The old-fashioned fixer-upper – Globe and Mail
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:16-07:00The advantage to our fixer-upper in Coquitlam...just a shade less expensive than New West and on a cul-d-sac which is not easy to find.
Flooded with Options
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:17-07:00Emergency Repairs: Do you put your home back together as it was, or do you make lemonade out of lemons and do further renovations?
Making it feel like home
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:17-07:00Make it feel like home! We each tackled our own task...Adam - Living Room AV; Melissa curtains, rugs, pictures (oh my!)
REVIEW: Vancouver Home + Design Show Oct 16-19
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:17-07:00Review of the Vancouver Home + Design Show. We did a quick browse of the vendor floor and listened to one of HGTV's finest renovators, Bryan Baeumler.
Renovation Staycation #1
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:33-07:00This week mom and dad are on vacation so guess what they are going to be doing...Renovation Staycation. Yay 6 days of renovation bliss!
The ‘Manly’ Saw
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:35-07:00A new Milwaukee Mitre Saw - By 10:35 pm we had it set up in the garage making the inaugural cut!
Vancouver Home + Design Show Oct 16-19
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:35-07:00The grand daddy of home + design shows is coming to town. Why do I call this the grand daddy...because it is huge!
Home Reno Show Coquitlam Recap
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:35-07:00Review of the Home Show - We took a break from our basement renovations to wander the Home Reno Show in Coquitlam at the Hard Rock Casino Theatre.
Fixer Upper Right of Passage
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:35-07:00Any DIY renovator knows that removing the old, well used, poorly installed toilet is always the right of passage for the home owners...so...here we go!
Fixer Upper Facts – Month 1
Melissa2015-08-20T17:41:56-07:0012 gallons of paint, 4 litres of TSP and 5 trips to the dump in 1 day. Month 1 of fixer upper madness interesting facts.
Home Reno Show Coquitlam Oct 4-5
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:36-07:00Tired of searching online for renovation information or walking for hours through a home ideas show, trying to find useful renovation information? Then this is the show you don't want to miss!
HGTV+Netflix?
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:36-07:00A number of HGTV shows are available for streaming on the Netflix USA site but it remains to be seen if the Canadian site will start streaming them too.
Laneway Housing
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:37-07:00Do you like laneway housing? Do you think there should be stricter guidelines for these new developments?
Laundry…Sounds Easy Doesn’t It
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:37-07:00See water leaking...correction...flowing...from under the washer
Bathroom Demo + Sledgehammer Massages
Melissa2017-03-25T00:44:37-07:00We are moved in now so we have changed our focus from 'make it liveable' to basement demo and garage workshop.