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Where are You Walking to Today?

Last week I was shaken in a good way by a major national news story about a scientific health report confirming that it is not only poverty that leads to tragic health circumstances like diabetes, but the way our communities are designed. If your income and lifestyle doesn’t support health club memberships, golfing, swimming and

The Green Way to a Fresher Bathroom

I just came across the most wonderful way to scent your bathroom. Danny who writes the blog Simply Green came up with a simple and affordable way to have an instant Eco Bathroom. I’m going shopping tonight for a cheap bathroom renovation that will smell devine - thanks Danny!

Urban Home Treasures – Beautiful and Affordable

Some of us are living in the home and community of our dreams, others are still looking. If price is a factor for you here is yet another reason to look at your urban centers and the new urbanist communities that are springing up around the country. The thing about new urbanism is that

The Top Ten List of Communities is Here!

As promised many moons ago, I have finally compiled the “Top Ten List of New Urban Communities” and it is ready and waiting for your review – complete with colour pictures and commentary! For those of you who are interested in what some of the developers are offering in new home/condo construction take a look

Garage Sales and Life’s Little Journies

Garage sales are a big deal in my community. Our street use to do one every spring and then the last two years we passed on the “opportunity.” Well this weekend my neighbor got me all into the garage sale fever again. My neighbor and I are both early birds. We’re out either on our

St. Louis Loves New Urbanism

A St. Louis, Missouri, newspaper (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) reports on the growing popularity of new urbanism communities in the St. Louis region. One couple profiled said they decided to move to a new urban community so that they could have “more than a home.” They wanted a place where they didn’t have to drive everywhere

Affordable Residential Rebirth

There is the perception that many “new urban” style developments are expensive. The truth is the cost of buying a home in a new urban style development varies. Some are pricey others are created to be affordable. You really do need to look around and I promise I’ll have the list of new urban style

Live and Work at Home In Style

The picture in today’s post features the “live/work” units that are part of the Cornell community in Markham, Ontario (Canada). Cornell is a new urban style development that has that friendly “old fashioned” feel. Let’s say you’re a Mary Kay consultant or a virtual assistant or graphic designer…couldn’t you just imagine yourself settling into one

Peonies

My gardening abilities have developed slowly over time. I started dabbling when the kids were toddlers in our first home. Those toddlers are now teenagers so you’d think I’d have mastered the basics of gardening by now…