So you’ve got that empty space in the basement that’s been begging for a home bar for years. Home bars are a great investment that can increase the market value of your home, but if they’re not done right they can also be a problem. Here’s an overview to help get you started on your [...]

You may have a small kitchen, but there’s much to be done even with the tiniest of rooms. When it comes to optimizing a small kitchen space, it’s all about creativity. (And, getting rid of the things you don’t use.) There are a few basic tricks to make a room look bigger and more practical [...]

There’s a reason most parents don’t want their teenagers to paint their rooms black. Room colours can have a lot of influence on our moods and state of mind. It may seem silly at first to think that colours could have such an impact on us, but they do. Have you ever walked into a [...]

You’ve already hit snooze six times, placing more value in those 9 extra minutes of sleep than in things like enjoying a cup of coffee, having breakfast, or even taking a shower.  Winter mornings are especially tough, trying to crawl out of your little heated cave made of blankets, placing your feet on the cold [...]

It’s a dirty job but someone’s got to do it. When it comes to bathroom plumbing problems, we’ll often resort to calling the plumber. However, sometimes the problem is actually quite simple to fix and dialing that number is just as good as flushing your money down the toilet. In order to help you become [...]

Creating a baby room theme is the most fun you will have decorating your house. In a baby’s world, anything goes, and the eclectic collection of imagery and color gives you free reign to set your creative powers in motion. And although building and shaping your new custom nursery is exciting, it need not break [...]

Working at home seems like a dream for many cubicle-dwelling, over-stressed nine-to-fivers. Making a breakaway from the chains of corporate slavery may seem impossible for most, lacking a vision of what they could actually do at home to keep the money coming in. Surprisingly as it may seem, there are many successful home business ideas [...]

When it comes to the special lady in your life, you want to get her something that says you care about her, perhaps even love her. If she is your wife you want something that keeps the sparks of romance flying. If she is your girlfriend you want to express your feelings in a more [...]

When my wife and I began the search to find our first house we sat down and talked about what things we both wanted in a home. Amazingly, we agreed on almost everything including a two-car garage that would actually be used for its intended purpose: to house our cars. For the last seven years [...]