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All About Area Rugs

Exciting design options can sometimes become daunting when you actually begin to place furniture in an open-concept home. Without walls to define spaces, where do you begin? Area rugs are a key organizational tool for designing rooms within large spaces. With a beautiful rug, you may outline a foyer where ...

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5 Types of Fireplaces for Condos and Houses

It’s already dropped to around -20 degrees celsius and we’re just getting started with winter. If you don’t have a fireplace to curl up in front of this winter, we bet you wish you did. If you’re thinking of getting one, you have to do a lot of research because ...

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Home Staging 101

It’s officially winter. So, what better time than to focus inward, to preparing a home to make it presentable and ready for showing. In its simplest form, home staging means making a home presentable for presentation. Please note, the tips that follow are not intended to replace the services of ...

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Happy Holidays Everyone!

  December, 2016 Dear Family, Friends, Past and Future Clients, Season’s Greetings!!  The team at Your Neighbourhood Realtors would like to wish you and your family all the best throughout this joyous time. As the end of the 2016 year comes to a close, we can’t help but reflect on ...

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Create A Book Nook

Creating a charming book nook in your home is much easier than you might think. You don’t need wall-to-wall shelving or an overstuffed chair next to a roaring fire (although if that’s what you’re working with, great!) All you really need to create your reading nook is a comfy place ...

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Protect Yourself From Basement Apartment Pitfalls

A basement apartment might be just what you need to provide the added income to make your dream purchase affordable, but beware of the pitfalls and remember that you as a purchaser assume all the liability of a home that doesn’t comply, regardless of when you bought it. Smart real ...

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