10-minute project: People often ask me where I get my ideas for DIY, and I can truly say they come to me like a bolt of lightening. Like the idea for this project. Assistant home editor, Julia Black, and I were standing in the Chatelaine test kitchen the other day dying doilies with beet juice (stay tuned for our September issue for more on that!) when I looked up at the clock that hangs in the kitchen and said to her:

Join me each week to track the progress (or lack of progress) as my husband and I take on a major house renovation. Ten weeks before we're out of our current house. The contractor says it's a six month job. Are we going to make it? Week 1- we get the house.

Ideas on how to upgrade your home's curb appeal by decorating with accessories and accents

Decorate your world in our nation's flattering colours and symbols: red, white and the maple leaf...