Homebuying tips for newcomers
Buying your first home in Canada can be a challenging experience — and for newcomers, who may not understand the mortgage process.
Canadian housing stats rise in July
Canadian housing starts increased for the fourth consecutive month in July 2014 in rising by 0.7% to 200,100 seasonally adjusted annualized units
Have a ball with a big love ball
Bring the love home! Add a mission statement to any space or occasion with a Big Love Ball.
Maximize living in a small space
It comes as no surprise that Canadians are living in smaller spaces.
Playing with the power of red
We’ll always have a competitive nature as a global community of how we put our own personal colour stamp on patriotism.
Updated homes save energy
As energy prices rise, many homeowners are turning to energy efficiency building envelope insulation retrofits of their homes as a way to reduce heating and cooling costs. This strategy is particularly appealing to owners of older houses, built before higher energy efficiency codes, standards and best practices became more commonplace.
Taking your first homeowning steps
Buying your first home in Canada can be a challenging experience — and for newcomers, who may not understand the process, it can be even more so.
Time to ditch the designer
Many of my fellow designers believe we need to name drop and be design snobs.