The man behind Claridge

Ninety-nine per cent of men invited to a black-tie affair would...

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Spring ephemerals are magical

For a precious time before leaves completely unfold, there is...

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"Home Alone" house for sale for $2.4 million

The stately Georgian home where actor Macaulay Culkin outwitted...

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• Safety plan to keep your kids secure
• Securing the home front
• No-tears approach to sharing a room
• Advancing technology allows ever-smarter homes
• Detecting a deadly intruder
• Safe and sound
• Protecting your privacy while listing home

Hopeless handyman?

Matt Young always knew he was a disaster as a home handyman. ...

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• Video: Ottawa man featured on Canada's Worst Handyman
• Video: Scenes from Canada’s Worst Handyman
• Bryan Baeumler warns of six deadly sins of do-it-yourself projects
• Hammering out a reno surprise with Bryan Baeumler
• Mike's stamp of approval
• Mike Holmes achieves pop-icon status
• Holmes on Homes: Renovation Rx
• There's more to Mike Holmes than TV shows and columns
• Contractor-customer relationship are built on the contract

Designer offers dos, don’t s for good window treatments

Interior designer Barbra Yaffe has design in her DNA. Her parents...

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• Drapery trends
• Curtain advice: Kill the ‘limp fettuccini noodles’
• What style of home suits the essential you?
• Green windows and doors open new opportunities
• How to choose window coverings for your living room
• Use sentimental and unique accessories when decorating
• Classy cushions
• Little touches, big difference

Gardening Q&A with Helen Chesnut

What evergreen plants would you suggest for four large pots ...

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• Ground control
• Variety of annuals can co-exist in vegetable garden
• Seek a saner lifestyle by tending a garden
• Sometimes plants are just like teenagers
• What to consider when upgrading or installing a patio
• Art of decorating outdoors
• Violets a welcome harbinger of spring

The great condo clash

When it comes time to sell your condo, you want to make sure...

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• More boomers to buy condos
• Technology and the condo - taking a virtual tour
• Home-buying help in your pocket
• How to make house you're selling stand out
• First-time homebuyers boosting housing market this year: Re/Max
• Home buyers split on old or new
• Young people want fresh home design
• City of mass construction
• Heed the condo fee

Prep time for cottage days

It's your cosy weekend getaway. Or, for the lucky ones, a summer...

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• Cottage checkup
• Survey shows lifestyle drives purchase of vacation home
• Living on the river
• Dragons' Den host Robert Herjavec at home
• Rub elbows with hockey stars in Kelowna
• Time is right for sustainable vacation homes
• Second thoughts on the second home
• Roughing it no more
• Log cabin style on the square

Getting down to ducks

In the name of urban farming, there were a lot of ways BJ Hedahl...

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• New Urbanism pioneer embraces 'smart growth'
• Everybody can learn self-sufficiency
• The charm of chickens
• Bumblebees, mason bees help in gardens
• Beekeeping catches on as green hobby
• Stylin’ in the sticks
• From fast lane to dirt road