Designer Closet Guys for Stylish Closets
05/17/2012Designer Closet Guys Master Bedroom Solutions There comes a time when you get tired of your clothes hanging on barely adequate shelves and rods, when having your shoes strewn about the closet floor just gets old. So I decided I wanted a grown-up closet before we move in to our new house at the end of…
The New Footprint of my Kitchen Cabinets
05/15/2012Well my kitchen is scheduled to be installed the middle of June and we move in on May 30th. All the floors are currently being installed, I will be posting on what I chose soon. Here’s the old kitchen with the uppers already gone! Now you can see the existing pink that it was when…
Are Sunken Living Rooms 70’s? Yay or Nay
05/14/2012One of the things I did not like at all about our house when touring it initially was the sunken living room (Both angles below). To change it though would be seriously over-renovating as obviously the fireplace would have to be moved. Photos by Maria Killam When designing what the new step would look like,…
My Design Studio Behind the House
05/11/2012Last weekend we ripped out every single plant in my front yard and this past weekend, we moved to the backyard. Here is what my future design studio looked like when we took possession. Do you think there is enough concrete here? it’s coming out. We will need serious landscaping in the front and back…
So I’m about to buy the appliances because my kitchen can’t go into production without knowing the final sizes of everything. It’s like buying a car, you can spend a fortune! Anyway, I’ll let you know what I chose in the end, in the meantime I met with Mike at Quality Cabinets and Jan Romanuk…
It takes a Village to Own a Home
05/01/2012(my nephew William) Photos by Maria Killam My sister Lea (I have 3 sisters) will be moving to one of the first Ecovillages in Canada just down the street from where I will live in Yarrow. source It’s a real community with 20 acres of farmland where everyone participates because this is about eating…
Quality Cabinets: Maria’s New White Kitchen
04/25/2012We have decided to renovate the kitchen now before we move in and not wait until next summer (and it may not be totally finished by the end of May but that’s okay). I called upon one of the best kitchen designers in Vancouver, Jan Romanuk. She doesn’t have a website because she pretty much…
Pure Painters Paint Better Doors
04/18/2012source In my new house I’ll be replacing the casings and baseboards but leaving the doors. They have curvy tops but that’s not a deal breaker. And, once they are painted, they will not be noticeable to anyone but me. Replacing them would fall into the realm of over-renovating, if you are doing updates, you need…
Cloverdale Paint Party on Elizabeth Avenue
04/16/2012Today we took possession of our new (to us) rancher in Yarrow. It will still be about 6 weeks before we move in. The name of our street is Elizabeth Avenue (my sister in Yarrow is Elizabeth). I love it! Don’t you agree that the name of the street you live on is important? Now…
The Before Photos of my New House
03/25/2012We take possession the middle of April. This house is 21 years old and has not been touched which is exactly what I wanted. I was not interested in buying a previous homeowners choices in updates. Here is the living room and dining room. The master bedroom. Master Bath Family Room Kitchen. The best part…
There are many colour choices for laminate floors, but how do you know what is the most timeless and classic flooring colour for laminate? I’ll show you. Laminate floors have come a long way from the photocopied look of the 3-planks-in-one-board we first saw in the beginning. Now it comes in a single plank so…
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