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Doors: Are They a Help or a Hassle?

Doors: Are They a Help or a Hassle?

There are lots of expressions incorporating the word door.  For example, higher education can open doors to better paying jobs. This of course means: to provide new opportunities or possibilities. The Myriam-Webster definition of open door is: 1 :  a recognized right...

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Raised Gardens Save Bad Backs

Raised Gardens Save Bad Backs

No-Work Garden. What? Yah Right. So, my mom loaned me an older book yesterday called No-Work Garden Book by Ruth Stout. The first sentence in Chapter one reads, “When someone, not long ago, saw my garden for the first time and heard the method I’ve worked out, she...

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Unlock the Mysteries of Choosing Paint Colors

Unlock the Mysteries of Choosing Paint Colors

Yellow or red or blue or white or green; how on earth do you make a decision about paint color? If you take it step by step, you won’t go wrong. Familiarizing yourself with the color wheel will be a great help too. So grab a color wheel and let's go. Using a color...

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This White has Got to Go

This White has Got to Go

White cabinets and off white floors are the bane of my existence. They need to leave this house. Now. After vacuuming my kitchen floor I started spot cleaning with a sponge. At least it started off as a spot clean, but very quickly escalated to an almost full out on...

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Home Elevators: An Idea Whose Time has Come.

Home Elevators: An Idea Whose Time has Come.

You’ve heard of the expression “stack the deck”. Right. But what about stacking closets? The outcome is the same because you win. But instead of having to cheat. You just have to plan ahead. Include this in your plans today. Stacking closets is something that you...

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Making Vancouver more accessible

Snippet from article on Spinal Cord Injury BC website. Read full article On September 25, 2013, Vancouver City Council unanimously passed bylaw changes that will enhance the accessibility and adaptability of new homes in Vancouver. Their decision also contained a...

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Do not regret growing older, it’s a privilege denied to many  — Unknown

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Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many  — Unknown

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