Homes

After years of watching Lynn Weisberg purchase garment after garment, boutique manager Karen Ciurca-Weiner finally told her loyal customer a hard truth - she needed to stop buying and start looking at what she had.

Mobster's Miami Beach-area mansion is for sale for $10 million

Shades that slap you silly are making a comeback. They fled from the '80s to the spring runways. Now, neon colours are coming to living rooms. Today's neons aren't timid.

You can dream the dream, but you need to do the work to get results

Q: Can I compost my cat litter? A: Composting pet waste is possible, but doing so safely at home is complicated and time-consuming, said Fred Michel, an associate professor of biosystems engineering and a composting specialist.

Q: I have a great outdoor furniture set that is a little over 20 years old. The chairs are very comfortable but they need new cushions. Hence, the problem. They are Samsonite chairs and the cushions were manufactured by Hoover Industries in Florida.

A simple request for "a really neat" front door by a client snowballed into a one-of-a-kind theme home that stole the night at the recent Vancouver Island Canadian Home Builders' Association CARE (Construction Achievements and Renovations of Excellen

Q: Is it worthwhile to add a dehumidifier to an existing heating system? If so, approximately how much would it cost? I have a gas-fired furnace and central air.

In places like Haiti and Kenya, it's not so easy to spruce up the walls

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