OUR HISTORY

In 1981, Peggy Byron opened Boutique Au Lit in Montreal, one of the first bed linen shops in Canada to offer pure cotton sheets instead of treated polyester. The store was an instant success, with people lining up outside the 700-square-foot store. Soon Byron expanded the business to include a factory where she manufactured her own collection of linens.

Fifteen years later, Byron moved the retail end of the business to Toronto, where she would eventually take over a store almost ten times the size of her first! Today, her daughter, Joanna Goodman - who has developed her own passion for design and fine linens - is helping to run the family business. When they're not managing the stores, they're travelling throughout Europe and North America on buying trips, planning and designing their new collections.

Au Lit's purpose is still to source the finest quality linens the world has to offer. Their philosophy is that luxurious linens need not be exclusive or intimidating. Everyone should know what it's like to sleep in pure cotton sheets, and because Au Lit imports all its fabrics from Europe and manufactures in Canada, they can not only provide exquisite quality, but also exceptional value and an impressive breadth of custom work.