Designing the interior of your new home can be simultaneously exciting and overwhelming. There is a seemingly endless array of options for colours, surfaces and finishes, but you don’t have an infinite budget. How do you make design decisions that are beautiful, yet practical?
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Saving for a new home? Advice from a finance expert
From a financial standpoint, the new year is a fitting time to “get your house in order” and take a big-picture view. Do you have an ambitious idea for the year ahead? Maybe you are saving for a new home or dreaming of an elaborate vacation. Either way, it will require some thoughtful planning.
3 Important Tasks to Prepare Your Home for Spring
It has been a long wait, but spring is in the air! Everyone is ready to get out of the house and enjoy the milder weather. As the seasons change, here are three strategies to make the transition easier on your home.
How To Organize Your Home For 2022
As the new year begins, It’s a great time to take stock, reduce clutter and say goodbye to items you no longer need. Here are some simple organization tips for the rooms in your home.
How to Make the Most of Your Summer Staycation
The summer of 2020 may become known as the season of the staycation, as travel restrictions put in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19 keep people closer to home.
For most of us, that may not have been our first option, but having a staycation can still be adventurous, fun and restful. To help you out, we’ve provided you with some tips that will help you make the most of your summer staycation.
25 Physically Distant Activities to Keep Edmonton’s Kids Busy
While the summer weather is finally upon us in Edmonton, and kids will soon be released from the home schooling experiment thrust on most of them due to COVID-19, parents face a new challenge. What to do to entertain their kids while still taking physical distancing measures to ensure everyones’ safety?
Family Activities While Social Distancing
Life around the world has changed over the past month. Terms like “social distancing”, “flatten the curve”, and “COVID-19” are now part of our everyday vocabulary. Remote work has become the norm and we’re all spending many more hours at home.
How To Protect Your Home From Melting Snow
As exciting as it can be to see snow banks melt away in the spring, it can be equally nerve racking if your home isn’t well protected. Late season snowfalls can be heavy here in Alberta, and when all that snow and ice finally decides to melt it can create lakes, rivers, and streams across your yard and next to your house.
Leap Year: Take A Day For Your Home
7 Neglected Jobs to Tackle on February 29
2020 isn’t just the beginning of an exciting new decade. It’s also the year we correct that little hiccup in our Gregorian calendar by tacking on an extra day to the month of February. Happy Leap Year everyone!
How to create a gallery wall to celebrate your sweethearts this Valentine’s day
Bring your digital photos to life this Valentine’s Day!