In the nick of time

It’s cold, and everybody in the tri-county area needs a coat every time they leave the house.   Which is super-inconvenient, since the coat rack Travis made for us is by the front door.  What a sticky pickle!
But I’m a resourceful lad – a resourceful lad with an antique barn board from ReStore, some gigantic hooks, [...]

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AO Eyewear

We were at ReStore for something totally unrelated (vintage wallpaper to put in a frame), but I couldn’t pass up new-in-the-box AO safety glasses, straight out of 1962.  This was one pair out of a hundred, and in the spirit of the season, I’d love to share the awesomeness.   So let me know if [...]

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How to Buy a House on the Toronto Islands

Assuming you’re Canadian and have a half-million dollars to spend without warning, how could you not want to get on the waiting list for a house on the Toronto Islands?
Your first task is to join the list. As the list is capped at five hundred, you have to wait for existing people to drop off. [...]

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Downsizing the Dream Home

Maybe houses in the South don’t really need a fireplace. Interesting article from the WSJ on new demands buyers are making on Giant Corporate Homebuilders – smaller, simpler, cheaper, etc.
Fearful that their market is evaporating, company executives have spent the past few months trying to figure out what buyers are willing to give up, and [...]

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