Making your laundry room efficient and beautiful

Making your laundry room efficient and beautiful

In the not-too-distant past, the laundry room often meant a dreary corner of the basement where a washer and, if you were lucky, a dryer fought for space with the kids’ sports equipment, battered furniture and musty boxes of books. No more. Today’s laundry rooms are...
Giving back: everyone wins

Giving back: everyone wins

Bleak news stories, political polarization, the pandemic: no wonder so many of us have occasionally felt isolated and powerless the past couple of years. But there’s a solution: giving back. Whether you volunteer at a seniors’ centre or just become a regular blood...
Keep your family and home safe in an emergency

Keep your family and home safe in an emergency

Are you prepared to keep your family and home safe in an emergency? Most Canadians aren’t. For instance, fewer than half of us have an emergency kit. Yet in Ottawa, we have witnessed the destruction of the 2022 derecho, tornadoes in both 2018 and 2019, floods in 2017...
Top tips on winter home maintenance

Top tips on winter home maintenance

Canadian winters are tough and that makes winter home maintenance essential for protecting the spaces we love. The average homeowner can do a lot of basic maintenance themselves, but if you’re uncertain or uneasy about some tasks, try asking neighbours or friends...