Summer in Canada is hosting season. Cottage weekends, family flying in from across the country, kids home from university, and long weekends that fill a house from Friday to Monday....
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A full bathroom renovation means permits, a contractor, weeks without a shower and a budget that rarely stays put. A weekend refresh is a different animal. You keep the tile,...
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Spring is turnover season for a lot of Canadian landlords. Leases roll over, students move out, and the gap between one tenant and the next is often the only window...
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Every holiday season, the guest bathroom becomes the most used room in the house that nobody planned for. Family from across the country, neighbours dropping in, kids home from university:...
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Small bathrooms are the norm in a lot of Canadian housing: the second bathroom in a Winnipeg bungalow, the ensuite in a Vancouver condo, the powder room under the stairs...
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Black Friday has become the busiest fixture-buying weekend of the year for Canadian homeowners and renovators, and it is easy to see why. Toilets, faucets, showers and vanities are considered...
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Walk through any plumbing showroom in this country and you will see maple leaves on packaging, "proudly Canadian" banners, and brand names that sound like they belong in Quebec or...
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Buy the same faucet in Trois-Rivières and in Calgary and the hardware in the box will be identical. Whether the paperwork serves you equally well is a different question. For...
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Ordering a new vanity in Vancouver, Calgary or Halifax is routine: carriers are everywhere, terminals are close, and delivery windows are measured in days. Order the same vanity for a...
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Ask anyone who has finished a bathroom renovation in Regina what they would do differently and the answer is rarely about tile or paint. It is almost always about fixtures:...
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Quebec City has some of the most character-rich housing in Canada, and that character follows you straight into the bathroom. Whether you are renovating a century-old flat near the Plains,...
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Montreal has one of the deepest condo markets in Canada, from converted greystones on the Plateau to concrete towers in Griffintown. Every building limits what you can change in a...
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Planning a bathroom renovation in Halifax means working with a particular set of realities: a housing stock that skews older than in many Canadian cities, weather that swings from damp...
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