Aside from the kitchen, the room we spend the most time in is the living room. This also happens to be the first room you see when you walk into the house. To say it was an eyesore would be a generous description. The floor was a raised platform of plywood and had square stickers […]
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Sunshine and warmer temperatures means we (and everybody else) want to spend more time outside. All our yard clean up so far this year has been in the backyard so the front of our house was beginning to look a bit neglected. We wanted to spruce it up without breaking the bank.
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Before you build anything or tear anything down you should find out whether a building permit already exists. This post describes how to apply for a “Records Disclosure Request” from the City of Toronto.
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This is our first recommended resources list, a collection of videos, articles, blogs, products, websites etc. that we have found useful.
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Our review of our Maytag Maxima X™ Front Load Washer with Cold Wash Cycle and Maytag Maxima X™ Front Load Steam Washer with the PowerWash™ Cycle.
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While saving up for the next phase of any major work it is really easy to get discouraged or feel like you aren’t making any progress. Enter: completing the small things. This post explores some of the smaller jobs we did that all together make a big difference.
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After a L-O-N-G and polar vortex filled winter it appears Spring has finally decided to make an appearance here in Toronto. That means it is time for for our top 5 Spring cleaning chores.
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A freezing cold winter and an uninsulated wall is a recipe for disaster, causing our pipes to burst and resulting in our usable bathroom count dropping to 1.
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We have been in the house for just over 4 months. This post recaps what projects we have completed so far and what our next steps are going to be.
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Replacing our old windows with energy efficient ones is in our future plans, but before this winter fully hits we decided to try out a cheaper way to improve the efficiency of our existing windows and keep the heat in.
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Demolition sure is dirty business! This post details some of the realities of a demolition, what we found under all the drywall and the lessons we learned doing it.
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