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• Stately manner
  170 Valley Rd. (Bayview Avenue and York Mills Road)
  
  
• Expert advice on that Florida homestead
  Buoyed by a high-flying loonie and the quest to nest in summery climes, the flock of snowbirds chasing the sun just keeps on growing. More winter-weary Canadians are scoping out the Florida residential real estate market for a prime piece of the state. Canadians are the largest foreign buyers there, a trend
  
  
• Clutterbug alert: Walls are not just meant for hanging up family photographs
  If you're missing valuable floor space in your home because it's turned into a bit of a dumping ground, take as much off the floor as possible and put it up on the wall. DIY Network Canada's Wasted Spaces (weekdays at 3:30 p.m.) suggests using floor-to-ceiling built-ins, stackable storage boxes, storage rac
  
  
• Gut then gape
  Chelsea Avenue is lined with gracious old maples and solid three-storey detached and semi-detached homes. One semi on this Junction-area street has a sad and sagging front porch that belies its interior state. This Ugly Duckling home with its $469,000 price tag is as ripe for improvement as our government.
  
  
• Kim Kardashian's new abode gets a closet Carrie Bradshaw would love
  Celebrity model Kim Kardashian has closed escrow on a furnished estate in the Beverly Hills Post Office area. She paid about US$3.5-million, reports The Los Angeles Times. The new home was designed, built and decorated by Beverly Hills-based Lucien Lacasse. The Tuscan-style gated house has fireplaces in the
  
  
• Artsy area, artsy Queen West condo
  Artists are notoriously finicky about their living quarters. Open a residential building in a hot creative zone, and you had better consider your audience -- ART condos is doing just that.
  
  
• Wander in wonderland
  -Almost anything by edgy designer Jaime Hayon, including this vase for Lladro, would fit just-so into Lewis Carroll's Wonderland. Conversation Vase II, $3,755.
  
  
• Hamilton home and garden show starts next Friday in time for spring cleaning
  Visiting the home and garden show at the Hamilton Convention Centre between March 12 and 14 will get you that much closer to design nirvana. HGTV's master contractor Jim Caruk ( Real Renos) and financial whiz Suzanne Schultz ( House Poor) will be in attendance. So will many other experts and exhibitors to g
  
  
• Spring has sprung
  How do you take a big traditional house and convert it into a sales space, complete with vignettes that reflect the style of more contemporary units yet to be built? How do you conjure living spaces that show off a transitional interior design, demonstrate the flexibility of the units and showcase the beaut
  
  
• A Euro Stall
  According to a recent British study, house prices rose in only five European countries during 2009. Norway led the revival, with property prices rising 12% during 2009, followed by Finland at 8% and Sweden at 7%. Britain was next at 1% higher, although house prices had risen by 10% from their lowest point i
  
  
• New Homes
  As most readers know by now, the Greater Toronto Area housing market has been very hot in the past number of months. To wit: January sales were up 237.3% from January 2009 (granted, that was the bottom of the market; in a wider context, the 2,162 sales this January represented a gain of 11% over January 200
  
  
• Building apace
  The government mapped out its aspirations this week with the Throne Speech and Budget. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. also stepped up with its take on the likely direction of the housing market. This week's housing outlook from CMHC said housing starts in the Toronto Census Metropolitan Area are expected
  
  
• The March Break buff
  If you're not planning to join the throngs of sun-seekers at the airport, but still need a diversion from the last desolate days of winter, consider adding "home makeover" to your March Break to-do list.
  
  
• Americans still wary of signing the dotted line
  Fewer Americans than expected signed contracts to purchase previously owned homes in January, indicating the extension of a tax credit is doing little to lure buyers.
  
  
• Here's a touchy-feely way to choose the perfect paint colour for that next project
  Having trouble selecting the right paint colour for your room? Then, get in the mood. That's the advice of CIL Paints, which says that choosing a mood for a room is the easiest way to start the colour selection process. To this end, CIL has launched cil.ca,featuring a "mood test" which takes visitors throug
  
  
• Spa bathroom
  EAST YORK -- 99 Linsmore Cres. (Danforth and Greenwood avenues)
  
  
• Victorian flair yet updated
  LITTLE ITALY -- 202 Palmerston Ave. (College and Bathurst streets)
  
  
• Walking distance to amenities
  THORNHILL -- 24 Windhaven Terrace (Bathurst and Centre streets)
  
  
• Home staged and marketed
  MARKHAM -- 52 Hawkridge Ave. (Highway 7 and Main Street)
  
  
• Rosedale ravine lot
  30 True Davidson Dr. (Bayview Avenue and Nesbitt Drive)