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House Tour 28 Jul 2012 | 04:38 am
Here it is, the final post in the Roncesvalles Victorian Reno Diary. I'm happy to say that after almost half a decade of puttering away on this home, it is DONE! It has been quite a journey transfor...
Changes 26 Jun 2012 | 10:01 am
In my second post ever, i wrote the following, "We've budgeted about $135,000, and i plan on doing much of the work myself. SO...Do we think we'll be able to get all of our money back out one day? We'...
Backyard Makeover Reveal 19 Jun 2012 | 08:58 am
In the last post i revealed the finale to the Cheap and Cheerful Garage makeover, so today i thought i'd share the finale of the rest of the backyard makeover. Last fall i showed the rebuilt deck and...
From Gar-ughh to Garrrrrr-geous! 18 Jun 2012 | 10:05 am
Continuing where i left off last fall, we hired Gerry the painter ( (416) 727-9089) to work his magic on the back deck, the structure over the basement walk-out and the garage. Ordinarily i would hav...
Back With Another IKEA Hack 12 Feb 2012 | 05:10 am
We used to have a walk-in closet attached to our master bedroom, which seemed a bit of a waste of space in our little house. So we decided it would make more sense to turn it into an office instead, ...
The Big Reveal! 7 Feb 2012 | 04:00 am
It's been a little while since i've done a big reveal. Over the past 4 and a half years, i've done reveals on my kitchen, on bathrooms, the nursery, my basement and many other DIY's. That's a long...
Wanna be on HGTV Canada? 17 Jan 2012 | 02:06 pm
May The Best House Win is the ultimate lifestyle game show that sees the owners of some of Canada's most interesting and unusual homes compete against each other in a bid to win a cash prize. In ever...
Toronto Real Estate Predictions 11 Jan 2012 | 05:52 pm
Over on the right there is a tag cloud. One of those tags is Real Estate. And frankly if you click on it, there isn't much to see there. I haven't really talked much about real estate on this blog, bu...
I'm Semi-Retiring 10 Jan 2012 | 04:30 pm
It was fun moonlighting as a designer, but my project has ended so it's time for me to retire my paint swatches and go back to designing just for myself. As promised i wanted to show the finish photo...
DIY Christmas Gifts 28 Dec 2011 | 03:16 pm
Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Between all the meals, visits, parties and gifts, our holiday just flew by. I mentioned in a previous blog post that this year i was going to make Christmas gi...
