From To-Do to Done! How to Prioritize your Projects
Prioritize your projects to get them done! We have a confession to make. While we are capable DIYers, we are not always the best finishers. It’s true we have added 2 rental suites …
Category: Renovations
How to Make a Realistic Renovation To Do List
A renovation to do list, even a to do list for a project, can be lengthy. The number of jobs to check off is overwhelming! If you’re working full-time, or even part-time, you …
Eating Area Turned Playroom and Virtual House Tour Blog Hop
Eating Area Turned Playroom This post is part of the Style your Home Virtual House Tour We’ve recently connected with some amazing home décor and DIY bloggers. After seeing their beautiful room reveals …
Guide to Deciding on Rental Renovations
As we’ve shared, our real estate investment strategy focuses on updating houses and adding basement suites. This increases the value and equity in our homes (which can be leveraged) as well as creates …
Why Every Couple Needs a No Reno Zone
During our first renovation together, we got to the point where the reno was all we talked about. There was constant assessing, planning and obsessing about the renovation. It didn’t help that we …
What’s your Renovation Motivation? **Freebie Alert
We had a few reasons why we wanted to renovate: add value, update the house, generate income from a basement suite – to name a few. But part way through our renovation we felt …
Lessons Learned: Wood Shrinkage and the Importance of Acclimation
Although we hate to admit it, mistakes happen to all of us. Yes, even us! Unfortunately, mistakes are part of the renovation process. They often become stories we can laugh about later …
Laundry Room Refresh – the Difference Paint can Make
Paint is one of the cheapest and ways to make any space look better. In fact, it’s our favourite way to update a space. Even a laundry room is more inviting with a …
Make your Budget Count When Building Rental Suites
We have added basement suites in 2 houses (so far) and have learned that spending money in the wrong places is wasted money. In the beginning, this was a challenging concept for us. Mainly …
Renovation Stress: How the Worst Case Scenario is the BEST Thing to Think About
Renovation stress and the what-ifs it brings Renovation stress often stems from the worry about what might go wrong. Like other times in our life when we undertake something new or a big …