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Sink or Swim

College Street / Little Italy
How much money should we ‘sink’ into our washrooms? If there are deficiencies in your home they are rarely less obvious than in the washrooms.     Although I re-did my washroom four years ago, I recently dropped my morning cuppa on my oval washroom sink leaving an unsightly chip that said…
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Mortgage Financing

Finance, News
Qualifying for a mortgage is becoming more difficult, interest rates are set to rise, and buyers don’t know whether to lock in for the long term or go with a variable financing package. Read more here. ~Steven
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Kitchen Confidential

College Street / Little Italy
Have you ever been in the midst of one project only to be distracted into starting another? In the world of housing and home it’s extremely easy to fall victim to this. It just happened to me. With a new season of crocuses and daffodils peeking their way out of the soil, the urge to…
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For the Love of Trees

Homewatch Newsletter Archive
  There is something purely enchanting in those first Spring Days when you can open your windows and breath in the fresh scent of nature waking up from its winter hibernation. As the soil thaws, spring flowers begin to peek out to greet the sun, and garden perennials shift from…
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Country Sublime

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For those of you who dream of waking up in a streamlined modular post and beam glass box overlooking a crystal clear lake, a field of daisies, or a Precambrian rocky outcropping of the Georgian Shield, check out Dan Molenaar’s brilliant vacation home site ideal for we Torontonians! I’m drooling!…
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House Poor, Home Pretty

College Street / Little Italy
Ok, so I can finally afford to liberate my dependency on garage sales, auctions and Ikea to furnish my home, but I’m not quite ready to leap into the couture furnishing world. I don’t know why, but I just can’t justify shopping at The Art Shoppe where $10,000 gets you a…
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Kiss Me Kensington

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Ever since my friend Dafna found the perfect place to purchase in Kensington Lofts in, where else, Kensington Market, we’ve been checking out the local cafes as a way to keep in touch and expand our culinary horizons. For those unfamiliar with this chock-a-block retail and residential vintage neighbourhood of…
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Left In The Dust

College Street / Little Italy
Last week I had a beautiful floor-to-ceiling bookshelf nine feet tall installed in my study. I’m embarrassed to admit it, but in the spirit of full disclosure, I’ve never completely unpacked my book and cd collection in over the decade I’ve lived here. Now I finally can. I derive no…
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