Dave Spiers, our installer, of Designer Deck Inc. Earlier this summer I did a post on outdoor flooring. In it, I derided a colleague for having a most repelling AstroTurf disaster cladding her ample condo balcony, which essentially precluded her from ever using it. I set out to transform this...
Choosing the Right Reno for a Mid-20th Century Home that Needed a Complete Overhaul As seen in the Aug/Sep 2012 issue of RENO & DECOR Text by Martha Uniacke Breen Photography by Brandon Barre "Most people tend to look at their homes through rose-coloured glasses," says renovation expert...
It's funny, we see so many renos of houses but not so many of condominiums. Perhaps because the focus is usually on preconstruction condos? Who knows. But be that as it may, older condos get sold and resold -- especially in bigger cities -- all the time, and those buyers renovate...
Nobody is 100 per cent protected all the time. That's a fact of life. But are you as prepared as you can be to prevent disaster and protect your family? Is your home safe? Most of us would answer yes, but there are always things that we can do better, be more aware of and inform our family and...