These kitchen design choices will never go out of style

If any room in our homes got a workout last year, it was the kitchen. Cooking and baking were popular for both practical and relaxing reasons. All that time in the heart of the home got some of us wondering whether . . .

Posted: 2021-01-09

The signature home on Scotia Street

Classic house has been lovingly remodelled by outgoing owners

Some 81 years ago, one of the founding members of the Manitoba Home Builders’ Association decided to build a home on Scotia Street. And it wasn’t to be just any home. Not only was it to be built to exacting standards, but . . .

Posted: 2018-05-26

Designed with purpose

Tidy two-storey makes excellent use of space

When builders design a home the interior size definitely matters. For example, when a two-storey home's square footage is, say, 1, 800 square-feet, a lighter, more modern colour palette is often utilized to give its main living area a greater sense . . .

Posted: 2021-02-13

RENOVATIONS: Feast for the eyes

Stunning glass palace a work of art

I was astonished to learn the title of Cormac McCarthy's novel No County for Old Men was taken from the first line of William Butler Yeats' poem Sailing to Byzantium. The poem makes the point the world of a man's youth . . .

Posted: 2014-01-04

Innovation's in eye of creative designers

Furniture fair features the best, brightest international designs

WITH furnishings that run the gamut from edgy to elegant, ethnic to otherworldly, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair is a favourite of serious design lovers. Highlights at this year's fair, which was held May 19-22 in New York: Luminous Lighting Several booths showed . . .

Posted: 2011-06-11

Rare combination

South Pointe two-storey unique yet functional

When it comes to unique new home designs, there tend to be two types. One is unique just for the sake of being unique, and may lack function. The other, while also unique, is expressly built to seamlessly weave function into . . .

Posted: 2016-04-23

Jurassic Rex Begonias make a gigantic impression

Award-winning series thrives indoors and outside

Demand for indoor and tropical foliage plants is at an all time high. In our desire to reconnect with nature, we are decorating our indoor and outdoor spaces with leafy houseplants and tropicals. Foliage will be everywhere this year — . . .

Posted: 2021-03-06

Quality, Comfort & Design

In the ultra-competitive world of condominium developments, you don't win awards for no reason.Over the past number of years, The Oxbow on the Seine — a premium condominium development by Towers Realty Group — has won a number of Gold . . .

Posted: 2016-03-04

Seamless development provides perfect fit

New infill home invites family to blend in with surroundings

The ultimate compliment for an infill home is that it doesn’t look like one. That’s the case with 95 Borebank St., says Chris Pennycook of Royal LePage Dynamic Real Estate. "It looks like it’s been here forever, " he says of the . . .

Posted: 2019-04-20

Shades of yesteryear

Older home lovingly renovated with modern features

WHEN you buy a resale home -- especially one built in the 1920s -- you're not always sure what you're getting. After all, a home 80-plus years old could have a lot of issues: the wiring (knob and tube), foundation (porous . . .

Posted: 2012-05-05