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5 Things Every Guy Needs to Know About Getting the House Ready for Baby

Posted By Paul Beer

Monday, April 30, 2012 2:22 PM EDT

When prepping a house for a baby, there are a handful of self-evident changes that need to be made. You need a crib; you need a changing table; you need an airtight receptacle for dirty diapers (although it’s never...

Weekend Real Estate Dreams and Nightmares

Posted By Meredith Heron

Sunday, April 29, 2012 5:31 PM EDT

My grandmother was a real estate agent. As a child, I would go to open houses with her on the weekend and help with the set-up, and then when clients came through, it was my "job" to be very cute and charming —...

Co-ownerships in Montreal Makes THIS Gorgeous Duplex Possible

Posted By Michelle Carangi

Sunday, April 29, 2012 5:07 PM EDT

Consumer interest in real estate in Montreal is on the rise. Though our prices are still below the national average, the market isn't showing signs of cooling down. The "After", Anile and Christian's...

Italian Design Week, Part 1: Milan’s Effortless Elegance

Posted By Cesare Umberto

Sunday, April 29, 2012 3:07 PM EDT

Today, we begin a special 6-part series on Italian design. We could have just as easily called it Milanese design, though — we will be spending the entire week in the famed Italian design capital. If all roads lead to...

Spring has Sprung: A 4-Step Clean-Up for Any Garden

Posted By Jennifer Tibbitt

Saturday, April 28, 2012 5:40 PM EDT

We are surrounded by signs of spring — true spring, not that two-week blast of (possibly) futuristic heat we felt back in March. The experienced gardener tends to eye this newly sprouting green world somewhat cautiously:...

Top 5 Friday: Get Ready to Sell

Posted By Emma Reddington

Friday, April 27, 2012 1:26 PM EDT

To stage or not to stage? And if you do stage, do you admit to it? Submitting to this relatively new whim of real estate agents (do you think your parent’s ever staged their home?) somehow implies that the home you’ve...