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<p>Photos by Marc LaBossiere / Free Press</p> <p>A custom-cut maple transition beckons you into the newly vinyl-ed kitchen.</p>

Step-by-step upgrade

Marc LaBossiere
November 29

Renovation & Design

<p>The carpet, underlayment and baseboards are removed to make way for vinyl flooring.</p>

Do your level best

Marc LaBossiere
November 22

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<p>Dummen Orange photo</p> <p>Crassula Bling, from the Welcome to the Jungle collection, dances across this combination planter featuring Pilea Pantano, Peperomia jitterbug and Peperomia Citrus Twist.</p>

Welcome to the jungle

Colleen Zacharias
November 22

Renovation & Design

<p>Diana Bizecki Robson photo</p> <p>Diana Bizecki Robson, author of Manitoba Flora and curator of botany at Manitoba Museum, trekked on foot through all sorts of terrain to find and catalogue new plant species.</p>

Our flora galore

Colleen Zacharias
November 15

Renovation & Design

The two-by-six framing rests atop 24-by-24-inch patio blocks for proper support of the 1,200-pound sauna. (Marc LaBossiere / Free Press)

Sauna on deck

Marc LaBossiere
November 15

Renovation & Design

<p>Once the opening was adapted, the old door highlights the width difference.</p>

One door closes, another opens

Marc LaBossiere
November 8

Renovation & Design

<p>Terry Klippenstein photo</p> <p>Rhona Klippenstein&rsquo;s garden in Altona features a beautiful, diverse display of 60 hostas.</p>

Hostas will repay patience

Colleen Zacharias
November 8

Renovation & Design

<p>MARC LABOSSIERE / FREE PRESS</p> <p>A short repose lakeside helped rejuvenate the soul at the job site.</p>

Idyllic job site

Marc LaBossiere
November 1

Renovation & Design

<p>First Editions Shrubs &amp; Trees</p> <p>New for 2026, early-to-bloom First Editions Spring Sizzle Panicle Hydrangea will look smashing in garden beds or patio containers.</p>

Container contender

Colleen Zacharias
November 1

Renovation & Design

<p>Marc LaBossiere / Free Press</p> <p>A new peel-and-stick backsplash greatly improves a rental-property kitchen while adhering to a strict budget.</p>

Updating style can fit just about any budget

Marc LaBossiere
October 25

Renovation & Design

<p>Myra Froc photo</p> <p>Gene Froc in his peony garden in the Qu&rsquo;Appelle Valley. Tender plants will be covered with an insulated construction tarp for the winter.</p>

Snug as a bug

Colleen Zacharias
October 25

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