Archive for month: April, 2014

Investing in an income suite: Q&A with HGTV’s Lisa Colalillo

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If you’ve been following our blog you already know that we’re huge HGTV fans.  Remember our PARA Blog Crew submission video??  Yea….it’s a problem.  On any given day you can pretty much guarantee there’s an episode of one of HGTV Canada’s many awesome shows providing the soundtrack to our household.

One show in particular that we’ve been enjoying in this season’s lineup is Critical Listing.  If you’re not familiar with the show, you really should get familiar! Read more

SPRING FEVER with the PARA Blog Crew

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Well it’s finally here! It’s Spring Fever Reveal day & I’m pretty excited to share what Kes & I’ve been slaving over working on!

When I think of spring projects for the home, the first things that tend to come to mind are storage and organization.  So when we were tasked with a ‘spring paint projects’ challenge, we wanted to find an area of the house where we could solve a problem while adding a bit of style. Read more

Spring is (finally) in the air…

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It’s April!!! And after months of snow, ice and Polar Vortex temperatures, Mother Nature is finally giving us a bit of a reprive (knock on wood) from what felt like the longest. winter. ever! Oh – and let me take a minute to say thank you for the overwhelmingly positive emails, text messages & blog comments I received after my last post.  It’s funny how a public online meltdown always manages to provide the most reader engagement.  So thanks guys for allowing me to vent.  
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