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The king of Canadian contractors, Mike Holmes, believes that homeowners must educate themselves before starting out on any home project. To help with the process, he’s released a new book, Make it Right: Inside Home Renovation with Canada’s Most Trusted Contractor, which is an A to Z primer for home renovation projects. (more…)

Information is the one tool that’s essential for any job around the house. And while content about home ownership, renovation and maintenance is now widely available on all media, comprehensive information on sustainable building materials is especially hard to come by. (more…)

Drinking coffee is a relatively harmless habit. But when you get your daily fix at a specialty coffee shop, it can become an expensive one. Make four such trips every working week and you can spend close to $1,000 annually. Is the solution to this pricy problem to give up caffeine? Never! (more…)

A drill is the first power tool a person should buy. It’s easy to use, relatively inexpensive, and extremely versatile. With the huge selection of drills available these days, how do you know which one is right for you? (more…)

Stuff. We all have lots of it. We worry about it, store it, insure it, clean it, obsess about it— and sometimes even love it. But at some point, stuff can start to overwhelm your ability to function efficiently. Have you lost control of your stuff? Is it controlling you? Take this test to find out. (more…)

My New Year gift to our faithful readers is to make sure they all know what will be hot and trendy in 2007. Some of the items I’ll mention are very simple, some very expensive—naturally—and some just plain useful. The one thing that they all have in common is that they’re all on my 2007 must-haves list. (more…)

When Isaac Newton suggested that to every action, there is a reaction, he wasn’t talking about home fashion trends. But he could have been. It’s a theory that would explain the resurgence of metals in home appliances, décor and textiles after years in which a cool, monochromatic colour palette and a minimalist approach to room accessories dominated the scene. (more…)

Since the housing boom peaked in 2004, the market has cooled very gradually. In fact, 2006 saw some records and near-records set. For example, the value of building permits over just the first 11 months hit a new high. (more…)