Live like you mean it

While their tagline, "Time to jump right in, " is a double entendre on an easy lifestyle set alongside a beautiful beach, currently expanding for the fifth time, Cherry Hill Living has plenty to offer on top of a place . . .

Posted: 2020-07-18

How to achieve optimum furniture placement

What makes one room successful and another a failure? It often comes down to proper furniture placement. It is a skill to be able to lay out a room effectively. Often a room feels overstuffed with furniture or is laid . . .

Posted: 2020-07-11

Perennial beauties to grow in your garden

Protecting your investment starts now

These days, many of us are plant hunters. With pent-up demand for plants reaching an all-time high, we are emptying shelves bare at garden centres and bringing home perennial treasures that may not even have been on our wish list. Deanne . . .

Posted: 2020-07-11

Storing patio furniture cushions a matter of choice

Question: Is it smart to leave my front porch cushions out all summer long, or do most people take them out only when guests are coming over? The extra work of keeping the upholstery clean is such a headache. Lorraine Answer: There . . .

Posted: 2020-07-11

Tiers of joy for this refreshed space

New deck and pergola bring backyard to the forefront

In the spring clients contacted me to discuss a new back deck design. Their current deck was somewhat functional, but awkwardly high at nearly five feet above the ground. It took eight steps before reaching ground level to enter the . . .

Posted: 2020-07-11

There is no quick fix for squeaky floors

Question: My son just bought a bungalow in Ottawa and the floors are squeaky. One half of the basement ceiling is exposed and the other half, which is approximately 500 square feet, is finished. There is a company that says . . .

Posted: 2020-07-11

Put your garden in blooming rhythm with stunning daylilies

A hungry Eastern Tiger swallowtail butterfly gave The Garden Guy a lesson a couple of days ago and that is, everyone loves an orange smoothie in the summer. As you might suspect I am playing with you, but just a . . .

Posted: 2020-07-11

Dr. Mustard is in the house

Killing unwanted grass and weeds without chemicals

Brace yourself, for today I am going to show you my outdoor shame. My once beautiful gravel driveway is becoming overgrown with very unwanted grass and weeds. Sure, I could use chemicals to kill them but I’d really rather not. I just . . .

Posted: 2020-07-11

Summer trends we keep on loving year after year

While we’ve been feeling the heat of the sun for a few weeks already, it’s officially summertime! Summer has always been a special season, full of entertaining, family and friends, but without the stress of the winter holidays that usually . . .

Posted: 2020-07-11

Throw a safe and classic Victorian garden party

As a longtime popular social event, Victorian garden parties were all the rage in England during the mid- to late 1800s and lasted well into the early 1900s in the United States. What began as a common gathering among the . . .

Posted: 2020-07-11