The Ontario Building Code bible is thick, real thick. Why So? Three short words: for your safety. No matter whether you are renovating or building in Muskoka or not, it serves a very good purpose. Yet, there seems to be this notion out there to skip the hassle of permits in general. Yes it will extend your timeline, add a little more to your cost [...]
It was a weird weather winter in Muskoka indeed. What was a winter wonderland promptly exited in advance of Family Day Wknd (mid February) and it's been mixed bagged ever since. Now sitting on the 'will it flood fence' with mere hours until we find out we have to highlight their efforts this season, but first recall the following: We told you how they decide to draw down [...]
Recall my love for Annie Sloan's chalk paint and all my furniture projects, then get a load of this brilliance. Painted Tree Sometimes you just don't have room for a tree that eats 75 feet of ribbon (!!) like mine did this season. Odds are you've got twigs or branches outside the door, and some rope kicking about. Voila.... Dry the wood and trim the branches [...]
Muskoka - the land of DIY projects, and many of them not intentional! It's probably one of few places in the world where the hand-me-down capita, in both properties and contents, exceeds any other place in the country. Why? I can't answer that but every single person who has spent time here has some personal connection to the area, and with that comes buildings full [...]
It's the most magical time of the year; frigid snow is pretty and all, but a colorful tree vista beats it any day. If you're idea of a good time involves fresh air, light exercise and a grounding experience in beauty we can't recommend Muskoka enough. But where to go without spending a fortune on said experience? 7. Get Cultured at The Tree Museum - [...]
Flip a home ... it goes without saying that no one is going to be remotely interested in going inside if they do a drive-by and don't like what they see on the outside. Likewise, if the first picture on realtor.ca is ugly they won't click through the rest. The second rule of reselling homes is spend money where it counts - on curb appeal. [...]
We've been so crazy busy lately that I forgot that we had tickets to the Gravenhurst theatre, thankfully remembering a few hours shy of the curtain call! Pretty happy that I did because we spent two hours in a suprisingly non-packed theatre watching four extremely talented actors/tresses execute a brilliantly clever and witty theatre production called THUMBS. Having never stepped foot inside the Gravenhurst Opera [...]
Spring may have sprung, or in the case of last weekend, summer, but today is far more exciting than any day yet because docks have resurfaced on Lake Muskoka! That's right no more this ... While it could have been alot worse in the end, and very few folks will arrive to find scenes like this rather more like this, it just's a reminder that this [...]
