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The 12 Best Beach Coolers to Keep Things Chill When You're Soaking Up the Sun Business and Pleasure/Igloo Summer is here and while there are many ways to enjoy the season, lots of us love to travel. Whether the plan is to go car camping or straight to the beach, there is one item that can't be left out of the packing list: a cooler.

14 Design Ideas for Pleasant Patios Let a fence, hedge, or facade serve as a wall, and a pergola, tree canopy, or wide umbrella as a roof. Then furnish your outdoor room for dining, entertaining, or gathering around a fire. Like handsome shutters or a brightly painted door, a house's double-hung windows can offer a focal point, as her...

Women and Real Estate: Mortgage Rates Are Heading Up "You've come a long way baby" was a tagline used in a television ad to promote women using their to***co product by citing how "far" women had come in society, but when it when it comes to owning real estate the truth of the matter does show women have come a log way, but still have a way to g...

7 Budget-Friendly Kids' Room Design Ideas From the kitchen to the primary suite, most rooms in your home are worth spending money on to create a space you love. When it comes to kids' room design, on the other hand, you don't necessarily have to invest serious cash.

How to ace your next job interview A career and job search success coach says when jobseekers ask her for tips on how to ace job interviews, she also cautions them on what not to do during a meeting with a prospective employer.

How To Use Color In Small Spaces Small rooms, narrow hallways, cramped powder rooms, tiny vestibules – all are common to houses old and new. Useful spaces are not always big, but big spaces are easier to decorate. Here are a few guidelines for bringing color and atmosphere into those trickier small rooms.

5 Painted Kitchen Cabinets to Inspire Your Next Renovation Katherine Thewlis didn't let being a renter stop her from tackling the kitchen in her 1,200-square-foot Johnson City, Tennessee, home last fall. The e-designer and blogger was more than ready to say goodbye to many features within the space, which included what she called an Easter egg yellow hue, w...

Books that will make you love medieval literature The medieval world follows us like a tail. It’s always there. Behind us, sometimes forgotten, but a part of us. But what if we’ve misunderstood that time?

The strategy of delaying buyers’ offers to purchase your home Along with the benefits and risks, using a delayed offer approach could prompt a bully offer, writes Joe Richer

Barry Choi: When buying a home, don't forget about the closing costs The biggest purchase of your life comes with additional fees One often overlooked expense for first time homebuyers is closing costs. On average, you should expect to pay 1.5 per cent to four per cent of your home's purchase price for these expenses.

Owner of world's oldest dog shares secrets to his long life Purple Collar Pet Photography Are you wondering how you can help your dog live a long, healthy life? Well, the world's oldest dog has just been confirmed by the Guinness World Records as a 21-year-old chihuahua- and his owner has shared four secrets to his long life.

Cottage market still strong after pandemic frenzy Watch: RE/MAX Canada president Christopher Alexander on how the recreational property market will play out in 2022

10 Best Indoor Plants for Beginners That You've Probably Never Heard Of Easy houseplants for beginners aren't particular about light and water. Experts share their best easy-care indoor plant picks that are a little unusual.

Home Remodeling Projects That Pay Back The Most In Happiness Every year, homeowners embark on a mission to enhance and add value to their homes. Within each project is the goal of having a happy ending. A new joint study by the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of the Remodeling Industry takes a deep dive into the reasons for remod...

Versatile Vines Few plants deliver as many practical benefits as vines. Grown on a freestanding trellis, for instance, vines quickly provide natural privacy for a deck or hot tub. Dense vines with coarse foliage bring cool summer shade as they climb over an arbor, while fine-textured vines create a tracery of green...

8 of the Most Beautifully Designed Eco-Friendly Homes Earth Day is nearly here-which means now is the perfect time to examine the importance of incorporating eco-friendly architecture and interior design into our everyday lives. Whether that means creating compost, sourcing recycled decor and materials, eliminating plastic usage, and everything in betw...

Swanky vacation rentals across the Middle East look to capitalize on 'revenge tourism' trend In the Middle East, a new breed of high-end vacation rental firms are scrambling to meet the needs of today's traveler.

Canada’s transition away from single-family detached homes will be messy Rapid densification has emerged as a favoured policy approach to fix Canada’s housing crisis. Canadian cities possess underutilized resource wealth in the form of single-detached housing lots.

The top 6 tools to get your garden growing in the right direction Gardeners can feel the joy grow with a good shovel, the right rake and a safe ladder, write Mark and Ben Cullen

There are different ways to co-own a home. Know the ins and outs, and take advantage of professional advice Questions to consider, writes Joe Richer, include how decisions will be handled for renovations, repairs and other expenses

10 Best Summer Blooming Bulbs While spring's tulips and hyacinths, dug in last autumn, are just now breaking ground, consider planting another batch of flowering bulbs for a second wave of color that can continue all summer.

How to Strip Wire As a DIYer, you know there are plenty of tasks around the house that are too small to justify calling in the pros. Stripping wire may fall into this category. Read on to learn simple and safe ways for stripping electrical wires in your home.

5 Gorgeous Rock Landscaping Ideas Rock landscaping is becoming increasingly popular thanks to its undeniable eco-friendly benefits. Unlike grass or other water-guzzling plants, rocks require little to no maintenance, don't need water, and are instantly satisfying-no need to wait for them to mature like a shrub or tree. They're also....

You can start hardy plants in your garden this weekend Even with the chance of frost and winter’s chill still in the soil, some plants are good to go.

Why You Need A Building Permit I get a lot of emails from homeowners asking me if they need to get a building permit for their home improvement project. Sometimes they tell me their contractor told them they didn't need one. Why? Because it's the homeowner's responsibility to get one, not the contractor's.

Professional Organization Hacks Every Designer Needs to Know Quinn likes to pay close attention to the liminal space between shelves. "In a lot of standard kitchens, the distance between shelves is much taller than you would ever stack plates or bowls," he says. "So why not add an extra shelf and double the storage?"

Double Daffodils Are the Petal-Packed Boost Your Spring Garden Needs Go beyond basic daffs with these frilly flowers. Some double varieties even have a sweet fragrance, too.

Downloadable Guides to Buying and Selling a Home Buying and selling a home is a big deal, literally and figuratively. The journey isn't always intuitive -- and can be time consuming. But, oh, that feeling when you get the keys to your new home or sell your place for satisfying terms. The key to getting there?

The kindness of neighbours will always trump a ‘smart home’ device “Hey, Google! Call Sam!” (Sam is my emergency contact.) “I don’t recognize that voice,” Google told me, unsympathetically, in its dull, metallic monotone.

HOA Reserve Conundrum A conundrum is a riddle or puzzle. Many homeowner associations established over 30 years ago now face the conundrum of replacing common elements they were not planning for nor have the money to pay for.