How to install closet doors

Give your bedroom a style upgrade by installing new closet doors

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How to install a digital thermostat

Conserve energy with a programmable thermostat

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How to install pot lights

Add style to any room by adding pot lights

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Build a better workshop

Is your workshop living up to its full potential? Make your workshop greener, quieter, or more organized with these tips.


Insulation options and tips
Home Renovations, Materials, Tips & Tools

Insulation options and tips

Save on energy bills by improving your home's insulation


Eliminating winter window condensation
Home Renovations

Eliminating winter window condensation

How you can stop this common household problem


Top 10 ways to annoy your contractor
Home Renovations

Top 10 ways to annoy your contractor

Reliable and skilled contractors are worth their weight in gold, especially considering the billions of dollars Canadians drop...


Is in-floor heat right for you?
Home Renovations

Is in-floor heat right for you?

Toasty-warm floors feel great underfoot. But how does a hydronic radiant in-floor heating system stack up to other heating...


Installing a gas fireplace
Home Renovations

Installing a gas fireplace

It's hard to give up an old wood fireplace. The smell, the crackle, the fun of poking at the fire-they all make a home feel more...


Weekend DIY: Organize your garage
Home Renovations

Weekend DIY: Organize your garage

North Americans are funny: we pack our garages full of worthless stuff–half-empty paint cans, broken rakes, old bikes–while...


Repair cracks in your foundation
Home Renovations, Outdoor Renovations

Repair cracks in your foundation

Size does matter when it comes to cracks in your foundation. When to fix it yourself and when to call in the experts


Install a pressed tin backsplash
Home Renovations

Install a pressed tin backsplash

The idea of covering walls and ceilings with metal panels painted to look like plasterwork was first seen in North America around...


Renovation survival guide
Home Renovations

Renovation survival guide

When Sabah Mirza and her husband, Asim Rashid, decided to put a nanny suite in the basement of their west-end Toronto house, they...


Put up a tin ceiling
Home Renovations

Put up a tin ceiling

The whole concept of covering walls and ceilings with metal originated in mid-19th century North America, when people began...

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