The best monthly sales of linens, etc. is the one held on Louvain St. in the Chabanel area. For bedding, curtains, carpets, comforters, pillows, shower curtains, carpets, bath towels, mats, dishcloths, oven mitts, etc.
Location: 120 Louvain
Dates and times: Fri Feb 25: 11-6; Sat Feb 26: 8-1
www.liquideco.com
Lumideco is a 44-year-old lighting wholesaler which sells retail too. They have advertised a Spring Inventory Sale with everything up to 60% off everything.
You can browse through their showroom, choose from the traditional, ultra-modern, art deco, antique or classical designs in ceiling and wall fixtures, standing or table lamps, and then pay the discounted prices indicated on the ticket. If that isn’t enough, you can order from their many catalogues from showrooms all over Europe.
Location: 4810 Jean-Talon W, Suite 300
corner: Victoria
Tel: 514-737-5123
www.lumideco.net
Oh my. When you walk in here it is a like a giant candy store of televisions and electronics at 30%-50% off retail. These are mostly liquidated or refurbished TV’s, home theatres, laptops, portable DVD’s and digital cameras from major chain stores. The warehouse used to be located off the Cote de Liesse but have moved up to Henri Bourassa near boul. Thimens. (For Smart Shopping devotees – this was the building that Kovac used to be in.)
Now there’s wood and laminate flooring too. You must be with a salesman in order to walk through this warehouse. Technicians have gone through and checked out all the sets, and they come with a 3-month warranty. There are 4 or 5 warehouse sales each year too. www.refurbished.ca
New Location: 6869 Henri Bourassa ouest
corner: Felix Leclerc
www.refurbished.ca
This weekend, Iegor (Hotel des Encans), an Auction House here in Montreal with offices in Paris and Palm Beach as well, is offering up Free Appraisal Days. For important collections you may schedule an appointment on site or at your residence. For the rest of you, their experts can access the worth of your valuables in many areas including:
•Canadian and International Art
•Antiques
•Fine Vintage Wines
•Fashion and Jewelry
•20th Century Design
•Art of Asia, India, Africa,Oceania and South America
•Rare Books, Scrolls and Collectibles
Montreal Location: Hôtel des Encans, 872 rue du Couvent
Tel: 514-344-4081
Date: Sat & Sun Feb 12 & 13
Time: 12pm – 5pm, at the “” ,
Palm Beach: T (561) 651-7200
Paris : 33 (0) 6 74 02 59 92
info@iegor.net
www.iegor.net
Sending a personalized special message with the help of Plaque Impact on all sorts of cool things is a permanent way to show your Valentine the meaning of your love. From now until Feb 14th, if you spend only $20 at the shop, you will receive for FREE freshwater pearl earrings, a heart charm bracelet triple- dipped in silver dipped charm bracelet or cufflinks.
You can buy any of these gifts for whatever occasions you have coming up and then score your freebie. All of them come with 20 characters of engraving included:
Lettering can be done in Russian, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Hebrew and Yiddish, and ask about the hatch style of inscriptions, which is very elegant. You can bring in objects bought elsewhere (like a bat or hockey stick or sculpture) and they can personalize them too.
Location: 5795 Victoria Ave.
corner: Bourret
Phone: 514- 344-9959
www.plaqueimpact.com
You have watched the proliferation of “green” products hit the market in the past few years. However what does green mean? And who is making sure they really are green? To start with so many products really are greener than they ever were before but most of them are guilty of “greenwashing” which means they are fudging the truth to make them sound more environmentally friendly.
In order to not be led astray by false claims, you can look for certain logos on the products:
– Third party organizations that certify green: Ecologo, Green Seal, Fair Trade Certified, GREENGUARD, Rainforest Alliance
– we have a Montreal company, Ethiquette which checks out sustainable companies and covers over 1,000 products. You can see what they recommend at www.ethiquette.ca
– the city of Montreal has published a guide to reducing, reusing and recycling. It includes how to compost at home. Copies are available at Acces Montreal offices, libraries, and Eco-quartiers. There is an online version and you can look at it on the Gazette’s Green Life blog: montrealgazette.com/greenlife
Q 1: We’re stuck in a lot in January so it’s a good time to spend time cleaning out and organizing our closets, garages, basements. A lot of people avoid these activities but it does have to get done eventually and you say you have some help for us.
People (usually women) who have a knack for this kind of work are available and they do have special niches. You may be moving, or just need to get the kids’ rooms organized to make them easier to take care of. Garages and basements can have special storage to avoid piling your junk.
Q 2: If you are thinking of moving this year (maybe divorce or downsizing) or you might have to help clean out your parent’s home, tell us about how these women can help.
Here’s a two for one deal Susan Hertzberg. Is a real estate agent who will sell your house for you At no extra charge, she will help you co-ordinate the downsizing of your belongings that you no longer need or want. Her service is especially good for absentee relatives or children have to liquidate their parents’ estates, do not live here or are too busy.
Phone: 514- 481-8986
Q 3 : Okay, some of us aren’t going anywhere, but we are overcome with clutter or we can’t part with cherished items, how can we get help?
Organized Success is one professional organizing company who can set up your home or office to save you time (or money). For mounds of papers, new color-coded files are created and your old stuff is seamlessly weeded into the new ones. For other rooms, they can weed out what to keep, throw away or sell (and help get it sold and moved).
For those of you with piles of photos, they can get them organized by year, occasion or albums. Your computers or finances can even get sorted out. Financially they can promise you to save you money (phones, banking, mortgage, food, car) or they don’t charge for the visit.
It takes about 30 days to form new habits and they do follow-ups to keep you on track.
Phone: 514-733-1533
e-mail: susan@organizedsuccess.com
www.organizedsuccess.com
Q4: So who else is out there to whisk away our messes?
Janice Greenberg – As much as you hate putting things away, loves teaching you how to do it easily. She can help the elderly discard a lifetime of things efficiently but with sensitivity to their needs. She loves organizing wardrobe, closets, kids’ rooms are specialties and offers help for unearthing paper mounds in home office or personal shopping for clothing.
She goes through belongings determine what are cherished or not and helps you make decisions about what should be given to charity, what should be sold and what possibly donate in return for a tax receipt.
One especially nice touche are the “memory boxes” she creates. Greenberg can put them together by gathering special photos of kids or trips. When downsizing to a condo or retirement home, she can help choose what take with them or what might sent storage ( many not ready to give away their things – to the children or anyone else). If a spouse has died, she can also help with the painful chore of what to sell or give away.
Phone: (514) 935-2394.
Q 5: Sometimes people have clutter is beyond the average, and are hoarders, is there anyone out there to help them?
Kathleen Murphy trained prof organizer National Study Group on Chronic Disorganization, specializes in hoarding situations and the hiring of a cleaning crew. For elderly making a move, she can start with getting your paperwork in order (notary, will, finances), staging your home sale, making arrangements for shipping of their furnishings to far flung relatives and even finding painters and carpet layers for the new place. A 3-step plan is laid out for the sorting and distribution of your clothing, appliances, cars and the move.
Phone: (514) 402-0709
www.organizingoptions.com
Regifting has gained in popularity since comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s show used it on January 19,1995. It’s link to online auctions has also made the phenomenon of regifting more acceptable. In fact, more than half of adults recently surveyed by Money Management International (MMI) find regifting acceptable
Here’s the place in the script where regift was used in that Seinfeld episode as well as another new term, degift). January 19, 1995:
George: The wedding is off. Now you can go to the Super Bowl.
Jerry: I can’t call Tim Whatley and ask for the tickets back.
George: You just gave them to him two days ago, he’s gotta give you a grace period.
Jerry: Are you even vaguely familiar with the concept of giving? There’s no grace period.
George: Well, didn’t he regift the label maker?
Jerry: Possibly.
George: Well, if he can regift, why can’t you degift?
Jerry: You may have a point.
George: I have a point, I have a point.
Here’s the 10 most popular regifted items counting backwards:
10 – alcohol
9 – gift cards
8 – fruit cake
7 – candles
6 – cookbooks
5 – jewelry
4 – picture frames
3 – gift basket
2 – housewares
1 – clothing
Bio-Botanical Labs is is a contract manufacturer and developer of health & beauty care products. They working with international clients to make : shampoos, conditioners, washes and gels, hair care, waterless hand sani cleanser, creams, lotions, bath salts, liquid soaps, body mists, kitchen cleaner, oxy cleaner, bathroom cleaner, stain remover, dish detergent, window cleaner, odour neutralizers, fabric freshener, patio & BBQ cleaner, lens & screen cleaners and pot pourri.
On their flyer, they are mentioning that their warehouse sale will offer up: boxed chocolates, spice sets, personal care products, plasticware and Bio-Botanical cleaning products. I haven’t been to this one yet.
Location: 2555 boul. des Sources (enter by Avro)
Tel: 514-421-6555
Dates: until Dec 23
Hours: Sat-Wed 10-5, Thurs & Fri 10-8
www.bio-botanical.com
For 35 years this family has been creating hand-made-in-Quebec (now some imported) pool tables from $1,330 to $45,000.
Right now you can scoop up some specially priced ones at $1.599. What a fun for the family and friends to hang out together. There are other table top possibilities too.
You can have one made to match your decor, the tables can be full size or less, and they also sell other game tables (soccer, air hockey and the Switch Top with ping pong and hockey, poker, foosball, dome hockey, Mississippi).
You can choose amongst the largest selection of cue sticks, with one piece or 2-pieces at $40 & up. Lamps are here, DVD’s, scoreboards too, iPod jukeboxes, and they can also do recovering, repairs and lessons. Other location: Look for the liquidation room for the real deals.
Locations:9300 boul. Cavendish (facing Ikea)
Tel: 514-343-9399
St-Hubert, 1559 boul. des Promenades (450-926-9925). (dart boards, bars and bar stools, refurbished pinball and arcade games, chess sets, patio furniture).
www.palason.ca