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Family Proof Your Counter Tops for the Holidays!

The best family memories are often centred around food. The dinner table is the perfect forum for connecting with those who are most important to you. The kitchen is slowly becoming the most important room in the house as society turns toward healthier lifestyles where everyone can collaborate and contribute ...

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How To: De-ice Outdoor Steps and Walkways

This winter, transform your outdoor steps and walkway from slippery to safe with these helpful de-icing tips and tricks. Fluffy white piles of freshly fallen snow can add to your home’s curb appeal, but winter loses its charm when billowy turns to slippery. Here’s how to de-ice your outdoor steps ...

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How to Make it Through Winter Laughs

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5 Home Improvements that Pay Off—and 5 that Don’t

Favorable economic conditions have long triggered investment in home improvements—more money, more upgrades—and progress on the housing front is set to spur the next wave of homeowner spending on both necessary and discretionary projects. How should homeowners invest their remodeling dollars this year?  By and large, homeowners can expect to ...

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10 Ways to Warm Up Your Bathroom in Winter

During the chilly winter months, the thought of touching your feet to the bathroom’s ice-cold tile floors is enough to make you want to avoid the room altogether. And as for that dreaded moment when you step out of the steamy warmth of the shower into the frigid air—forget it! ...

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Winter Maintenance Tips For Inside & Outside Your Home.

Winter can be a particularly tough season for a home. And since wind, snow and ice don’t distinguish between old or new houses, avoid the trap of thinking that your new home is somehow exempt from needing regular maintenance, especially from a harsh Ontario winter. (link: http://ow.ly/wivW306RksN) ow.ly/wivW306RksN  ...

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