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So Long to Laurier

I am very happy to announce that just a little while ago, Ryan, Brendon and I sold the Laurier Heights house! All the conditions came off last week and we could toast to another successfully completed flip. It did not come without its challenges, but it was so very worth the hard work, and I

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3 Tips for Taking On a Home Renovation (& a Giveaway!!)

It’s that time again! Time for over 250 exhibitors and experts to take over the Edmonton Expo Centre for the 2016 Edmonton Renovation Show, happening next weekend! Attendees of the event will have access to some of the leading industry professionals, like Bryan Baeumler from HGTV’s House of Bryan and Leave it to Bryan!, to get the

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Inspired Read: Fifteen Dogs

” I wonder”, said Hermes, “what it would be like if animals had human intelligence.” ” I’ll wager a year’s servitude, answered Apollo, that animals – any animal you like – would be even more unhappy than humans are, if they were given human intelligence.” – Fifteen Dogs Fifteen Dogs is a story about…well…fifteen dogs,

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Design Tips: Decorating for the Winter

In past years, it would break my heart to see all the Christmas decorations coming down, making it feel so empty in the house for the first few days. But this year, I had such a different mentality. Maybe it was because we had such a huge goal to declutter this January (see that post here)

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Wayfair Comes to Canada

Just the other day, I was doing some errands, cursing the heavens that I no longer had a Target to run into! Are there other fellow Canadians who feel the same way as me? I mean, sure, it wasn’t quite the same as its American counterpart and a lot of times the shelves were barely stocked

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Must Reads of 2016

After a killer 2015 in inspired reads, I am so looking forward to the new selections hitting the bookshelves in 2016. Reading is the one thing that allows me to truly escape…without actually booking a plane ticket that is…and in the chilly winter months especially, I’m obsessed with grabbing a good page-turner, and curling up on

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