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Our blog features articles on home renovation tips, design trends, project planning, material selection, and maintenance advice. Content is focused on helping homeowners make informed decisions and get inspired for their own renovations.

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5 Most Common Home Updates for Under $10,000

11/10/2024

Sometimes, you don’t have a lot of money, but your place is still looking tired, and you want to fix it. I know this feeling: [...]


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Five Big Mistakes People Make When Getting Their Home Ready for a Sale

11/10/2024

Here are the five biggest mistakes people make when getting their home ready for a sale. This list is not exhaustive by any means, but [...]

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Five Things You Can Do to Get Ready for the Holidays
11/10/2024

Everyone has a different view on this, but as a design-oriented and opinionated person, this is my list of five things you can do to [...]

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Top 5 Tips For a Bathroom Renovation
11/10/2024

#1. KNOW YOUR OBJECTIVES Make a list of all the things you would like to have and know your objectives and create a plan. Do [...]


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Winterize Your Home
11/10/2024

Get your home winter-ready with my top five list to winterize your home this year. 1. Snowblower and Shovel Ready. Get the snowblower and shovels [...]


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Lighting Tips for Your Bathroom
29/05/2022

Lighting is one of the essential elements in any room, particularly in a bathroom. Lighting designers always recommend a layered approach to maximize ambiance and [...]


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Why You Need to Hire a General Contracting Team
01/05/2022

With the home shows in full swing, homeowners are getting excited about their home renovations, room refreshes, and décor updates. Many homeowners think they [...]


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Tips to Make a Small Space Feel Bigger
24/03/2022

Spring conjures up images of spring flowers, warmer weather, and longer days, but it also is a time for rebirth, rejuvenation, and regrowth. However, this [...]


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Optimism is on Trend for 2022
22/01/2022

It seems that most home renovation and design experts are choosing optimism as a theme for 2022 and we couldn’t agree more! The demand [...]


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Best Kitchen Layouts
09/12/2021

A Well-Planned Kitchen will give you maximum functionality. [...]


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Reno Tips for a DREAM Kitchen
28/11/2021

Designing a dream kitchen all comes down to the planning and design stage. By creating the best layout to suit your needs with maximum functionality [...]


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9 Tips to Refresh a Room without an Entire Reno
25/10/2021

Are you thinking about a refresh of some of your favourite rooms before the coming holidays? But not quite ready to leap into a [...]


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Essential Bathroom Tips Part 2
26/09/2021

In part two of our Essential Bathroom Tips blog, we will discuss walk-in showers, bathtubs, lighting, heated floors, fixtures, and sinks. If you missed part one [...]


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Essential Bathroom Tips Part 1
21/09/2021

Use these essential bathroom remodeling tips to bring your bathroom to life! Consider these essential bathroom tips in your next renovation. Bathroom renovations are trendy [...]


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Emerging Design Trends for Your Home
11/08/2021

Over the past year, we have noticed some emerging trends in home design. These emerging design trends are in kitchen cabinetry, bathroom tiles, flooring, colours, [...]


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5 Design Elements for Creating the Best Multi-Purpose Room
23/07/2021

Over the past 18 months are lives have changed and we’ve had to adapt. Even though life is slowly starting to get back to normal, [...]


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5 Unique Tips to Create the Ultimate Home Spa
28/06/2021

Summertime is almost here and it is the perfect time to renovate or upgrade your home. One of the most common rooms our clients want to [...]


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5 Tips for Creating Seamless Indoor Outdoor Spaces
11/05/2021

Sliding glass door allow for a seamless transition from indoor to outdoor space. [...]


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10 Reasons Why Renovating Is Better Than Moving
06/03/2021

Should You Remodel or Buy New? 1. Moving Cost Moving involves both monetary cost and time cost as someone will have to relocate all of [...]


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How To Choose Tile
04/02/2021

How do you choose the right tile for your home? Tiles are one of those materials that are unlike most other materials when renovating. It’s [...]


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Make a ‘living’ space Your Own
11/11/2020

In 2020 we were locked up in our homes most of the time – no wonder it profoundly influences us. Compare to previous years, the [...]


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Pre-Built or Custom Kitchen?
05/11/2020

The difference between prefab and custom built kitchens These days there is a lot of competition in the kitchen marketplace. Whether you choose a [...]


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Price Vs Cost
01/10/2020

What is the difference between price and cost? Price is the actual money or investment made in the product or service and cost is [...]


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Starting A Renovation
10/08/2020

When remodeling what should you do first? There are so many factors and nuances when starting a renovation so how do you get started? Do [...]