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Good medicine
Installing a new bathroom cabinet can be a do-it-yourself snap
Here's a do-it-yourself job for the bathroom that may appear harder than it actually is: Replacing or adding a medicine cabinet. The mirrored bathroom cabinet is a bathroom multi-tasker, functioning as a storage space, hiding place and beauty and grooming station. . . .
Posted: 2008-11-02
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Five simple steps to no-cost redecorating
Proper placement of art is critical
It's not what you have, it's how you use it, insists one of Canada's leading redesign gurus. "With all of this crisis in the financial markets and everything that is happening, people do not have a lot of money to throw . . .
Posted: 2008-11-02
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A modern home that's touched by the past
Piazza, veranda give this plan character, presence
Plan L-215-VSB, by Home Plans LLC, features a wraparound veranda and adjacent piazza that recall the peaceful days of the past when friends spent restful afternoons mingling at garden parties. This design's two floors total 2, 213 square feet of living . . .
Posted: 2008-11-02
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The option is yours
Qualico dresses up show home, but leaves your home up to you
It should go without saying that when you buy a new home, that home should work for you -- in every respect. Unfortunately, some home builders have a design template and are loathe to deviate from it. As a consequence, you . . .
Posted: 2008-11-02
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Shining beacon for buyers
Florence Nightingale development to offer affordable, quality housing
When the entire 2.3-acre site of historic Florence Nightingale School went up for sale in January 2008, a group of forward-thinking land developers knew just what to do. "We immediately knew that it would be a great location for a . . .
Posted: 2008-11-02
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The colourful future of colours
Unusual combinations a growing trend
As they say in the Monty Pithon skits "And now for something completely different." When I got the news release on the new colour trends for 2009/2010 from Sico Paints, I have to admit that I was taken aback at first. . . .
Posted: 2008-10-12
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When does a tree need work?
Excessive pruning can actually do harm
There is hardly a week that goes by that I do not receive a request for information or to visit and inspect large trees. Typically, people are concerned about the safety of these trees, or perhaps they feel the tree . . .
Posted: 2008-10-12
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Homeowner on track to fix air pressure
Heat recovery ventilator may be answer
111Once the snow begins melting on the roof, the fans in both main-floor bathrooms drip with water. There also seems to be quite a bit of moisture in the ceiling around the fans. Our conclusion is that, over the . . .
Posted: 2008-10-12
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It's a good time to winterize your basement
Get those leaks, squeaks and monster utility bills under control
The basement of the house we grew up in had a clanking furnace, rumbling water heater and banging pipes. Damp, dark and musty, it housed boxes and boxes of canned goods and who knows what else. As children, we were too . . .
Posted: 2008-10-12
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Tripping the light fantastic
Chandeliers add pizzazz to more than just dining rooms
Some people call chandeliers jewelry for the home. Others talk about their bling value, the touch of glitz and glamour they instantly provide. The fact is more people are dressing up their homes with chandeliers. And they're hanging them all over . . .
Posted: 2008-10-12