WE’VE BEEN RENOVATING!

by | Feb 12, 2019 | Rhoda's Rants

Although most of our time is spent renovating your homes, we’ve been busy renovating ours !! Of course our reno started just like yours.  You start with a paint colour and the next thing you know you are tearing down walls and pulling out floors.  In our “builders”...

60 Years in Business!!

by | Jul 23, 2018 | Rhoda's Rants

As much as this area is used for my Rants…Ive decided today to do a little horn blowing. Matt and I recently met with “our Home Magazine” to go over some advertising details.  This is a bit of a big deal for us because this business has been built on word of mouth and...

I did… Re-discover brick

by | May 11, 2018 | Rhoda's Rants

I’ve been known to do the occasional reno when my husband is out of town for a few days.   It’s not that he isn’t helpful…he just doesn’t like change…when’s he’s involved.   Recently I was given a 10 day window to do absolutely nothing but hold the remote in my hand...

Now that’s a full body!

by | Feb 21, 2018 | Rhoda's Rants

It’s a regular occurrence to be asked if I’m showing a full body porcelain when making a selection. I will often ask a client what they mean so I can get a sense of what they know. Most people assume that all porcelain is full bodied.  I hear “I need the tile that...

Grey Anatomy

by | May 8, 2017 | Rhoda's Rants

I just finished up with an early morning appointment on this, a dull dismal rainy grey day… and it occurred to me that I’m really not a fan of grey. Well not all grey ….just that dull dismal rainy grey day, gray.  That made me ponder about all of those clients...

Engineered wood is not laminate!

by | Mar 29, 2017 | Rhoda's Rants

Ok folks…I’m sure this has been a rant of past but in my day to day selections with new home builders the same comment comes up “I don’t want engineered floors because I don’t like laminate”.   WHAT??  I know part of our job is to educate, so in this spirit here it...