Room to grow

Rural properties perfect for expanding horticultural horizons

Think design challenges are unique to the postage-stamp sized, irregularly shaped urban property? Try gardening on an oversized lot or perhaps, even, an acreage. Many urbanites are doing just that in bedroom communities such as Oakbank, RM of Headingley, St. François . . .

Posted: 2014-08-09

Mini cakes and mint chip ice cream

QUESTION - I read your solutions weekly and use many of your answers. Now that I have a granddaughter with a modern Easy Bake Oven, I would like to know if there are homemade recipes we can use. The commercial . . .

Posted: 2014-08-09

Bring the outside in with garden-fresh paint

I'm fairly good with colour but I'm no expert. I didn't spend years researching and studying colour like the specialists at paint manufacturers would. It's sometimes a 'hit and miss' process, but luckily so far, mostly hits for me. Not everyone . . .

Posted: 2014-08-09

Alkyd semi-transparent stain best for deck

Question: As soon as the weather allows, we will be preparing to refinish our front-porch deck, starting with a good sanding. We have asked several paint distributors what to use on our deck. Two years ago, we sanded and finished our . . .

Posted: 2014-08-09

Little piece of heaven

Staying put worth the extra cost of reno

Contractors will tell you it is less expensive to build new than to renovate. This is true, but what if you love the property on which your house is built because the land fronts the Assiniboine River, is adorned with . . .

Posted: 2014-08-09

Sold & offered

SOLD: Riverbend Address: 23 Endcliffe Pl. Asking Price: $399, 900 Sold Price: $395, 000 Taxes: $5, 160.87 Square Footage: 1, 626 Bedrooms: 4 Bathrooms: 3 Lot Size: 42 x 109 Listing Agents: Michael & Kathy Hrechka, Sutton Group K.R.E., 204-475-9130 Selling Agent: Laura Hue, Royal Lepage D.R.E., 204-989-5000   SOLD: Norwood Flats Address: 253 Kitson . . .

Posted: 2014-08-09

Flair and function

Oak Bluff West home offers wow factor with practicality

A s a new-home builder, you want to find a way to encourage would-be homebuyers to look at your designs. One of the ways to do that is to make a design so striking it's hard to resist having a look. . . .

Posted: 2014-08-09

Relaxing in Riverview

Home's neighbourhood quiet yet close to amenities

Ask prospective homeowners which neighbourhoods they'd most like to live in, and you almost always get the same answer. As you might have suspected, the neighbourhoods that are most often mentioned are (in no particular order) Crescentwood, Charleswood, River Heights and . . .

Posted: 2014-08-09

Old building, new tricks

Couple turning 1930s eyesore into antique-laden haven

A Winnipeg Beach couple believes the greatest challenge to a DIY reno is "not to kill each other during the process.""If you can survive the initial couple of months, then you've got a solid relationship that will likely last forever, . . .

Posted: 2014-08-02

Clematis conundrum

Tips for planting and preserving the tricky garden genus

Be honest: A visit to a garden that has an abundance of vigorously growing clematis is all it takes to fill you with garden envy. How is it that you can be so successful at growing almost every other variety of . . .

Posted: 2014-08-02