor and Steve Adams (of Steamy Window) went and previewed it for us the other day. Click the video above for our exclusive look see…   source: Scout Magazine ...
 

Diary of a flustered filmaker

We arrived at the new Montauk store in Gastown late Friday night. We had trekked in from Northern B.C. and the shock felt by the hive of activity we encountered in this stunning urban space jolted our senses. Having spent weeks cocooned in the British Columbian hinterland we were now in City mode. We maneuvered thru the chaos of construction workers, window washers, electricians, installers, caterers and staff – all in hyperdrive and jockeying for position in preparation for Saturday’s launch party.   Our mission (should we accept it) was to show a film on the history and philosophy of Montauk Sofa, ...
 

The firm

TO VISIT MONTAUK, YOU MUST TRAVEL THE AMERICAN EAST COAST OR VISIT THE SHOWROOM OF THE MANUFACTURER OF THE SAME NAME IN NEW YORK, TORONTO, CHICAGO, CALGARY, VANCOUVER, OR MONTRÉAL – THE BIRTHPLACE OF THIS DYNAMIC UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE MANUFACTURER.   Tim Zyto’s father owned Biltmore Chesterfield who went bankrupt in 1989 during a serious economic crisis in Québec. A young Tim, who studied sociology at Concordia, was studying business administration at McGill when his father died. He quit school and decided to get into business. He opened the Biltmore company on Boulevard St-Laurent with a partner, but due to different ...