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Tiny-house movement has merits

Bill Maciejko anticipated the move to tiny houses before the concept began to explode in the U.S. and on Canada's West Coast at the start of this century. In 1995, Maciejko purchased a large tract of land north of Gimli on . . .

Posted: 2014-08-23

Paradise in the Park

Luxurious new home set in mature Wildwood setting

You're looking for a new place to hang your hat, and the burning question is where to buy or not to buy. Here's the conundrum: Two homes are selling for $649, 900. One is in a fashionable new community, built in . . .

Posted: 2012-11-10

LIVING GREEN

Home is eco-friendly and energy-efficient

With so many new homes going up in spanking new developments these days (South Pointe, Bridgwater Forest), some noteworthy new--home projects in more secluded areas can get lost in the shuffle. However, when a builder comes up with a new home . . .

Posted: 2010-02-06

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

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

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