Sold & Offered: Nov. 23-13

SOLD Charleswood Address: 102 Bergman St. Asking Price: $199, 900 Sold Price: $195, 000 Taxes: $2, 525.62 Square Footage: 859 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Lot Size: 31 x 160 Listing Agent: Shawn Sommers, Century 21 Carrie.com, 204-818-0707 Valley Gardens Address: 106 Stacey Bay Asking Price: $289, 900 Sold Price: $280, 000 Taxes: $3, 416.93 Square Footage: . . .

Posted: 2013-11-23

Sleek and stylish

South Pointe home's modern design warm and inviting

When a new home design is characterized as clean and linear, it might be perceived as boring. Just because a home doesn't hit you with a huge wow factor the moment you walk in doesn't mean its interior lacks panache. Indeed, . . .

Posted: 2013-11-23

Dressed to the nines

Crescentwood condo a makeover marvel

From the outside, some homes are just plain deceptive. Take 1-885 Dorchester Ave., for example. Based on its exterior, it looks like a classic Crescentwood turn-of-the-century home -- grey siding, porch, elegant balcony and a roofline that tells you the home . . .

Posted: 2013-11-23

GARDENING: Off the wall

Emerging indoor green trends

Innovation is all around us and indoor gardening is no exception. Our adventures in gardening are about to get more interesting as a new generation puts its own creative stamp on bringing greenery into home and office environments with high-tech gardening . . .

Posted: 2013-11-16

RENOVATIONS: Foam framed

News stories miss key details in bid to slag spray-foam insulation

There's something fishy about a couple of recent stories concerning off-gassing purportedly caused by the installation of polyurethane spray-foam insulation (PSFI)--yes, the very insulation lauded until recently as a green product used extensively in the U.S. and Canada for more . . .

Posted: 2013-11-16

Canary puts a quick end to false alarms

Next time your dinner burns and you quickly wave smoke out the window in a rush to defeat the beeping smoke alarm, you might be able to handle the problem more efficiently. A prototype for a new smart device called the . . .

Posted: 2013-11-16

CONNIE OLIVER: Going with the flow

Creating a smooth transition is key to good decorating

When you have an open-floor plan, you want to create a smooth visual transition from one room to the other while maintaining individual spaces. Our feature photograph shows a lovely kitchen and dining room that is a good example of how . . .

Posted: 2013-11-16

SOLUTIONS: Attack nasty laundry odours with borax

QUESTION: I'm hoping that you can offer a solution for my daughter. She recently had her dirty laundry sorted on the floor of her laundry area in the basement of her home. Unfortunately, her sewer line backed up and the . . .

Posted: 2013-11-16

MIKE HOLMES: Ignoring garages, sheds cost more long-term

Most people don't realize maintaining outdoor structures -- such as barns, garages, sheds and pool sheds -- is important. Proper maintenance on these structures is crucial to protecting whatever is inside them. I was on a job where we needed to . . .

Posted: 2013-11-16

Immigration drives housing sector, economy

The number of households in Canada has been going up at a rate of 1.4% per year over the past 20 years. One factor is smaller households. In 1961, half of all Canadian households had four or more people living . . .

Posted: 2013-11-16