Anchored in modernity

Home has wow factor at every turn

It's all too easy to be transfixed the moment you train your gaze on 28 Waterstone Dr. With its distinctive stone/wood exterior -- which is festooned with huge windows -- you can't help but marvel at the gorgeous materials and its . . .

Posted: 2014-02-22

GARDENING: A rose is a rose

Choose from hardy, low-maintenance varieties to tender hybrid tea roses

What's not to like about a rose? From its overall form, delicate or highly aromatic scent, variety in colouration and number of layers of petals, the rose can both fascinate and intimidate. Today's choices range from hardy, low-maintenance varieties with sporadic . . .

Posted: 2014-02-15

How-to book shines

Don't let the messy cover of this book fool you. It's a good, comprehensive guide to creating a room. Each chapter in How to Decorate: An Inspiring and Practical Handbook by Shannon Fricke (Potter Style/Random House) helps you understand how and . . .

Posted: 2014-02-15

CONNIE OLIVER: World of choices

Take decorating inspiration from international destinations

Want some gold-medal decorating ideas? Take a cue from the Olympic Winter Games and bring colours from around the globe into your home. From antique golds, vibrant reds and spicy oranges to jewelled blues, emerald greens and rose-infused violet, this year's . . .

Posted: 2014-02-15

RENOVATIONS: All the modern touches

Winnipeg crew updates couple's aging West Kildonan house

When Marilyn and David purchased their house in West Kildonan 25 years ago, it was a lovely show home loaded with all the newest features and amenities. But a quarter-century later, some of home's once-beguiling characteristics such as red oak trim, . . .

Posted: 2014-02-15

MIKE HOLMES: Minimize the VOCs in your home

Volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, are in a lot of the products we put in our homes. Everything from carpeting, cabinets and furniture to the paint on our walls and caulking around our tubs, showers and toilets contain VOCs. Some materials . . .

Posted: 2014-02-15

Organizing kitchen an open and shut case

Truth be told, I'm a bit messy. I move too fast to linger over what seems at the time to be unnecessary neatness -- such as putting things away -- and I suffer the consequences. But my kitchen is well ordered. . . .

Posted: 2014-02-15

ASK THE INSPECTOR: Soil moisture key to sinking basement floors

QUESTION: I have a 2800-square-foot, split-level home on the Assiniboine river in Westwood. Over the past few years, with dry summers and limited rain, the floor in one section of the lower level has dropped around two inches. There are . . .

Posted: 2014-02-15

SOLUTIONS: Washing soda great for oven racks

QUESTION: How can I clean oven racks by soaking them in borax and water? I tried once and it worked fantastically but I have misplaced the information and don't know how much borax to use. Cathy (Killarney, MB) ANSWER: An . . .

Posted: 2014-02-15

Sold & Offered: Feb. 15-14

SOLD East Kildonan Address: 428 Chelsea Ave. Asking Price: $199, 900 Sold Price: $209, 000 Taxes: $2, 840.87 Square Footage: 960 Bedrooms: 2 Bathrooms: 2 Lot Size: 50 x 117 Listing Agent: Glenn Kisil & Cheryl Kisil, Kisil & Associates Real Estate Ltd., 204-668-7878 East Transcona Address: 71 Sark Cres. Asking Price: $224, . . .

Posted: 2014-02-15