Organizing Tips
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Keep your own show
home clutter-free with
these organizing tips
By Lindsey Ward
>> What's the easiest way to avoid clutter in your brand new
home? Simple: Don't let it through the door.
Sound easier said than done? Then it might be worth putting
in a call to For Space Sake owner Pauline Boisselle, who's been
de-cluttering homes for nearly 25 years.
While she says it's ideal to weed through your stuff and only
bring what you need into your new home, that's hardly the norm.
"People have trouble parting with things, and it just makes for
so much clutter," Boisselle says, adding that many people tend
to impulse-buy too many items — like the same T-shirt in five
different colours — just because they're on sale. An increase
in blended families also leaves many households with two of
everything.
"People have divorced and they've both got kids and all of a sudden they're getting married and putting two houses into one."
Boisselle knows how to spot organizational problems, and
she's just the woman to solve them. Since its 1989 inception,
For Space Sake on Grant Avenue has grown from a store carrying a variety of smaller organizing products into more of
a millwork house. These days, Boisselle often teams up with
home builders to create move-in ready cabinets, drawers,
shelves, cubbies and other creative de-cluttering solutions.
"I am like the cabinet-maker now," she laughs.
122 Parade of Homes Fall 2013
