Has your home become 'clutter' chaos?
CBC News
Posted: Mar 7, 2013 8:16 PM ET
Last Updated: Mar 8, 2013 6:07 AM ET
Is the clutter of everyday life overtaking your home? The CBC's Ashley Burke looked into how people in the Ottawa region are handling their messes in this special series.
Clutter chaos
Our homes have turned into dumping grounds for all our stuff. We look at one Wakefield, Que., family that is struggling to clean up.
Watch part one of Burke's report.
Cleaning up
Three generations of the Bulmer family were living in one house and drowning in their own mess before they took steps to get organized.
Watch part two of Burke's report.
Throwing it out
Some people have taken tidy to the next level, paring down life to include as few possessions as possible.
Watch part three of Burke's report.
Share Tools
Big Box Advertisement
Latest Ottawa News Headlines
- Woman pleads for help after daughter disappears in Haiti
- A Canadian refugee from Haiti is making a plea for help from Canadian authorities to bring her family to Canada after her 22-year-old daughter was kidnapped. more »
- Two-year-old girl drowns in Russell, Ont., pool
- A two-year-old girl drowned Monday in a pool at her home in the village of Russell, according to Ontario Provincial Police. more »
- Harper 'not consulted' about Duffy Senate expense repayment
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper says that not only did he not know about his chief of staff's "gift" to repay Senator Mike Duffy's expenses before the story broke in the media, he was not consulted and did not sign off on Nigel Wright's decision to write a personal cheque. more »
- Burn expert testifies at Hutt trial
- A burn expert testifying at the trial of a man accused of scalding his wife and leaving her to die said her injuries were consistent with someone who had a "kitchen pot" of hot liquid poured over their back. more »
Must Watch
Top News Headlines
- Court freezes assets in widening SNC-Lavalin probe
- The RCMP are moving to freeze millions of dollars in bank accounts and real estate holdings in Montreal and Florida in their expanding probe into Canadian engineering firm SNC-Lavalin. more »
- Neil Macdonald: Harper no Obama when it comes to dealing with scandals
- Beset by three so-called scandals at the moment, Barack Obama has been meeting his accusers and the press head on, Neil Macdonald writes. The same cannot be said for how Stephen Harper operates. more »
- U.K. emergency committee to meet after London attack
- WARNING: This story contains graphic content. The British government's emergency committee is going to meet after two attackers butchered a man in a brutal daylight attack in London that officials say had signs of being motivated by radical Islam. more »
- Needed: New approaches to defuse 'suicide contagion' among teens
- Mental health experts say we need to find new ways to refer to and discuss suicide, particularly now that a large medical study has confirmed that teens are more susceptible to the idea if they know a schoolmate who died that way. more »
Most Viewed/Commented
- Senators' Alfredsson on defeating Penguins: 'Probably not'
- RCMP responds to female Mountie's sex abuse lawsuit
- Fire destroys 100-year-old barn near Kemptville, Ont.
- Two-year-old girl drowns in Russell, Ont., pool
- Apparent clerical error leads to council debate
- 2nd suspect named in Tim Bosma slaying
- Burn expert testifies at Hutt trial
- Mountie sues 13 ex-colleagues for sex assault, harassment
- Man charged with sexual assault at Ottawa daycare
Big Box Advertisement
