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<p>Walters Gardens Inc.</p> <p>Ghost Fern has frosted apple green fronds with a silvery sheen for an ethereal mystique in your shade garden.</p>

Made in the shade

Colleen Zacharias
February 24

Renovation & Design

<p>Darren Murphy</p> <p>To mimic the forest, add an understory layer of diverse shrubs to your tree plantings.</p>

Grow your own mini-forest layer by layer

Colleen Zacharias
February 17

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<p>Photos by Marc LaBossiere / Winnipeg Free Press</p> <p>The box framing perimeter provides a mounting surface for the suspended ceiling grid and lighting.</p>

Look up — and smile

Marc LaBossiere
February 17

Renovation & Design

<p>Marc LaBossiere / Winnipeg Free Press</p> <p>The kitchen dishwasher cavity in Marc&rsquo;s kitchen is set within brick and mortar, and only allowed for a slim 18-inch unit to be placed beside the oven.</p>

This unit was all washed up

Marc LaBossiere
February 10

Renovation & Design

<p>Erin Benzakein with Dahlia Petite Florets &mdash; these soft pastel tones can be grown easily from seed at a huge savings compared to tubers.</p>

Upsetting the flower cart

Colleen Zacharias
February 10

Renovation & Design

<p>Once the unit and the sleeve was removed, the void in the wall was framed, insulated, and made weather-resistant.</p>

Clearing the air-conditioner

Marc LaBossiere
February 3

Renovation & Design

<p>Hauling junk from the 20th floor was made easier with the convertible dolly.</p>

High-rise helper

Marc LaBossiere
January 27

Renovation & Design

<p>Photos by Marc LaBossiere / Winnipeg Free Press</p> <p>This little guy was caught after the very first night the eight humane traps were set, and freed later to the wood pile in the backyard.</p>

There’s a mouse in the house

Marc LaBossiere
January 20

Renovation & Design

<p>Photos by Marc LaBossiere / Winnipeg Free Press</p> <p>Prior to painting the structure flat black, the shelving unit received a test run to ensure the drums fit perfectly.</p>

Percussion perfection

Marc LaBossiere
January 13

Renovation & Design

<p>Photos by Marc LaBossiere / Winnipeg Free Press</p> <p>The air gap technology shown on the underside of the 23.5-inch square panel.</p>

Subfloor a sensible solution

Marc LaBossiere
January 6

Renovation & Design

<p>Marc LaBossiere / Winnipeg Free Press</p> <p>A diamond-tip masonry bit and light pressure, with water to periodically cool the bit, is the trick when drilling tile.</p>

Drilling is not always thrilling

Marc LaBossiere
December 30

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