Two smart people doing stupid things? Surely not. And yet, for far too long, we had no interior door handles. Questions of fire safety spring to mind… we do know better. As such, here’s a retrospective public service – passing along a non-alcoholic portion of our nightly routine. Whether moving and unpacking, rearranging or renovating, almost all [...]
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Tip #99: “Clean like you’ve never cleaned before” (page 11). I’m going to hate selling. Tip #1? ”Start packing! Begin the move-out process as soon as you decide to sell” (page 5). I’m going to love selling. I didn’t expect to enjoy a book by two realtors… but it’s lovely. For such a skinny little book, I [...]
After Eights? I’ll eat the whole box. After eight on a Sunday night? A demoralizing time to look up bathroom photography tips. I dread the photo part of blogging – it looks great in real life, and yet I’m never satisfied with my photos. Darren Rowse, help! I spent 6 hours preparing the bathroom “after” [...]
Discounting the bathtub, our bathroom floorspace is 24.4444444444 square feet. Give or take. Subtract the considerable area needed for the counter, toilet and the door swinging open – you’ll struggle to shake a cat & emerge unscathed. For Vancouver one-bedrooms its size is standard, normal for any buyer in this bracket. No need for miracles, [...]
I return from the fray (removing our ugly bedroom‘s popcorn ceiling) with gifts, tips and good news: turns out, I’m a spackling god. Care to join me in the league of the gifted? Read on, as I share my rockstar spackling tips: What’s spackling? Many Canadians also call it ‘skim coating’. As in “skim coating a [...]
We’ve barely started and already apartment hunting kinda sucks. Where’s the eBay “buy now” button? We’re not used to looking and waiting anymore. The search criteria we gave Agent Awesome make it seem that we’ll settle for just any apartment, if the price and ugly factor are right. Not so. Girl’s gotta have standards, even when her [...]
