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Need an outstanding landscaper in Winnipeg?

As a real estate agent in Winnipeg, I’ve had the pleasure of connecting with many excellent service professionals in related industries, such as lawyers, mortgage brokers, insurance and moving industries and more. For example, I know a great landscaper to whom I happily refer my friends, family and clients. This landscaper can handle almost any of your residential and commercial landscaping needs:

Residential Landscaping

From design to the finished product, they can handle it all. Patios, decks, shrubbery, trees, flower beds and gardens. No job is too small, or too big.

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They can handle your spring and fall clean-ups and everything in between.

Commercial Landscaping

Improve your business’ curb appeal with some new landscape designs and ideas.

If you need a reliable landscaper in Winnipeg, e-mail me anytime at [email protected] and I will be happy to make the referral.

Synthetic Wicker Furniture Perfect for your Home in any weather …

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Synthetic Wicker furniture for your home or patio, stands up to extreme cold and heat, long lasting, looks great.

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Synthetic Wicker Furniture Perfect for your Home

Why Synthetic Wicker might just be perfect for your home or patio

Most homes these days tend to have patios and in recent years decking has become a trend which just seems to be growing with every passing summer. As humans we love to be outdoors in the fresh air, especially when the weather’s good or, let’s face it, not below freezing.

Thanks to what many scientists insist is global warming, we’ve certainly seen our fair share of extreme weather over the past few years. As a result it’s made our decking areas, if left uncovered, slippery and rather hazardous. But what the constant dripping of water has done to our patio furniture hardly bears thinking about. Rusted metal tables and wonky plastic chairs – we’ve seen it all and are now paying for those late nights when we went to bed declaring that we’d tidy up and put the patio furniture away the following morning.

And that’s why we’ve had to look for robust patio furniture which can put up with the extremes in temperature that Winnipeg receives.

Synthetic wicker is one such material. It looks just like the real thing (i.e. cane or natural wicker) but won’t fall apart or lose its looks with the rain and sun’s rays – even if it’s left out uncovered. That’s because it’s constructed from polyethylene – an extremely robust plastic like material.

When applied to an aluminium frame the wicker is like a shield from the rain and other weather hazards ensuring the chair – or table – remains as good looking as the day it was purchased. It can in fact withstand temperatures ranging from minus 70 to plus 80 degrees centigrade.

Advantages of synthetic wicker

It’s a lightweight material so very easy to move around when you fancy a change of scene in your garden
It is available in a variety of styles, sizes and colors
It can survive even the most extreme changes in temperature, from sub-zero winters to scorching summers.
Works out very inexpensive considering it’ll last for decades
It doesn’t absorb dirt in the same way plastic would so it doesn’t need a lot of maintenance to continue to look and feel good

Wicker sofa set from Bridgman

Personally we believe the most impressive aspect of synthetic wicker is the looks factor. It’s just so stylish!
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Get It Done: Winterize Your Patio (12 photos)

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There’s nothing like a hurricane to remind us that we haven’t properly prepped the patio and deck for inclement weather. For those of you lucky enough to have evaded Sandy’s path, take this opportunity to get your outdoor spaces ready for the upcoming cold months. As the last of the leaves drop, it’s…

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Home Staging Tip #2: Curb Appeal

The old saying “You never get a 2nd chance to make a 1st impression” is especially true in real estate. Whether you’re selling a house or a condo, in a hot or a slow market, as the seller you want to make a great first impression. Home Staging can help with this, and improving curb appeal is a vital part. Quite often, buyers will do a ‘drive-by’ of your property, to gauge whether they want to call their own agent and invest their time in viewing your house or condo further. If during this drive-by they see things they don’t like, the buyers may just decide to keep drivin’.

Home Staging your Curb Appeal

At the very least, home sellers should make sure that the exterior of the home is well repaired. Shingles are in good shape, no damaged siding and no flaking paint. And home staging should not stop with the house itself. Shrubs should be manicured, lawns cut, fertilized and weeded and sidewalks cleaned.

Winter Staging

In the winter, sidewalks should be shoveled to the front and around the side of the house. If you have a deck or patio, it should also be cleared of snow, so that buyers can see what they’re getting. Take down any decorations (Christmas, Halloween, New Years etc) as soon as that particular festivity is over.

Enjoy the Home Staging Video #2: Curb Appeal.

How a successful home stager can help sell your home : Winnipeg’s …

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Home staging is beneficial to all home sellers, in any real estate market. Here are traits of successful stagers.

Kitchen of the Week: Stirring Up Two Styles in San Diego (5 photos)

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How a successful home stager can help sell your home

Traits of a successful home stager

Erik Braunitzer of Douglas Elliman Real Estate Company.

Today’s challenging real estate market makes a successful and effective home stager critically important. One highly effective sales tactic in the Manhattan real estate market is to have a property staged appealingly for a gala party that many other real estate companies are invited to. In this way, the “word” gets out about the property and many more potential buyers are contacted about its availability. But it takes a successful home stager to set up something so elegant and detailed as a gala.

Below is a list of traits that certainly help differentiate a successful home stager from one that may not be ready for such a task.

Imagery is Everything

The way a property is initially presented will have a lasting impact on potential buyers. The image of a property and the feel of the space will impact buyers immediately. If a property does not feel good or look appealing, a buyer will be quickly turned off. A successful home stage will know how to appropriately capitalize on creating an appealing, warm and interesting presentation for a home.

Curiosity

A successful home stager in the Manhattan real estate market will be quite curious about the property. There are an enormous number of variations of living spaces in Manhattan. Some properties offer roof top gardens, swimming pools and doormen. The varieties and histories of the various properties are endless. A good home stager will take the unique aspects of the property into account as he or she prepares it to be shown.

Professionalism

Of course, a successful home stage must be very professional. There are often difficulties in preparing a property for the initial showing to other brokers and potential buyers. A home stager who loses his or her cool, or who is difficult to work with, will make the process much less enjoyable and less successful. An effective home stager will know how to get things done in an efficient manner, without impeding cooperative working relationships among all of the interested parties.

Sustainable Efforts and Rewards

A good home staging will yield great rewards. For example, if a home stager is being asked to prepare a home to be shown to a young couple with a baby on the way, landscaping the yard and baking chocolate chip cookies in the oven during the time of the showing will lend a sense of comfort and a feeling of home to the prospective couple. These staging techniques are affordable, sustainable and may generate quick and lucrative rewards.

Resourcefulness

A great home stager will also display ample amounts of resourcefulness. Many upscale homes will have a certain flare or flavor. Capitalizing on that initial style with additional appropriately matched unique pieces of furniture and artwork may increase the offer on a property by several thousand dollars. The “feel” of a home that is shown to a potential buyer will either pique a buyer’s interest or diminish it. The resourcefulness of a home stager, in acquiring and setting the stage for a successful showing with beautiful decor, can go a long way towards obtaining a lucrative offer on a property in the Manhattan real estate market.

A successful home stager will demonstrate a number of important traits when he or she is preparing a property to be shown to prospective buyers. A great home stager will be professional, resourceful and curious. He or she will also be aware that the image and context within which the buyer sees the property is critically important to the buying process. An effective home stager will also make a sustainable effort towards keeping the property in top showing condition, in order to generate lucrative financial rewards for all involved parties.

Home Staging Tip #1 – Winnipeg’s Real Estate Blog

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Staging your home or condo before sale may be advisable. Video tips on improving Air Quality, Pet odors and more.

A Screened-In Porch Communes With Nature (7 photos)

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Home Renovations: Which home improvements give the best r.o.i.

Which home improvements give the best return on investment?

Home Owners often ask: ‘Which home renovations increase the value of my house, and assure that I get ‘top-dollar’ when selling?’ While there is no hard-and-fast rule, here is a sobering statistic from the Appraisal Institute of Canada:

The Appraisal Institute of Canada compared typical costs for renovations versus the impact on a home’s selling price to come up with a “payback range” for common projects.

Bathroom reno: 75% to 100%
Kitchen reno: 75% to 100%
Installing a deck: 25% to 75%
Exterior siding: 50% to 75%
Flooring upgrade: 50% to 75%
Basement reno: 50% to 75%

Why do I say “sobering”? If you look closely, you will see that none of the estimates exceed 100%. In other words, they are suggesting that if you spend $5,000 on siding, your home’s value would only increase by between $2,500 and $3750 (50% to 75%). On the surface, it would not seem a worthwhile investment to improve your home for the purpose of increasing it’s resale value. So does it make sense to improve before selling? Maybe…. depending on your answers to two major questions!

Those two major questions are 1) What is the current condition of the item which you are thinking of improving, and 2) Can you do some of the labor yourself, thereby saving money. Lets take a look at what I mean:

1) Current Condition

On this topic my advice is “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Lets use the example of a furnace. If your home has a 10 yrs old, mid-efficient furnace, it should be working fine. Replacing THAT with a brand new, $3500 H.E. unit will in most cases, not increase the value of the house by an equal or greater amount.

On the other hand, if your furnace hums and howls and is the size of a sub-compact car, buyers might be turned off from making an offer. Installing a new, energy efficient unit would probably we a worthwhile home renovations project. Much the same applies for most other home renovations projects: Is the current item in good condition, or will it detract from the home? Is the kitchen falling apart, or merely ‘dated’ in appearance. Are carpets just a little worn, or can you see the sub-floor and notice every spot where “whiskers blew chunks”?

2) Home Renovations D.I.Y.

I am going to assume that the Appraisal Institute used, for its calculations, prices that included professional labor. So the question is: how much (if anything) can you do yourself. If you’re fairly handy, painting the interior of your home is probably one of the best home renovations projects you can tackle. Another high-value/low-cost improvement is modernizing the lights. Go with bright, modern lighting, such as halogen, and keep the twisty florescent bulbs for your next home. They might save money in electricity, but their slow start-up and dim lighting don’t help sell a house. In any case, completing home renovations by yourself will drastically improve the return-on-investment numbers, provided the renos are done well. Buyers and their agents can spot poorly done D.I.Y. home renovations, and the result is lower offers and a slower selling home.

So, keeping the above rules in mind, Home Renovations done right can and will improve your sales price.

Selling your house or condo? 8 truths home stagers know

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Wall Art for Traditional Living Rooms Can Fit or Break the Mold (10 photos)

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Winnipeg Art Gallery is a respected Winnipeg attraction

100 years of renowned art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery

Celebrating its 100^th year in 2012, the Winnipeg Art Gallery is an iconic establishment in downtown Winnipeg. The modern building is located right on Memorial Boulevard, mere blocks away from the University of Winnipeg. Containing nearly 24,000 works of art, the Winnipeg Art Gallery is a testament to its mission of encouraging the creation and presentation of art.

The Winnipeg Art Gallery is the sixth largest gallery in Canada and a destination not to be missed. Promoting the visual arts in Manitoba and around the world, the Winnipeg Art Gallery makes a point of displaying art from a variety of sources. Exhibitions have included everything from Renaissance paintings to modernist traditions to crafts made of iron, clay and beads. Expect anything and everything related to the visual arts to find its way to the Winnipeg Art Gallery!

Local artists, rooftop patio and educational programs well-loved at the Winnipeg Art Gallery

This downtown Winnipeg attraction also places a strong emphasis on supporting local and Inuit artists. Be sure to check out exhibitions showcasing beautiful Inuit sculptures, clothing and wall art. It is a wonderful way to learn more about Canadian culture.

And while you are there, why not enjoy lunch at the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Storm Bistro, located on the penthouse level? You will have the opportunity to take pleasure in a great view of downtown Winnipeg as well as the impressive outdoor sculpture garden. It is a unique place to have a cup of coffee after you have toured the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Discussing art over lunch is a wonderful way to spend an afternoon.

In addition to ever-changing exhibitions, the Winnipeg Art Gallery hosts a variety of educational programs for you and your children alike. Studio programs are provided throughout the year to offer art instruction and workshops. “Art for Lunch” is a program with regular talks and tours of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and it gives you the chance to get out of the office midday. During the summer, enrolling your children in a week-long summer art camp is a must.

Boasting collections which depict Canadian, Inuit, international and decorative art, as well as photography and works on paper, the Winnipeg Art Gallery does its best to display a variety of different forms of visual arts. There’s something for everyone at this downtown Winnipeg hotspot!

Visit the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s website for more information at www.wag.ca.

Sagan Morrow owns an open-concept condo in Winnipeg’s Exchange District and loves downtown living. By night she writes the blog Living Healthy in the Real World and is the Executive Director for The Food Label Movement; by day, she coordinates the Dig In local food campaign for Food Matters Manitoba. Sagan has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Rhetoric, Writing and Communications and is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist. She enjoys taking in the theatre and art culture of downtown Winnipeg during her spare time.

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Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival a cultural event in Winnipeg

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12 days of Fringe Festival Theatre in Winnipeg The Fringe Festival is one of the best-loved events that takes place every year in downtown Winnipeg – and when you consider the sheer number and variety of festivals, concerts and events that occur in the heart of Winnipeg, that’s saying quite a bit! From Wednesday July […]

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Enjoy the outdoors this summer in downtown Winnipeg

Many fun things to do in downtown Winnipeg

Summer is a great time to get outside and enjoy the beautiful sunny and warm weather right here in Winnipeg. Why not take an extended lunch break over the next month and…

Attend an Out to Lunch concert. These concert series are taking place every Wednesday until mid-August this summer. Located at the Air Canada Park (355 Portage Avenue at Carlton), the concerts go from 12 noon until 1:00 p.m. They are free to all who are interested, and the concerts feature fantastic local talent including the Salinas band, The Dead Stringers, Kyla Cederwall and others. Enjoy these hour-long performances rain or shine! Chairs are provided for all who attend and you are invited to bring your own lunch to the concerts.
Practice yoga. Maybe you have been meaning to check out a yoga studio but just haven’t gotten around to it yet, or maybe you feel a little bit intimidated by going into a class setting – but either way, Yoga in the Park is a fun and energizing way to try out yoga and see if it’s for you. These free sessions are open to the public from 12 noon to 12:45 p.m., every Thursday at Memorial Park. Just bring your mat, a bottle of water and perhaps a small donation for the instructor. Free outdoor yoga to break up the work day? Yes please.
Learn how to zumba. This Latin dance-inspired fitness activity is well worth giving a spin. Join the free session every Tuesday this summer from 12 noon until 12:45 p.m. at Memorial Park. All you need to bring is your sense of fun and adventure! Bonus: you’ll get a great view of the Legislative Buildings while you try out your moves.
Eat lunch at a new restaurant patio. Have lunch for $10 at a variety of restaurants in downtown Winnipeg such as Lobby on York, Hermanos, Tavern United, The Velvet Glove, and many others. This fun Let’s Do Lunch Downtown edition also offers you the opportunity to win a downtown restaurant tour! Learn more about the participating restaurants and the menus they offer at www.downtownwinnipegbiz.com/home/events/dinedowntown. Choose a table on the patio of any restaurant listed for a great view of the downtown Winnipeg skyline, historic buildings, or simply the continuous bustle of downtown Winnipeg life.

These events are all great opportunities to get outside and enjoy the weather, invite your colleagues out to experience the activities Winnipeg has to offer, and see a new perspective on downtown Winnipeg that you may not have caught before. It’s sure to keep you busy all summer long!

Which outdoorsy activities in downtown Winnipeg will you fit into your day this summer?

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