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Perennial favourites
Best picks for continuous colour, great performance
It’s perennials season, not only in our gardens but at local garden centres, where fresh shipments are arriving weekly. While annuals bring vivid colour to containers and brighten borders, perennials are garden essentials. Each year, Craig Gillespie, horticulture supervisor of . . .
Posted: 2025-06-28
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Any way you stack it
Faux stone can turn a dull space into a wow
Before starting a slew of main-floor upgrades during a six-week renovation, the homeowner wisely had their existing gas fireplace updated in anticipation of one of my final projects at this jobsite. Once the vinyl plank flooring, new interior doors, baseboards . . .
Posted: 2025-06-28
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Plenty of room for the whole family
Make it your own
When a large family looks at what they desire most in a home, their first preference is always function. That’s entirely understandable. After all, home is where they’ll be spending the bulk of their time, activities and social commitments aside. Big, growing . . .
Posted: 2025-06-28
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Make yourself at home
Elegant two-storey is warm and welcoming
As exciting as it is to purchase a new home, there are two small but significant details that can add stress to the big occasion. The first is that, in many cases, the home might need to be updated significantly . . .
Posted: 2025-06-28
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Give tilts a whirl
Angled drawer inserts turn unused space into bonus storage
The most satisfying renovations often involve adapting a home’s existing features in order to improve functionality, based on the homeowners’ longtime wishes. This requires a bit of creativity. One recent jobsite called for some innovative updates that are not only . . .
Posted: 2025-06-21
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Tour de force
Manitoba’s glorious gardens are growing all out for visitors
In many ways it’s been a magical spring for gardens.
 Warm, summer-like temperatures in May gave plants a head start. Rainfall, albeit infrequent, has been gentle and just enough to fill rain barrels. Even the strong winds that Winnipeg . . .
Posted: 2025-06-21
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Fabulous & functional
Come home to peace and comfort
One of the hallmarks of a top-notch luxury home is the aura it possesses. Which is to say that while its design is distinctive — as it should be — it wasn’t designed with the sole intent to impress. Rather, . . .
Posted: 2025-06-21
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Behold the backyard
Relax and enjoy this gorgeous split-level
When a creative couple bought a 30-year-old split-level home in Transcona’s Lakeside Meadows 10 years ago, they knew they had taken on a project. To put it mildly, the home was in dire need of updating. Undeterred, they set about bringing . . .
Posted: 2025-06-21
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A burning question
How best to design a fire-wise landscape
As gardeners, we make thoughtful decisions when designing our landscapes. We consider existing features, follow basic design principles and choose what we think will be the most attractive plants that will make our gardens unique. We also adhere to eco-friendly . . .
Posted: 2025-06-14
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Bright idea
Dimmable LED lights let you have more power while using less power
As a homeowner, I can relate to other people’s pesky in-house grievances that need to be addressed: older windows that have lost their seals, failing shingles that cause roof leaks, a rotted deck that requires an update, and so . . .
Posted: 2025-06-14