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How to Choose the Right Contractor for Your Renovation Project Hiring a contractor is not unlike hiring an employee. You’ll be trusting this person with your financial investment and a great deal of your time, and (unlike most employees), you’ll be trusting this person with your home as well. General contractors should be experienced, insured, and able to p...

Effective Staging Ideas Can Transform Your Home Appearance is crucial when selling your home. Making your home look sensational will go a long way in being able to get what you want out of the property. It's here that staging comes into play. But many homeowners aren't able to afford the cost of a professional stager. Thankfully, you don't have t...

7 Expert Tips for Decorating With Antiques at Home AD PRO Directory members shed light on how to find meaningful curios and balance the old with the new

What Is Travel Hacking And How Do I Start? The more I travel, the more I become aware of the need to stretch my dollar as far as possible. In the world of travel—and in life—money is time. Every bit I save is another day I can spend in an incredible place. So, I’m always looking for cost-effective ways to roam the globe. Then travel ha...

‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’: Dopamine Decor Is All the Joyful Rage Right Now Goodbye, beige and greige—hello, color and big, bold personality.

America’s Best Beaches, Top Mexican Resorts And More Travel News Plus: How airlines select wines, IV drips on vacation and how to travel with a digital ID.

3 Luxury Hotels For Horse Riders (And Non-Equestrian Travel Companions) If you love horses like I do, you’ve probably chosen hotels for their horseback riding opportunities.

Inside A Rustic, Mid Century-inspired Kitchen By Collective Studio Krista Ricciatti and Tom Redman bought a 2,000-square-foot mid-century house in Guelph, Ont., in 2021 — they were looking for more room and a quiet setting to bring up their daughter, Mara. Renovating their combined small kitchen and living room meant extensive structural work, so they called on A...

Don’t eat dairy? Add these five calcium-rich foods to your diet Here’s a guide to calcium’s health benefits, your daily requirement and how to get what you need from plants and other non-dairy foods.

Dexa scans are helping people ‘gamify’ their health and longevity What is biological age? Dave McGinn tests out the dexa scan.

Six positive strategies to help boost mental health When we face personal loss, setbacks, or are bombarded with stories of violence and hardship in the news, it can feel like a dark presence is taking over. Missed opportunities, disappointment and dread for the world’s future can overwhelm us, no matter how hard we try to distract ourselves. As a p...

5 Things Homebuyers Can Still Control, Even in Today’s Turbulent, Unruly Market The housing market has been a hardscrabble landscape for many homebuyers for years now. First, buyers looking for homes at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic enjoyed low mortgage rates, yet faced massive competition that helped drive median home prices to all-time highs.

Renters Are Staying Put Longer, With 1 in 6 Now Living in The Same Home For 10 Years or More U.S. renters are less likely to move than they were a decade ago, as soaring housing costs have priced many out of homeownership

Before & After: A Tudor-style House Is Revived With Bold British Style Susan and Greg MacKenzie were looking to refresh their Tudor-style house in Toronto’s west end. On the hunt for a designer, Susan found Cynthia Ferguson while scrolling Instagram — she loved her style and color sensibility.

Modern living: Beyond the barbecue The pandemic may have made life screwy, but it also opened up design changes at home that, four years later, are still being heavily leaned into, especially outdoors.

Real Estate Scams Are On The Rise. Here’s What You Need To Know Several types of real estate scams are on the rise and even the savviest homeowners should be on alert. Here's what you need to know to stay safe.

Refresh your home for less: Trends for spring 2024 Keeping up with design trends doesn't need to be expensive

A Designer’s Heritage House Is Reborn As A Contemporary Setting For Her Young Family It’s a dilemma many owners grapple with when renovating their Victorian houses. How do you reconcile original heritage quirks — which often include small rooms and scant storage — with contemporary life?

Steps To Buy a House: How Long Do They Take? Homes aren’t impulse purchases. It takes time to sift through listings and make your way from one home showing to the next; then, of course, there are those agonizing hours you wait to find out if your offer on a house was accepted, whether you can secure financing, and any number of other holdups...

Women increasingly opt for solo travel to cure burnout and wanderlust “Maybe I don’t actually hate yoga,” I thought as I stretched into downward dog in the dappled sunlight shining over one of six pool decks at the Armony Luxury Resort in Punta Mita, Nayarit.

The 12 Best Summer Vacation Destinations For Families In The U.S. With children free from the grind of schoolwork and extracurricular commitments, summertime is the perfect opportunity for a family getaway. Long, sunny days and warm weather in most of the United States make it a great time to explore different parts of the country, and a diverse landscape means th...

These Are The Worst Times To Be On The Road This Memorial Day Weekend Just how bad will Memorial Day weekend traffic be this year? Worse than in at least two decades, say experts. Here’s how to avoid the worst traffic hellscapes.

Best Places For Young Professionals To Live In The U.S. In 2024 Where you choose to live impacts everything from your job opportunities to your ability to save money, and for individuals focused on building both their careers and strong financial foundations, there’s a lot at stake. Many young professionals struggle to balance lifestyle desires with long-term ...

Step Inside the Pasadena Showcase House of Design 2024 A house once belonging to the “Silver Queen” of California gets a facelift

15 Dollar Tree Hacks That’ll Save You Money Over Amazon There’s no doubt that online shopping has become increasingly convenient and popular among consumers. In particular, Amazon, the e-commerce giant, offers a wide selection of products at a reasonable price. In fact, Amazon by far is the country’s most dominant online retailer, with 37.8 percent o...

Nobel laureate Maria Ressa lived through the dangers of social media. She fears AI might be worse In the first episode of Machines Like Us, a new podcast from The Globe and Mail, the Filipino journalists talks about democracy, artificial intelligence and why we need to regulate big tech

5 Things Business Owners Must Stop Doing On Vacation Summer is just around the corner and millions of Americans are considering vacations, but many are also seeing their calendars fill up and find reasons not to take time off. Some refuse paid time off because it’s too stressful to plan a big getaway. Others are concerned their manager will see them...

Costa Mujeres Is Fast Becoming A Preferred Luxury Travel Destination Although not as well known as Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Cabo San Lucas or Puerto Vallarta, Costa Mujeres, Mexico is fast becoming a preferred luxury travel destination for American travelers and second home owners. Costa Mujeres has all the natural beauty of nearby Cancun – pristine white sand bea...

5 Reasons to Buy a Fixer-Upper Instead of a Perfect Place “Location, location, location” is the mantra when it comes to where to buy a home. But when it comes to what to buy, it gets a little more complicated. There is definitely a contingent who would insist that you would buy the best home you can afford. But while there is something to be said for b...