6 Ways to Prepare Meals During a Kitchen Renovation

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6 Ways to Prepare Meals During a Kitchen Renovation

Figuring out how to prepare meals and feed your family during a kitchen renovation can be quite a challenge! Eating out at restaurants can be quite expensive, and unless you go to high-end restaurants, the meals are typically not that healthy or nutritious. We’ve come up with six solutions to this problem, and if you utilize one or more of them, getting through your kitchen renovation without your kitchen will be a breeze!

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Creating a Multi-Generational Home

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Creating a Multi-Generational Home

For many reasons, multi-generational homes are becoming more popular. Adult children and their kids are moving back home to live with their parents. Elderly parents are moving in with their adult children. There are advantages and disadvantages to multi-generational living, but in most cases, the positive far outweighs the negative. We explore what forms the basis of multi-generational living, discuss the pros and cons, and talk about the ways you can transform your home to make it a comfortable space for all generations living under one roof.

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A Guide to Ontario Electrical Code and Your Home

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A Guide to Ontario Electrical Code and Your Home

We go into many homes to do home inspections, renovations, and repairs. We seldom leave those homes without finding at least one or two electrical safety code violations. More often than not, we see a lot more than two! Some of the violations are minor, but others are serious enough that they could cause a fire. This post discusses the most common electrical code violations that might exist in your home and tells you how to go about ensuring the safety of your family.

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Benefits of a White Kitchen

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Benefits of a White Kitchen

Classic white continues to be one of the most popular colours for kitchens. They never look dated and always remain 'in style'. When my clients ask my opinion on what colour they should select for their kitchens, I always recommend that they consider white. You can always add some interest to your kitchen through the use of colour and texture elsewhere in the room. In this post, we explore the benefits of a white kitchen and offer suggestions on how you can opt for white while ensuring your kitchen still looks and feels interesting.

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How to Add Texture to a Room

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How to Add Texture to a Room

If you’re a décor enthusiast and love looking through design magazines and watching HGTV, you’ve probably heard that one of the best ways to add interest to a room is through texture. But texture can refer to almost every surface in a room, so where do you start? Adding or layering texture properly can make the difference between a well-orchestrated room and one that looks like a mish-mash of your latest yard sale finds. In this post, we offer many ideas for simple things you can do to add interest and texture to your home.

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Window Leak to Dream Basement and Laundry Room

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Window Leak to Dream Basement and Laundry Room

It started out as a small leak coming from the window well. The final result was a complete transformation of their basement and laundry room. After a terrible first meeting with the contractors the insurance company sent over, our clients in North Oshawa asked for referrals from their friends. Enter Multi-Trade Building Services! We show you the before and after photos and talk about some of the unique features of this project!

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