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  • 5 Valuable Winter Preparedness Tips for Exterior Home Repairs
    If the winters in Ontario are anything like the ones we have in Grand Rapids, no one wants to be out in the freezing cold carrying out exterior home repairs in the thick of winter, especially when there is a severe winter weather advisory. It is a scenario you can avoid by preparing for winter ...
  • Can Trendy Railings Increase The Value of Your Home?
     Is your home on the market for resale, but clients are not showing much interest? Do you have a deck, porch, septic tank, pool or balcony? Need an idea? Click here to see well-designed rail systems. If this is your story, the idea I present in this piece should urge you to explore the options. ...
  • Key Tips When Choosing a Garage Door
    Selecting the right kind of garage door for your home doesn’t have to be difficult or time-consuming; however, it does require a plan and deciding which type of garage will work best for your family. It is also important before selecting a garage door, to write down the style of garage you want, the ...
  • How To Add Space To Your Home With A Garden Building
     The majority of professional interior designers and home based amateurs alike think only of the inside of your home, when you try to find ways to manage extra space from the confines of your current household. You can move some walls internally to help you find a space and you can move up into the ...
  • Picking the right paint colors for your home
    Picking the right paint colors for your home can be a tough decision.  As homeowners, you’re representing a part of yourself through your home, and paint colors really do set the tone for the rooms.  The ability to make a room look fashionable comes with experience and creativity.  At ottawa commercial painters, we know that ...
  • Add a Pergola to your Backyard
    Pergolas, often also called lattice covers, have been popular additions to backyards for many years, appreciated both for their decorative aspect and for the way they can expand living space into the outdoors. They started as humble garden structures, but today, they not only provide an inviting place to relax and enjoy garden views, they ...
  • Should I invest in a privacy fence?
     Sure privacy is nice, especially for swimming pools in your backyard, but there are both benefits and downfalls to these fences. Privacy fences are tall enough to ward off unwanted attention, sometimes as tall as 8 feet. So if you plan on laying out near the pool and you’re worried about unwanted attention, they are ...
  • How Much Does Your Vinyl Fence and Garden Affect the Value of Your Home?
    When it comes to valuing your home, you should take every aspect into consideration; interior as well as exterior. It is of vital importance that your garden is in tip-top shape; otherwise you could end up with potential value slipping through your fingers. It is important however, not to over-do it. When potential buyers view ...
  • Stamped Concrete VS Pavers
    When looking at patio materials I often find my clients choosing between two surfaces, interlocking paving stones and stamped concrete. My business offers interlocking pavers as part of our landscape construction service so what follows might seem a little biased but in my opinion discusses some real world issues with stamped concrete. When done correctly ...
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