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Houseworks: Bigger, better spray paint shines on large surfaces

Houseworks: Bigger, better spray paint shines on large surfaces

When it comes to spray paint, I have a love-hate relationship with the stuff. Who doesn’t like the smooth, professional results that spray paint offers? It lets you conveniently create a new-car finish on many surfaces – wood, plastic and metal – and that’s one reason I have a cabinet full of spray paint cans in my shop.
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Rebels sweep Raiders, wait for second round opponent

Rebels sweep Raiders, wait for second round opponent

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — It’s onward and upward for the Red Deer Rebels.The Rebels rallied from a two-goal deficit Wednesday and got a third-period marker from captain Turner Elson to defeat the Prince Albert Raiders 3-2 and complete a four-game sweep of the best-of-seven WHL Eastern Conference quarter-final.
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Houseworks: Converting cottage to full-time home

Houseworks: Converting cottage to full-time home

Q: How realistic is it to convert a seasonal cottage built in the 1950s into a year-round home? My husband and I live in the city and we’d like to sell our house and take the proceeds to buy a small place by a lake to raise our family mortgage-free. The cabin we’re looking it needs a heat source, double pane windows, insulation and a water system that won’t freeze.
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Houseworks: A better way to cook turkey

Houseworks: A better way to cook turkey

If you’re oven-roasting a turkey today, then you might find it interesting to learn about another method of cooking that’s faster, tastier and moves the cooking process outdoors, freeing up more kitchen space.
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Alexander "Rusty" RUTHERFORD

Alexander "Rusty" RUTHERFORD

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Houseworks: Chalked paint delivers classic look

Houseworks: Chalked paint delivers classic look

Want to create an attractive distressed finish on furniture and interior woodwork? Chalked paint is one of the most effective specialty finishes you can apply to create this effect, in part because it’s colour pallet takes you back at least a century, but there’s more.
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Houseworks: Three tools that boost post-holiday ambitions

Houseworks: Three tools that boost post-holiday ambitions

I don’t know about you, but January always fills me with a sense of energy and enthusiasm for the hands-on part of my life. New projects seem more inviting, my workshop will get a good cleaning, and I’ll take stock of my tool collection to see if there are things I should add. If the post-holiday period makes you feel this way too, then I have some tools to suggest that have clearly made it into my personal hall of fame. I think you’ll really like these.
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Houseworks: What can we do to stop ice from building up on our roof?

Houseworks: What can we do to stop ice from building up on our roof?

Q: What can we do to stop ice from building up on our roof? We live in Ottawa and our two storey house was built in 1986. We had a contractor come in and he discovered no insulation around the perimeter of the attic. He added ventilation baffles and blew in enough insulation to bring the entire attic up to R60, but we still get ice. The contractor wants to blow in more insulation, but I’m not sure it will solve the problem. Any ideas?
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Houseworks: Consider this when painting old laminate cabinets

Houseworks: Consider this when painting old laminate cabinets

Q: Is it better to paint old laminate-covered kitchen cabinets with the laminate still attached, or should we pull it off then paint? In some spots the laminate has lifted. I’m thinking I can re-glue these and secure them with some clamps.
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Referees need to grow thicker skin

Add another chapter to Tales of the Thin-Skinned Stripes.Now, we’re not suggesting that all hockey referees are a little light on epidermis, it just seems that way considering the protective nature of the powers that be.
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