Basement Splurges and Savings

Once you’ve tallied up the cost of your basement remodelling project, the final price tag can be shocking. As with any home improvement project, staying within a certain budget means clarifying your priorities. We have seen just about every possible way to spend money on a basement remodel. These are our tips for getting the…

Enter: SUMMER

Winter is over. No more whiteouts. No black ice. No snow squalls. But summer weather brings its own dangers. Routines can change and may have unintended complications you did not anticipate. You have to run into the store for 5 minutes, dry cleaning needs to be picked up or any number of other things. And…

Happy Victoria Day!

Here are seven things you perhaps didn’t know about our Victoria Day celebrations. It’s All About the Old Queen Victoria Day is a Canadian federal public holiday celebrated on the last Monday before May 25 in honour of Queen Victoria’s birthday. This year, since May 25 is a Monday, our holiday falls on May 18.…

Mother’s Day Home Improvements

Bouquet? If she has pets or tiny humans around frequently – maybe not such a great idea. Chocolate? Unless it’s from that specialty place that she said she liked you’re probably not impressing her much. Bath stuff? You mean the I-literally-couldn’t-think-of-anything-else-gift? Candles? Come on guys. It can be hard to come up with a gift…

7 WINDOW TRENDS FOR 2018

It’s no secret that homeowners are veering more toward the modern and contemporary in their style choices. This minimalism follows through to the window market, where it’s manifested itself in the form of clean lines, simple shapes, dark colours, and bigger sheets of glass. Beyond looks, homeowners expect high performance, in the form of efficiency,…

Exterior Painting

Over the years, we’ve observed that homeowners typically fall into one of two camps when it comes to painting their homes. One camp says, “There’s no way I would try to paint my own house. I don’t have the time, equipment, tools, or any desire to get sunburned while I spend half of my summer on…