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 …
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ORC Week 4: Do we Have Enough Pavers?
One Room Challenge – Week 4 – Patio and Fire Pit Area Week 3: One Room Challenge Week 3 Spring 2019 Week 2: One Room Challenge Week 2 Spring 2019 Week 1/The before: …
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 …
10+ Proven Tips for Renovating as a Couple from Experienced Renovators and DIYers
With the time, money and decisions involved in renovations, it can quickly lead to stress and frustration. Unfortunately, this can get directed at our significant other and put a strain on any relationship. …
Prepare to Renovate Together: Relationship Puzzle Challenge **Freebie Alert
Renovating is stressful and can put huge strain on a relationship, especially if you don’t take time to prepare to work together. Just check out this article from houzz.com that found 12% of …
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 …
Bring Back that Loving Ceiling; Add Character to an Old Ceiling
We’re putting the finishing touches on our latest project… Before the reveal, we wanted to share a piece of it with you. Painting on walls in the room was done before we moved …
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 …
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 …