Category Archives: Tips & Finds Blog
Checklist for getting your home’s interior ready for the market!
Here’s some great tips to help you get your house ready for the market: Check that all plumbing and electrics are in good condition Repair and re-paint interior walls (use damp sponge with leftover paint for quick fixes or re-paint … Continue reading
Checklist to get your home’s exterior ready for the market!
Here are some great tips to help you make your home’s exterior inviting with some great curb appeal! After all, if they don’t like what they see on the outside, they’re not going to want to look at the inside! … Continue reading
How to be organized, stylish AND sane for the Holidays!
Start today: Clean the house room by room. Pick a room each day or call your cleaning lady to discuss a plan for getting it done. Purge and declutter to make room for guests: First, take inventory: Who will sleep … Continue reading
Calling all Foodies… Panchancho Bakery’s full of culinary delights!
Visited my old university stomping grounds this week in Kingston, Ontario and a trip to K-town just wouldn’t be complete without a stop at Chez Piggy for lunch and the Panchancho Bakery for desert! This trip we lucked out big … Continue reading
Top 10 Fall Maintenance Tips!
1.) Examine your roof/gutters/downspouts for debris: Your roof is often forgotten about because it is not at eye level to give you a subtle reminder every time you walk past it. Clear leaves, dirt, and pine needles from gutters and examine … Continue reading
Fall in love with Fall!
Warm sweaters, leaves in all those gorgeous tawny colours, pumpkins, ghouls and goblins… what’s not to love! And our homes reflect this return to warmth and comfort in the colours that we decorate with, the layers that we add and … Continue reading
Art Elevates!
Want to bring elegance and sophistication to a home for sale? The answer is original art. By adding even just a few pieces of tasteful original art – oil or acrylic paintings on canvas in particular – in key focal … Continue reading
Summer Loving!
What a summer! And what’s not to love about summer decorating… shedding the layers and keeping it simple and fresh! Here’s a few ideas for great summer decorating and entertaining: – Flowers and greenery from the garden for centerpieces… hydrangea, … Continue reading
Is this the same Leslieville?
Wow! My old stomping grounds of Leslieville (lived there from 1998 to 2001) has sure changed! I drive through there via Queen east all the time to get from the Beach to downtown but this week, I decided to park … Continue reading


