Open House
Ready for a party
This home is designed for entertaining -- even the bathroom has been the scene of at-home spa parties
THE ARCHITOURIST
Granola-moderne
A once-modest, one-storey worker's cottage in Hamilton now part hippie and part high-modern shines with an artistic flair that's been busting out all over "the Hammer" in recent years
RENOVATION AND DECOR
Down time, redefined
Once the mad scramble of the holidays is over, the tendency is to take a breather, but it's a great time for small projects. Globe Real Estate columnists Elizabeth Rand-Watkinson, Kelly Deck, Candice Olson and Mike Holmes have a few suggestions...
The High Life
A rental crunch on the horizon
The downturn in the condo market may have a huge impact on renters
Sarah's House
Working with a back-split's pros and cons
Above-average ceiling heights and quirky angles throw an added challenge into living room design
Home Turf
Is this buyer's market your golden opportunity?
In her new blog, Carolyn Ireland explores the ups and downs of the real estate market
The West Coast Way
Put out the welcome mat
Guest rooms shouldn't be an afterthought. There are simple steps you can take to turn a space into a home away from home for your visitors. For starters, don't put up photos of yourself
NEW DIGS
Greening a multifamily mansion
A massive old house on High Park Blvd. is transformed into an environmentally-friendly four-plex
The Perfect House
When wealth and lack of restraint converge
In Britain, a last gasp of our decade's Gilded Age in architecture; a doghouse to be built for a wealthy woman's cherished pair of Great Danes. The pricetag: about $475,000. John Bentley Mays puts it in context.














































