| The Province - Homes Tuesday, March 9, 2010 2:09:40 AM CST The new in new westInterUrban will have big views of historic city -- PAGES D2-3 Saturday, March 6, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST Floored by hardwoodsDurability and sustainability are two of the reasons why wood
has replaced carpeting in popularity in the main living areas of a
house. Traditional hardwoods like oak and maple have been joined by
bamboo, cork and reclaimed wood. Bamboo reaches maturity in six
years and can be continually harvested. With cork, the bark of a
tree is harvested every few years without killing the tree. Shown
here, a dining... Saturday, March 6, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST Adhere to bylaws, but cherry-picking is tabooDear Condo Smarts: Our strata council is confused on how to
apply our bylaws. Saturday, March 6, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST Tower rises in style in New WestminsterA subtle pride permeates the Inter-Urban new-home project in
New Westminster -- pride in the 18-storey building, but also in the
neighbourhood in which it is located. Saturday, March 6, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST Basil thrives on sunny windowsillsQ: Is it possible to grow basil indoors? I know it cannot be
seeded or transplanted outdoors until late spring. I am craving some
fresh, homegrown basil. I am fond also of cilantro. Saturday, March 6, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST Art you can live withKinichi Shigeno is an award-winning veteran artisan whose
ceramic works have been showcased both locally and overseas. Hamza
Vora and Raneen Nosh are novice artisans whose tile creations have
just recently made their public introduction. Saturday, March 6, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST (c) CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. Vancouver Sun - West Coast Homes Tuesday, March 9, 2010 1:31:17 AM CST Home and Garden, from the Rockies to the St . LawrenceOTTAWA, TORONTO, CALGARY: New homes, and new or renewed forms of
homes, are a year-round attachment of Canadian home-and-garden
journalism. Generating newspaper attention recently was the growing
appreciation for the townhouse in Ottawa, top; the showhome of a
highrise-development in the Toronto suburb of Brampton, above left;
and a showhome for a tract-housing development in north Calgary. You
can... Friday, March 5, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST News In Brief'Upcycling' is one of those reminders of the elasticity of the
English language. The word 'upcycle' has only appeared in this
newspaper twice in the last 10 years. It means, according to one of
the 342,000 Internet sites in which the word appears, the
"repurposing of a material into a product of higher quality. An
example would be a purse made out of woven candy wrappers." It must
have considerable... Friday, March 5, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST Builder scales apartments to appeal to downsizersCASCADE -- Project location: Westwood Plateau, Coquitlam Friday, March 5, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST Ginger delivers promised spice to Main StreetGINGER -- Project location: Strathcona, Vancouver Friday, March 5, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST Annual seminar a promise of useful tips for new buyersPETER SIMPSON -- peter Friday, March 5, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST Inventor shares his vision with home-show visitorsIt may look like a spaceship, but it's not from Mars -- it's
from Montreal. The model of a futuristic single-family home called
'Homerizon' was created by Jean-Pierre Desmarais and on display at
the Cottage and Country Homes show held last weekend in the Quebec
city. Most visitors to the show had never seen anything like it:
rising high above the trees, a mushroom-shaped building with an
elevator in... Friday, March 5, 2010 11:00:00 PM CST (c) CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. |
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