The Sherwin Williams store in Pierrefonds is having a good paint sale just at the moment when we are thinking of refreshing some walls. If you’re planning a move soon, this is a good time to stock up. You can buy their paint and tints for 40% off and painting accessories for 30% off.

Location: 4798 Boul. St-Jean
Tel: 514-696-2000
Hours: Regular
Dates: May 19-27

This two-day sale for snow and water sports clothing has been extended. Some new stock has come in. For these cold and wet sports you’ll find  fleece, after ski apparel, jersey items,  snowboard bottoms and tops, soft shell bottoms and tops, sweatshirts and bottoms and clothes  for the girls.

Location: 8505 Devonshire
corner: Royalmount
Tel” 514-789-0809
Dates: May 17 & 18
Time: 7-5

Multi labels that seem to cover many warehouse  sales I’ve mentioned lately are all grouped together in one location for 2 weeks of opportunity to score clothes at up to 90% off.  Many sizes for many women by: FDJ French Dressing, Betsey Johnson, Edit by Jeanne Beker, Laundry by Shelli Segal, , Dalia, Renaur and Katherine Barclay, Boca Performance, Liz Claiborne and Esprit jackets,  Perry Ellis and  Buffalo.

Location: 225 Chabanel, suite 315
Dates and Times: May16-18: 10-8, May 19 & 20: 10-4, May 23-25: 10-8, May 26 & 27:  10-4

Expect up to 70% off clothes for men and women at this warehouse sale up in Laval. You can wade through racks and tables of: Bench, Lucky 7,  Sean Jean, Miss Sixty,  Jack Jones, Fluo, Penguin, Vero Moda,  President Stone, Covet, Style Exchange, Numero, Energie, Vero Moda, and CK. You also find perfume too.

Location: 2868 Boul. Industrial, Laval
corner: Berlier
Dates: May 9-27
Times: Wed-Fri 10-8,  Sat & Sun 10-5

You can balance your budget easier by attending factory warehouse sales. Groupe Imperial is having one selling off t’s, hoodies, caps, jeans, jackets, by  ecko unltd,  Avirex, Miss Sixty, Jack & Jones, Diesel, Guess, Hudson, Only, (BlankNYC),  and Zoo York. At these sales you can expect up to 80% off in savings off of  mall prices. This sale lasts over 10 days and new merchandise appears daily. There’s a lot for the guys at this one.

Location: 650 Lebeau at Deslauriers, VSL
Tel: 514-335-3333
Dates: May 17-May 27 (open Sunday and Victoria Day)
Time: 10-6
www.fashionsale.ca

Mention Smart Shopping Montreal or Sandra Phillips this week at M.H. Grover & Fils, and you’ll get an extra 20% off on all regular priced clothing. This  family-run business has been dressing the hard-to-fit man since 1925. From underwear to outerwear, you can find everything, including suits (to 70).

They sell famous brand names like Chaps, Nautica, Report, Robert Graham, Buffalo, Arrow, Pelle Pelle, Hathaway, Axis and Columbia.

They sell jeans (to size 78), jogging pants, dress and sports shirts (to size 8XL), dress pants (to size 80), corduroys (to size 66), belts (80), swimsuits and winter coats (to size 8XL). If you want a deal on price, put your name on their list to be notified of their semi-annual clearance sales in Feb. and Aug.

Location: 4741 Wellington, Verdun
corner: 3rd Ave
Phone: 514-769-377
Hours: Regular plus Sun 11-5
www.groversbigandtall.com

Those in the know have been going up to Papillon Blanc at lunchtime on certain days to scoop up their deals. Nowadays they are announcing sales so another Spring/Summer  sample sale is on. Women who like made-in-Canada  print and slinky tops and dresses, this is the moment to grab them as prices will be up to 70% off.

Location: 7250 Mile End, suite 502
Phone: 514-276-3763
Dates and times: May 16 10-6, May 17 & 18: 10-8, May 19: 10-3
http://papillonblanc.com

Look around your house and you’ll probably notice quite a few scratches on your beautiful wood furniture. Yet, you don’t want to send it off somewhere where it will disappear for awhile while it is being refinished. What to do? Just call Henry, who is a experienced professional craftsman and he’ll come to your location to fix it on the spot. Whether it’s scratches, worn edges, dents, watermarks, or a big gouge, he can handle it all expertly.

Antiques, bedroom & dining room sets, kitchen cabinets, and office furniture can all be touched up on site - that’s in your home or place of business. He is happy to work on commercial accounts too.

If you have newly installed wooden windows, he can stain and varnish the interior of the wooden windows to match your decorating scheme. He specializes at refinishing exterior entrance doors and garage doors to make them look new.
You can get a free estimate.

Phone:  514-369-0295
Hours: by appointment

Thinking about getting your outdoors ready to enjoy the Spring and Summer, you may want to take a look at your woven furniture. If anything is ripped, don’t despair, it can be fixed to look like new.

Au Jonc Canne, located in the Plateau Mont Royal, is a well known shop for all kinds of cane and wicker repairs. They have craftsmen utilizing 500- year-old techniques to weave and fix cane, wicker, flat reed, real rush, sea grass, paper cord and rattan.

They can re-do your chairs, tables, headboards or whatever furniture needs this kind of repairs. Specialty hand weaving can also be done here. A pickup service is available for larger items.

The atelier shares its space with Rembourreur J.A. Quintal so that any other kind of repair work needed on the furniture can be handled as well - including stripping, re-finishing and upholstering.

4681 St. Denis St. Montreal QC H2J 2L5
corner: Guilford
Tel:  514-849-4545
Hours:   Mon-Wed & Fri 7:30-4, Thurs 7:30-9, Sat 9:30-4
http://www.jonc-canne.ca