In the last couple of years, our homes have seen a lot more of us than usual, and at the same time we’ve been paying a lot more attention to our walls, floors, and finishing’s also.

If you’re noticing there’s too many cooks in the kitchen, a light fixture that’s giving you more fixture than light or if you have walls that can talk and are begging to be refreshed, let’s look at some home makeovers to help clean up and clear-out this new year.

While there have been many renovation trends passing through homes from room-to-room over the years, and while the type of upgrade is chosen based on necessity or personal preference, we’ve made a list of our Top 5 categories with many options to choose from…

https://stilhavn.com/top-5-new-year-new-home-makeovers/

It’s official. Metro Vancouver set an all-time home sales record in 2021!

It was another year of continued movement, change and adjustment around the world, and for those of us living in Metro Vancouver, it was no different. A year where home sales kept steadily rising, reaching an all-time high as housing needs remained a top priority for residents in their second year of navigating life around Covid-19.

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https://stilhavn.com/metro-vancouver-housing-update-december-2021/

It’s been a common focus for many in recent years; ways we can reuse and recycle products for additional purposes and how we can become more sustainable in our day-to-day lives. We take our own coffee cup to the café, we opt to bike or walk to save on fuel, and we separate our food containers more cautiously before we throw them away.

These are some of the great approaches we’ve adopted to reduce our external environmental impact, but what about ways we can reduce energy consumption within our home also?

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https://stilhavn.com/top-5-ways-to-heat-your-home-more-efficiently-this-winter/