Now, while you are stuck inside, you start to dream about how you might reno your home. Should you change the floor? the fabric? the blinds? If you really want to go ahead with this and it’s too overwhelming a thought, help is at hand. You can even put your feet up and call for their free shop-at-home service.

Tapis Decor Chantilly has been open since 1983, offering one-stop decor shopping for both home and office, in one location, at competitive prices. You can sit back and let their in-house designers walk you through every step, or feel free to go in with your own ideas or your own designer.

For flooring, they sell the gamut from carpets to laminate floors, solid hardwood to engineered wood, linoleum and marmoleum, as well as PVC strip wood and tiles. They also carry a huge array of window coverings from well-know manufacturers, custom-made drapes and bedding, wall coverings, ceramics and more. They supply and install all of their products; their installers are certified and experienced, and they are RBQ licensed.

– Flooring: Laminate floors from names like Alloc and Kronotex. Marmoleum sheet goods are anti-bacterial and perfect for health care or just for healthy environments. Expect a huge array of vinyl tiles such as Armstrong and Amtico, LSI and Centiva, Mondo tiles and Plynyl woven flooring. There are all kinds of special rubber, which is perfect for your home gym or recreation center. From materials for computer rooms (anti-static), lobbies, corridors, elevators, bars, airplanes or any other application, it’s all here.

– Carpets: Wall to wall, area rugs and runners, in all shapes and custom sizes for residential or commercial, in wool or synthetic, from Shaw, Mohawk, Beaulieu, Couristan, Momeni, Louis de Poortere and others.

– Blinds and Window Coverings: High end custom window coverings from such well-known brands as Hunter Douglas, Maxxmar, Altex, Faber, Shade-O-Matic and more. If you need them, they sell motorized blinds and black-out coverings.

– Fabric: They carry Robert Allen, Kravet, Joanne, Rosedale, Avant-garde and more, in silks, satins, velvets, chenilles, leathers or other types of fabric. They employ their own seamstresses and upholsterers to create decorative valences, headboards, draperies or other ideas you may have.

It makes life very easy when you can choose all your products in one place.

Location: 707 Lucerne Rd., T.M.R.
Tel: 514-388-6060
www.decorchantilly.com

Empire Auctions will pay you on the spot for any silver or gold you bring in to sell to them. Look in your jewelry box for broken bracelets, tangled chains, orphan earrings and that gaudy necklace from the 80s. Now is a good time to change all that sparkle into hard cash.

Rummage through all the drawers in the bedroom, dining room and kitchen for tea sets, flatware, serving pieces, gold coins, cigarette cases, silver bars or even gold teeth.

For silver, look for a stamp which says 800 or 925 which indicates that it is real silver.

Empire will weigh everything and make you an offer per gram. They list their prices daily on their website. When I wrote this, these were the prices per ounce:  gold: $1435.64,  silver: $ 17.79 and platinum: $ 967.50

Don’t forgewhileWhile you are going there, don’t forget they also buy: antiques, diamonds, paintings and sculpture, rare wristwatches and pocket watches, Persian rugs, furniture, crystal, memorabilia, rare automobiles, porcelains, rare coins, stamps, vintage toys and model trains, and much more.

Location: 5500 Pare, Ville Mont-Royal
corner: boul. Decarie
Tel: 514-737-6586 or 514-737-5343
Hours: Mon-Fri 10-5
www.empireauctions.com

For anyone, a cool gift might be the “upside-down” umbrella which closes without water dripping on you or your car. There’s a big display of everything lavender. You can always buy Montreal’s favorite humbugs (now in different flavors), or someone might enjoy their own 5-year-old cheddar or their homemade fudge.

Le Panier won the title of best gift store in Canada so this store worth a trip from anywhere. The huge shop is chock full of gourmet food, kitchenware,  and gifts at prices mostly under $25. You will not walk out empty-handed when you can choose amongst the jewelry, jams, hot sauces, kitchen gadgets, wearables and much, much more

If you can’t decide, there are ready-made gift baskets or custom-made ones too.

Here’s some ideas:

Michael Design – shea butter soaps, handwash and lotions

Wine Bag Totes – Carry the wine in an insulated pretty handbag

Louis Sherry New York chocolates – in beautiful keepable metallic tin boxes

Mighty Mug – This mug won’t fall over – EVER – can be used near a keyboard without worries. $19.99

Grumpy Butcher’s Maple Bacon – Hand made here in Montreal  in small batches from local Quebec pork farmers

Mike’s Hot Honey – Spice up all kinds of food $14.99

Wrendale pottery –  adorable mugs with kittens, owls, ducks,

Big selection of teapots  

Willow Tree Figurines    

Location: 274 Bord du Lac, Pointe Claire
corner: de Lourdes
Tel: 514-695-7038
Hours: Regular plus Sun 10-5
www.thepanier.com

Tapis Decor Chantilly makes it easy to update your home. They will just come to you with their free shop-at-home service. Just put your feet up, have a coffee and await their arrival. It’s that easy.

Open since 1983, they offer one-stop decor shopping for both home and office, in one location, at competitive prices. For flooring, they sell the gamut from carpets to laminate floors, solid hardwood to engineered wood, linoleum and marmoleum, as well as PVC strip wood and tiles. They also carry a huge array of window coverings from well-know manufacturers, custom-made drapes and bedding, wall coverings, ceramics and more. They supply and install all of their products; their installers are certified and experienced, and they are RBQ licensed.

Sit back and let their in-house designers walk you through every step, or feel free to go in with your own designer.

– Carpets: Wall to wall, area rugs and runners, in all shapes and custom sizes for residential or commercial, in wool or synthetic, from Shaw, Mohawk, Beaulieu, Couristan, Momeni, Louis de Poortere and others.

– Blinds and Window Coverings: High end custom window coverings from such well-known brands as Hunter Douglas, Maxxmar, Altex, Faber, Shade-O-Matic and more. Since they are a Hunter Douglas Dealer Select company, they can offer the most competitive prices. They can cover any size or shape window. Custom cover your windows with sheers, drapes and swags. If you need them, they sell motorized blinds and black-out coverings.

– Flooring: Laminate floors from names like Alloc and Kronotex. Marmoleum sheet goods are anti-bacterial and perfect for health care or just for healthy environments. Expect a huge array of vinyl tiles such as Armstrong and Amtico, LSI and Centiva, Mondo tiles and Plynyl woven flooring. There are all kinds of special rubber, which is perfect for your home gym or recreation center. From materials for computer rooms (anti-static), lobbies, corridors, elevators, bars, airplanes or any other application, it’s all here.

– Fabric: They carry the extensive lines of Robert Allen, Kravet, Joanne, Rosedale, Avant-garde and more, in silks, satins, velvets, chenilles, leathers or other types of fabric.They employ their own seamstresses and upholsterers to create decorative valences, headboards, draperies or other ideas you may have.

So chill. Head over to Tapis Decor Chantilly and let them take all the stress out of your home re-do project.

Location: 707 Lucerne (corner Jean-Talon)
Tel: 514-388-6060
www.decorchantilly.com

For Mom, a cool gift might be the “upside-down” umbrella which closes without water dripping on you or your car. There’s a big display of everything lavender. You can always buy Montreal’s favorite humbugs (now in different flavors), or she might enjoy their own 5-year-old cheddar or their homemade fudge.

Le Panier won the title of best gift store in Canada so this store worth a trip from anywhere. The huge shop is chock full of gourmet food, kitchenware,  and gifts at prices mostly under $25. You will not walk out empty-handed when you can choose amongst the jewelry, jams, hot sauces, kitchen gadgets, wearables and much, much more

If you can’t decide, there are ready-made gift baskets or custom-made ones too.

Here’s some ideas:

Michael Design – shea butter soaps, handwash and lotions

Wine Bag Totes – Carry the wine in an insulated pretty handbag

Louis Sherry New York chocolates – in beautiful keepable metallic tin boxes

Mighty Mug – This mug won’t fall over – EVER – can be used near a keyboard without worries. $19.99

Grumpy Butcher’s Maple Bacon – Hand made here in Montreal  in small batches from local Quebec pork farmers

Mike’s Hot Honey – Spice up all kinds of food $14.99

Wrendale pottery –  adorable mugs with kittens, owls, ducks,

Big selection of teapots  

Willow Tree Figurines    

Location: 274 Bord du Lac, Pointe Claire
corner: de Lourdes
Tel: 514-695-7038
Hours: Regular plus Sun 10-5
www.thepanier.com

Tapis Decor Chantilly has been open since 1983, offering one-stop decor shopping for both home and office, in one location, at competitive prices. For flooring, they sell the gamut from carpets to laminate floors, solid hardwood to engineered wood, linoleum and marmoleum, as well as PVC strip wood and tiles. They also carry a huge array of window coverings from well-know manufacturers, custom-made drapes and bedding, wall coverings, ceramics and more. They supply and install all of their products; their installers are certified and experienced, and they are RBQ licensed.

Sit back and let their in-house designers walk you through every step, or feel free to go in with your own designer.

– Carpets: Wall to wall, area rugs and runners, in all shapes and custom sizes for residential or commercial, in wool or synthetic, from Shaw, Mohawk, Beaulieu, Couristan, Momeni, Louis de Poortere and others.

– Blinds and Window Coverings: High end custom window coverings from such well-known brands as Hunter Douglas, Maxxmar, Altex, Faber, Shade-O-Matic and more. Since they are a Hunter Douglas Dealer Select company, they can offer the most competitive prices. They can cover any size or shape window. Custom cover your windows with sheers, drapes and swags. If you need them, they sell motorized blinds and black-out coverings.

– Flooring: Laminate floors from names like Alloc and Kronotex. Marmoleum sheet goods are anti-bacterial and perfect for health care or just for healthy environments. Expect a huge array of vinyl tiles such as Armstrong and Amtico, LSI and Centiva, Mondo tiles and Plynyl woven flooring. There are all kinds of special rubber, which is perfect for your home gym or recreation center. From materials for computer rooms (anti-static), lobbies, corridors, elevators, bars, airplanes or any other application, it’s all here.

– Fabric: They carry the extensive lines of Robert Allen, Kravet, Joanne, Rosedale, Avant-garde and more, in silks, satins, velvets, chenilles, leathers or other types of fabric.They employ their own seamstresses and upholsterers to create decorative valences, headboards, draperies or other ideas you may have.

You can even put your feet up and call for their free shop-at-home service.

Location: 707 Lucerne (corner Jean-Talon)
Tel: 514-388-6060
www.decorchantilly.com

The Young Bar of Montréal, in partnership with the Québec Bar and Desjardins holds an annual Legal Helpline. Volunteer lawyers provide FREE legal advice by telephone. This 28th edition of the YBM’s Legal Helpline is the opportunity for citizens to learn about their rights and obligations. Whether it concerns matters related family law, good-neighborliness, consumer goods, labor, management of estates or other matters, volunteer lawyers will be available to answer questions from citizens across Quebec.

“The Legal Helpline is an effective and free service that allows members of YBM to meet the growing needs of the population in terms of access to justice” said Me Caroline Larouche, President of the YBM. “Our long term goal is to make this day a national annual event and thus mobilize young lawyers across the country”, adds Me Larouche.

Founded in 1898, the YBM consists of 4600 lawyers having ten years and less of practice in Montreal; making it one of the largest associations of young lawyers in the world, in terms of number for one city. It provides pro bono consulting services and legal information to various segments of the population and organizes charitable activities. Overall, it aims to improve access to justice and to contribute to the collective well-being.

Dates: April 23 & 24 2016
Time: 9-5
Phone: 514-871-0388 or 1 844-771-0388
www.ajbm.qc.ca

Empire Auctions will pay you on the spot for any silver or gold you bring in to sell to them. Look in your jewelry box for broken bracelets, tangled chains, orphan earrings and that gaudy necklace from the 80s. With gold trading at a 30-year-high, now is a good time to change all that sparkle into hard cash.

Rummage through all the drawers in the bedroom, dining room and kitchen for tea sets, flatware, serving pieces, gold coins, cigarette cases, silver bars or even gold teeth.

For silver, look for a stamp which says 800 or 925 which indicates that it is real silver.

Empire will weigh everything and make you an offer per gram. They list their prices daily on their website. When I wrote this, these were the prices per ounce:  gold: $1447.05,  silver: $ 17.81 and platinum: $ 1217.54.

Location: 5500 Pare, Ville Mont-Royal
corner: boul. Decarie
Tel: 514-737-6586 or 514-737-5343
Hours: Mon-Fri 10-5
www.empireauctions.com

Galerie au Chocolat had been a secret spot for years, since they were a wholesaler and sold retail only to those in the know. Head here to buy sweet holiday gifts for anyone on your list.

The delish high-end items which are made with fine Belgian chocolate come in many interesting varieties: crisped rice bark, almond rochers, chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate covered ginger, chocolate covered orange peel, pecan brittle, espresso wafers, and their famous almond bark. Discover more when you come in to the shop.

Sure, there are chocolate bars, but also fair trade hot chocolate (made with real chocolate shavings which you can mix with either cream or milk), chocolate fondue, seasonal character molds and tiny chocolate dessert cups for port or digestives.

They have a variety of packaging options. You can easily see the yummies inside their cellophane bags tied with pretty ribbon, or you can buy them in a gift (or just for you) tin or in a beautifully wrapped gift box. You can fax, email or call in your orders any time. Delivery on the island of Montreal is $12; for the rest of Quebec or Ontario, it’s $20.

You don’t have to wait for special occasions or holidays, as everyone loves chocolates every day. Try their high quality scrumptious chocolates right now. Send some to someone special – just because.

8985 Henri Bourassa Ouest,  Ville St-Laurent, QC H4S 1P7
corner: Autoroute 13
Tel: 514-331-8460
Please note New Holiday Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5 and Sat Nov 28, Dec 5, 12 & 19, they will be open these Saturdays only from 9-3

Galerie au Chocolat had been a secret spot for years, since they were a wholesaler and sold retail only to those in the know. For Chanukah gifts, these chocolates are not only Kosher, but very yummy.

The delish high-end items which are made with fine Belgian chocolate come in many interesting varieties: crisped rice bark, almond rochers, chocolate covered pretzels, chocolate covered ginger, chocolate covered orange peel, pecan brittle, espresso wafers, and their famous almond bark. Discover more when you come in to the shop.

Sure, there are chocolate bars, but also fair trade hot chocolate (made with real chocolate shavings which you can mix with either cream or milk), chocolate fondue, seasonal character molds and tiny chocolate dessert cups for port or digestives.

They have a variety of packaging options. You can easily see the yummies inside their cellophane bags tied with pretty ribbon, or you can buy them in a gift (or just for you) tin or in a beautifully wrapped gift box. You can fax, email or call in your orders any time. Delivery on the island of Montreal is $12; for the rest of Quebec or Ontario, it’s $20.

You don’t have to wait for special occasions or holidays, as everyone loves chocolates every day. Try their high quality scrumptious chocolates right now. Send some to someone special – just because.

8985 Henri Bourassa Ouest,  Ville St-Laurent, QC H4S 1P7
corner: Autoroute 13
Tel: 514-331-8460
Please note New Holiday Hours: Mon-Fri 9-5 and Sat Nov 28, Dec 5, 12 & 19, they will be open these Saturdays only from 9-3