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How to Remodel Your Relationship While Remodeling Your Home

February 6th, 2016
Everyone knows that remodeling a home takes a lot of planning. What will it cost? What will it look like? Who will build it? Where will we stay during construction? These questions help people map out a path to a successful outcome. But couples who embark on such a project together often forget to think about one crucial question: What effect will the stress have on our relationship? A rece ...

4 Tips for Designing a Wildlife-Friendly Small Garden

February 5th, 2016
A small garden can be as attractive, low maintenance and supportive of nature as a large garden. When well designed, a small garden can be home to many species of wildlife. And when it’s in a neighborhood of small gardens, it becomes part of a larger habitat or corridor in which wildlife can live and thrive. Let’s look at some basic design concepts for small areas. Creating Sus ...

10 Things to Consider Before Remodeling Your Bathroom

February 4th, 2016
Whether you have a simple powder room or a master en suite, functionality should be at the heart of your bathroom remodel. Read on to learn tricks for gaining storage, improving lighting and drainage, and more to ensure that your renovated bathroom stands the test of time. Arthur Rutenberg Homes - Cincinnati, OH 1. Plumbing. Residential plumbing typically uses 1½-inch pipe ...

DIY: Personalize Your Valentine’s Day

February 3rd, 2016
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. This year, why not add your personal touch to your gifts, cards and decor? Whether you’re looking for quick gifts for your kids to give to classmates (or for you to give to your friends at a ‘Galentine’s’ get-together) or you simply want to add a bit of Valentine’s flair to your decor, all you need is a roll of kraft paper and a few other supplies. ...

To-Dos: Your February Home Checklist

February 2nd, 2016
Outsmart winter weather by making your home inside a clean, cozy and healthy haven. Put a pot of soup on the stove, plan a trip or get a jump-start on spring cleaning with a whole-house refresh, from the air you breathe to the floors underfoot. And since this is a leap year, you’ll have an extra day this month to get it all done. 9 square studio Purify the air. In winter, ...

A Quirky Country Kitchen With a Story to Tell

February 1st, 2016
“The kitchen is where it all happens in our house,” says Trent McNamara, who, along with partner Bec Hegeman, renovated, designed and decorated this cozy country kitchen in New South Wales, Australia. The result of that work is a much-loved kitchen packed with family treasures and salvaged materials that is uniquely theirs. “It is where we eat, drink, and socialize,” McNamara says, “and wh ...

14146 Marine Drive, White Rock, BC

February 1st, 2016
I just sold this House at 14146 Marine Drive, White Rock, BC .View this recently sold House or see all my home sales

5 2345 Cranley Drive, Surrey, BC

February 1st, 2016
I just sold this House at 5 2345 Cranley Drive, Surrey, BC King George Corridor.View this recently sold House or see all my home sales

Fresh Color and a Smart Layout for a New York Apartment

January 31st, 2016
At the top of interior designer Eddie Lee’s design wish list was having a space that allowed him to entertain large groups of friends. He took a 1,000-square-foot apartment in the vibrant Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City and patiently waited to make any changes so he could get the details just right. He worked closely with architect Edward Wendt of Now Workshop, and together the ...

What You Do When There’s No One Around

January 30th, 2016
“What if someone could see me now?” I often wonder this when I’m home alone, shuffling around the house in my shabbiest sweats, hoping I won’t have to answer the door for that delivery I’m expecting — or worse still, when I’ve just devoured a whole bag of chips in five minutes flat. We tend to keep quiet about our secret little indulgences, thinking we’re the only ones who let ourselves go ...
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