15, May 2023
People rent storage units for many reasons. They might need to store household goods during a home renovation or when moving from one house to another. Occasionally, families need to downsize an older relative to a smaller home, and they need more time to sort through all the possessions, so… Read more
19, Sep 2022
Dear Out of Chaos, I’m ready to declutter and downsize, but my basement is full of other people’s stuff. What should I do? Yours truly, Retired Boomer. Very often, we receive questions like this one. Or we arrive at a client’s home and find bins of stuff that don’t belong… Read more
14, Jun 2021
After almost 20 years of experience helping our clients move from one home to another, we have found household goods stashed in some interesting places. The Out of Chaos team has learned to look everywhere in a home to ensure everything is packed securely and loaded on the moving van…. Read more
26, Oct 2020
We’ve all seen those magazines and television shows where home décor experts sort items by colour. From books to clothes to toys, they organize everything into the ROYGBIV rainbow colour sequence. Without a doubt, it looks pretty in the photos and on-camera but is organizing by colour the best option?… Read more
16, Sep 2019
Lawn furniture and gardening tools are often neglected when preparing for a move simply because they are stored outdoors. Some of these items require special care and can be time-consuming to pack as they can be heavy and oddly-shaped. The first step is to decide if you are going to… Read more
10, Apr 2018
If you missed my appearance as a “spring cleaning expert” on CBC radio last week, check it out below. I visited the home of CBC staffer Jake Costello who recently moved into a new home and needed some advice on spring cleaning. With a short radio intervention, we didn’t have… Read more
25, Jul 2016
How do you organize your garage? With summer in full swing, and your garage being used daily, things can get pretty messy in there. Kids are using scooters and bikes and once they’re done with them, they just lay them down wherever. Exhausted from a camping trip, you just toss your camping… Read more
31, Mar 2011
Alison Appelbe, a freelance writer, interviewed Linda Chu of Out of Chaos. The article is entitled “How to Give Purpose to a Multi-Purpose Space.” Many of our homes harbour a “catch-all” room where literally anything goes. It’s a kind of black hole of accumulated goods and clutter. In what we… Read more
05, Dec 2008
Bill Mantas from City TV explains how Linda Chu of Out of Chaos tackles a garage by efficiently decluttering and organizing it. Watch the video here. At the beginning of this project, the homeowner had everything cluttered in the middle of the floor. Piles were as high as the ceiling…. Read more
05, Dec 2008
Linda Chu of Out of Chaos transforms a garage into a pristine storage space. The homeowners, a blended family of five people, had recently moved into this home. Consequently, their garage was overflowing with clutter. First, Linda helped the homeowners sort through all of their things. During the process, she… Read more
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