Homeowners rush to get renovation materials before tax credit deadline
Home Depot designer Monica LeTendre, right, helps customer Margaret Wong with bathroom renovation ideas at a Home Depot store in Edmonton, Saturday, January 30, 2010.
Margaret Wong's husband, Karl, is going to install a surround tub in their bathroom -- but he was blissfully unaware of it when his weekend started.
His wife raced off to a Home Depot in the Edmonton area alone to buy one before the federal Home Renovation Tax Credit program ended Sunday.
Full StoryHow to choose a hardwood floor
Travis Nephin, left, and Chris Sylvestre of Westboro Flooring carefully create a temporary pattern before installing oak flooring in a Tamarack home in Findlay Creek. (CanWest News Service)
You can't discuss buying or renovating homes these
days without uttering the word "upgrade" somewhere along the way, and
hardwood flooring ranks among the top features buyers choose.
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Hipster 'hood, sexy loft, grey hair
Rather than run away to where retirees are supposed to hide out until they die, more Boomers want to continue in the spotlight and at the centre of the action. It's a hip condo downtown, not a cabin in the mountains they choose. (Photos.com)
Boomers are acting younger every day. Alert to this,
developers, designers and retailers are changing their assumptions
about what people older than 50 want at home.
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Easy Holiday Cleanup
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From packing up ornaments to getting tinsel off the tree, try these tips for taking down the holiday decorations.Full Story
Top 10 Indoor Plants
Don't let anyone fool you -- indoor gardening is just as fun as having an outdoor garden.
