Our reno: Let it be done, please let it be done…

Emily’s reno is gettin’ there!

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Room of the Week: What’s Not to Love?

A little background: I recently sold a big old great house to a young family and we spent a lot of time together making the deal happen. During our many meetings I couldn’t resist some design talk with the wife. She happened to be a very stylish gal with equally stylish visions of the entire house,  [...]

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Our Reno: Progress Report

When I started this main floor addition, I knew that I wanted a very simple box shaped design. No irregular dips and dives, no nooks and crannies, just a staightforward box that would give us an additional 300 square feet of living space.
But I also knew that if I was going so simple, I needed [...]

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Room of the Week: Gimme something different

Sometimes I get hung up on “rules” in decorating. Matchy matchy stuff: Can you do a dark wood floor in one room and a concrete floor in another? Or can you can do a vintage light fixture in the hallway and a modern one in the dining room? I get almost frantic with insecurity even [...]

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Our Reno: Well Looky Here, We Have Walls!

Okay so I’m back to being excited about my new room, after a short bout of house envy.
My guys (as I affectionately call them) have done an incredible job this week, working long hours to get the floor and walls up. Last night the kids, J and I climbed up onto the plywood platform, the [...]

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Reno Remorse?

I have had a really busy week with listings and buyers, and it’s been an emotional rollercoaster. Two of my buyers missed out on houses in competition and, well, they are bummed. It’s a very turbulent ride when you find a house, fall in love with it, make an offer on it, then lose it [...]

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Our Reno: Pits and Pit Falls

 
I posted a Status Update on my Facebook page last night, it said “lots of true colours coming out now that the reno is in full swing. Sometimes makes me wish we just moved.” A friend replied “time to update the blog so we can live through it with you.” Which was good advice (thanks [...]

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I heart this bathroom vanity…any good conversion sites out there?

One of the things I am most excited about the reno is building the new powder room. I have been living with the smallest, ugliest and least-functional powder room for about 4 years now. The new one will remain small, but small is fine with me as long as there are pretty fixtures and a functional [...]

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Bathing Beauty: Noteworthy Canadian Company, WETSTYLE

I am currently working a big kitchen feature for International Architecture & Design magazine, and part of the fun of researching it is the new, beautiful things I happen upon along the way.
Such is the case for WETSTYLE — an absolutley knock-your-socks-off stunning bathroom fixture design company that’s also Canadian to boot. Love that.
I can’t say enough about [...]

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Our Reno: The storm before the calm

Ahh. My backyard. Wasn’t it nice? Not fancy or anything, but nice, lush — some great plants, trees, grass and places to sit around and have a drink or two. Lots of fun for the kiddies to play in the sprinker or just run around. So now — wait for it — take a look:

Yuck! This is [...]

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