Whether you are planning to invest your own sweat equity in a complete kitchen remodel or simply hope to make a few quick changes over the weekend, when every penny counts it's important to choose projects that will make a big impact for the lowest price possible. Stay focused on the results you are after (put on blinders when you walk past those $1,000 light fixtures) and be willing to get y ...
After living in Italy for six months, she had her heart set on Carrara marble for the shower, and knew she wanted to mix in repurposed salvage pieces.http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/7673545/list?utm_source=Houzz&utm_campaign=u242&utm_medium=email&utm_content=gallery19
Higher interest rates and modest economic growth will weigh on Canada's housing market, leading to "measly annual price gains" of 2 percent over the next decade, according to TD economists.http://www.bnn.ca/News/2013/3/11/Home-prices-to-gain-just-2-over-decade-TD.aspx
China's plans to unlock what could be the world's biggest shale gas reserves risk running further off track after 16 firms awarded exploration rights in the latest auction lacked one core skill - not one has drilled a gas well before.
Beijing is hoping shale gas can transform the country in the same way as the U.S. boom, though to date there has been little commercial production and a target ...
The euro zone crisis is not over, France is slipping on reforms and the Bundesbank has set aside billions in new provisions for what it sees as risky European Central Bank moves, Germany's central bank said on Tuesday.http://www.bnn.ca/News/2013/3/12/Euro-zone-crisis-not-over-ECBs-Weidmann.aspx
Canadian employers are likely to keep adding jobs in the second quarter but at a slightly slower pace than in the first quarter, with the highest growth in the transportation and utilities sectors, according to a survey released on Tuesday.http://www.bnn.ca/News/2013/3/12/Employers-to-keep-adding-jobs-in-Q2-Manpower.aspx
The redevelopment of St. Patrick’s Island will also include specially designed play areas for children; 1.6 kilometres of paved and soft pathways for running, riding and strolling; elevated walkways to showcase and educate on the island’s natural habitat; public washrooms and utility sheds and increased parking capacity near the Calgary Zoo to facilitate family picnics and gatherings.https:// ...
There are countless underprivileged people living in unregulated, unsafe, slum-like conditions like these who literally have no recourse. They put up with unspeakable conditions because they have nowhere else to go. If tenants complain, the only thing the city can do is to shut the “slum” landlords down, and effectively kick the tenants out. How can the city force improvements to something th ...