5 Top Tips for Your Kitchen Reno

The kitchen is one of the rooms in your house you spend most of your time in. And if it isn’t very functional, it can add a lot of frustration to your life. Renovating the kitchen can often be a good idea. But before you start tearing out kitchen cabinets, consider the following tips:
1. Quality [...]

A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Flooring Options

When going green in your home renovations, there are a lot of options out there and choosing between them can be a difficult process. Today, I’ll provide you with some of the more popular environmentally-friendly flooring choices, and what the ramifications are for using them.
Hardwood
One of the best ways to add eco-friendly flooring to your [...]

ReStores Offer Renovators an Environmentally Friendly and Charitable Option

We’ve talked about using recycling materials in your renovations before, but you are probably wondering if there is an easy way to go about doing this. After all, you don’t necessarily have time to go trawling around your local area, looking for renovations. Fortunately there is an easy option available – and it’s run by [...]

5 Tips to Renovating on a Budget

As I mentioned yesterday, the Home Renovation Tax Credit ended yesterday, so if you were thinking of doing renovations now, they will cost a little more. To help offset this tax credit loss, keep in mind these tips to make home renovations affordable.

1. Start with a detailed plan
It is obvious, but it’s true: planning now [...]

Saskatchewan and Manitoba Set to Spend Most Renovations in Canada

Homeowners in Saskatchewan and Manitoba are planning to spend on home renovations despite of the slowing economy according to a recent Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) survey.
The RBC survey found that 73% of Saskatchewan and Manitoba plan to make renovations on their home within the next two years. The report goes on to say that [...]

RBC: Renovation Tax Credit Boosts Home Improvements Projects Across Canada

According to a new Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) study, it shows that a majority of Canadian   renovators (63%) plan to take advantage of the federal governments’ home renovation tax credit this year, and 47% has already done more renovations because of the tax break.
This survey was conducted by Ipsos Reid, and found that 76% [...]

Home Repair and Maintenance Tips

After settling in your home, you will begin to view your home with a more objective perspective. You will find there are things that you will want to change, whether it is the flooring, countertops or kitchen cabinets.
You may find that there are things in your home that require repair or replacement, such as your [...]