“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”
William Morris
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ABOUT ME
Dawn Perlmutter
I was born and raised in the heart of the city of Toronto, Canada.
I spent many years in the fashion business. I have been involved in most aspects of the retail business from sales to buying to merchandising for a few of the most popular chains in Canada.
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After raising my 3 boys I was able to try my hand at my own venture which I named Where Did You Get That? My vision of an online and pop-up concept that sold fabulous clothing finally came to life.
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In 2014 our family moved to the United States. I decided to leverage the skills I had been developing all my life and pivot my focus.
Love It or Leave It was born as a result.
MY APPROACH
Organize. Simplify. Smile
It is much easier than it sounds.
We can all cut down our clutter by at least 25% if we ask ourselves one simple question:
"If we were shopping right now, would we "Love It" enough to buy it?" If the answer is NO then "Leave It!"
You can have it all.
You just can't
have it all at once.
Oprah Winfrey
SERVICES
Closet Editor ♢ Home & Personal Stylist ♢ Relocation Concierge
Relocation Concierge Services
​Moving in/out of Florida either permanently or seasonally?
I can help you or your parent(s)!​
• Arrival preparation • Full unpacking & organizing services • Acting as "local daughter" for my clients
For permanent relocation/move-out, services would include:
Cataloguing and photographing of all items
Coordination of all contents to be removed into any siblings’/family’s possession or to be sold/donated/auctioned including arranging vendors and negotiating pricing including customs clearance in Canada
Sale of any additional remains to top tier auction houses, resale shops, antique shops, or appropriate consignment shops and then, finally disposal if necessary, coordinate fine art sales and packing and crating
Return any leased items such as cable boxes, modems etc.
Onsite supervision of all contractors/movers no matter the time or the day
Constant communication with owners and families and reconciliations of all items and revenue generated
Home
“Declutter your stuff. Uncover your life.”
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Moving into a new home or just in need of an organizational overhaul of your existing home, I can work with you to create order and maximize every nook and cranny of your home
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Guidance in decluttering and organizing any space in your home including closets, kitchens, bedrooms, home offices, family rooms, playrooms, basements, and garages
Real Estate Agents
“Your Client’s home is a living space, not a storage space.”
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Having people try to stage their own home is very difficult as our homes are filled with the emotions of living there and the items we’ve purchased on emotion. I make that process as seamless as possible for your client
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Decluttering and organizing where necessary
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Merchandising each space of the home with a fresh, objective eye
Personal Services
“Fashion is what you buy, Style is what you do with it"
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Provide expert personalized services including wardrobe editing, personal shopping, and styling
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Guidance in shopping your own closet and how to work with what you have, suggest a wish list and find those items for you or with you
TESTIMONIALS
From Love It or Leave It Clients
Mark - Palm Beach, FL
We knew it would be a very tough job, going through and emptying our family home that our parents had owned for 35 years. It’s pretty emotional and requires the sensitivity to the emotions of the family that Dawn has. She watched carefully as people came on site to make sure everything that was removed and handled with care and integrity.
Dawn helped organize us, so we could best determine how to deal with removing, selling or unloading everything. She worked with numerous companies to help sell valuable items. She worked with charities, auction houses, resale shops, consignment stores, antique stores, packers of custom crates, moving companies both local and international and prepared required customs Information. She watched carefully as people came on site to make sure everything that was removed and handled with care and integrity.
Whether you need a small job done or a very large one like we did,
Dawn would be someone I would hire again in an instant.
Helen - Toronto, ON/Malibu,CA
"Dawn has a great sense of style. There is no better person to help you purge and organize your closet. She also gave me great suggestions on what I should buy to tweak my “look”.
The end result was a pristine closet and some new hip wardrobe additions. She made a task that I was dreading fun!"
Sherri - Franklin, MI
"I really enjoyed working with Dawn. After organizing my closet in a way that made it much easier for me to get dressed in the mornings to accommodate the many different facets of my life she also was able to take me “shopping” in my own closet."
Ali - Boca Raton, FL