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College Street / Little Italy
After seven months of a substantial renovation to my Movie House Loft, chronicled in this very blog starting with the Yucky Part of Renovation, I am ninety-five percent away from completion. Wow! It’s so close to the finish line all I want is for it to be done. But it’s…
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Canadian Homeowners Renovate Less in 2010

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A 2010 ‘Renovation and Home Purchasing Survey’ by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) revealed slightly fewer property owners embarked on home renovations than in 2009. How come? Propertywire.ca consulted urbaneer.com on possible reasons. Read on below for our thoughts. Incidentally, the photo above is a work-in-progress shot of our newest project, located on Prince Edward Island! Situated in the heart of…
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Loud & Proud

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I’m sure you’re asking yourself “Is Steve A Real Model, or a Model Realtor?” Maybe both? Grin. It isn’t every day you find your face suspended on a seven storey city billboard, plastered in most every subway station, splayed in print ads across the nation or, as was the case last year when the…
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I L House-Shapes

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As a proponent of easy breezy au natural architecture, this house in Sweden hits my hot buttons. I always appreciate a house that marries the materials of stone, glass and wood. And I adore any residence that embraces courtyard living with a transparent connection between indoors and outdoors. This house wins on both these accounts. Although it isn’t…
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A Swell Of Self-Employed Canadians

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It’s no secret that more and more Canadians are choosing to be self-employed. Here’s an article from Propertywire.ca that offers my own entrepreneurial insight on the phenomenon. ~ Steven More Canadians Lured to Self-Employment Heather Wright, Real Estate Trade Journalist Published on Propertywire.ca, a resource for Real Estate and Mortgage Professionals,…
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A Little Frayed

College Street / Little Italy
Do you remember the Calgon commercials from the 70s? For the past two days, from sunrise to sunset, there has been a revolving door of trades at my Movie House Loft. It’s exciting and exhausting at the same time. Hopefully, next week all the major install will be complete. I’m completely spent…
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The Longest Day Of The Year

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Today, being Summer Solstice, is the longest day of the year in the Northern hemisphere. In Toronto, located near the 49th parallel, the sun will be visible for 15 hours, 26 minutes. Here’s a few pics just as the sun was setting on College Street just after 9:15pm last night: It’s remarkable how light…
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Happy Father’s Day

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I know I’m one of the lucky ones. I have a brilliant dad with a heart of gold who is always supportive of everything I do! When I was a child, my Dad told me to “Do what you love and the money will follow”. Isn’t that the best advice EVER!? Lucky…
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A Summer’s Eve

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Summer in Toronto is nothing less than stellar, especially when your weekend begins with cocktails on your friends’ cityvista terrace! For the past ten days, Toronto’s stages, streets and public spaces have been an on-going celebration of arts and creativity with Luminato, an annual multi-disciplinary fusion of theatre, dance, music, literature, food, visual arts, fashion, film, and magic. Now…
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