Tag: Home Improvement
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DIY: Staircase Refinishing Part One
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If you had asked me twenty years ago if I would ever be able to say I did my own staircase refinishing, I would have laughed at you. I’ve always enjoyed painting, but woodworking of any kind was left behind in grade 8 shop class. Oh how times change… We…
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Home Renovations: The corner wall
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Over the past few months I have done several renovations around the house. Painting was by far the most time consuming and thorough job I completed, with nearly every space in the house getting a new coat of paint, trim and doors included. Our living room and dining room were…
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100 uses for Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
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I’m sure you’re all familiar with that little orange box in your fridge, freezer or baking cupboard. Arm & Hammerâ„¢ Baking Soda has been helping generations of Canadian families cook and clean for decades, and they are continuing by creating a list of 100 uses for baking soda! Over the…
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Geeking out with AlarmForce
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I’m an introvert, so having a stranger in my house is never something I get overly excited about, even when it means I’m getting the security and home automation that AlarmForce provides. However, I had nothing to worry about when it came down to having our system installed. It began…
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Manage Power Outages with a Champion Generator {giveaway}
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I remember the 2003 blackout very well. It was a warm summer day and I had some fans blowing to keep me, my preteen and my infant son cool. I think my son was watching television and I was in the kitchen when the power went out. This isn’t a…
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Creating the perfect summer oasis in your own backyard
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Things are heating up outside, which means it’s time to get outside and enjoy it. Best Buy has everything you need to make your outdoor space the perfect spot for relaxing on a beautiful summer afternoon. For starters, you can sit back and catch some rays on the Wood Canyon Pine…
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Home Owner Dilemmas
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Like many people, we are always working on our home. We may be finishing the basement, adding a new bathroom, painting or building a deck, but there’s always something going on. I don’t think it will ever be finished because after living in a house for over a decade, you…
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Out With the Old & In With the Blue #DIYWithBen
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Our house was a new build when we bought it, so we were lucky enough to choose the interior of the home, including the paint colours. Unfortunately, the builder’s paint wasn’t exactly the quality I would have hoped for and it didn’t take long for the walls to get scuffs…
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Our new washroom is in the home stretch #DIY
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It’s amazing what a coat of paint can do. If you remember how our bathroom looked a few weeks ago, you will know that it was just drywalled. Since then we sanded, primed and painted. The paint we chose was Behr Premium Plus Interior Satin Enamel. It paints on smoothly…
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Home Decorating for Dummies?
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This has been the year of changes and repairs in my house. We repainted a lot of the house, built a bathroom and we are making lists of what is going to happen next. I’m pretty good at choosing colours and flooring, but when it comes to decorating I get…