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	<title>247reno.ca - a Toronto home renovation blog</title>
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	<description>Follow our real-life home renovation to help inspire yours</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Before and After - the backyard</title>
		<link>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/11/21/backyard-before-and-after/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past 2 years we&#8217;ve done a fair amount to the backyard but there&#8217;s still a lot of room for improvement.  We&#8217;ve focused on structural things like removing the old extension, bricking up the old second floor door and replacing it with a window, building a new two-tier deck, adding new double doors with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Before and After - Basement</title>
		<link>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/11/14/before-and-after-basement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Before &amp; After]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re going to start a series of posts where we show the before and after throughout the house.  It&#8217;s a good way of tying things up since we&#8217;re nearly done (thank goodness).

Last time we showed you the front of the house.  Now let&#8217;s move to the basement.

The basement was partially finished when we bought the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Final before and after on the outside of the house</title>
		<link>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/10/29/final-before-and-after-on-the-outside-of-the-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[outside]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All of the painting is done, the windows were replaced, we rebuilt the stairs, and completed some landscaping.  We&#8217;ve now done as much as we&#8217;re going to do in the foreseeable future to add some curb appeal to the house.

Here it was before:



And here it is now:


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		<title>Front porch before and after</title>
		<link>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/10/20/front-porch-before-and-after/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:27:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Front Porch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Painting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jim finished the front porch and front door this afternoon.  I wanted to show you the before and after.

Here was the state of the front porch when we first took possession of the house:



Now here it is after all of the work we&#8217;ve done on it - including the new paint job:



Once the forecast looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painting the front porch</title>
		<link>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/10/08/painting-the-front-porch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/10/08/painting-the-front-porch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Front Porch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Painting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Our favorite painter Jim (or Jim-bo as the kids like to call him) is back.  Since he&#8217;s been at our place he has done work for my parents and my sister to solid reviews. (You contact him at 416-951-4446)

We&#8217;re finally tackling the porch and the third floor decorative shingles both of which desperately need some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wow, have we ever been lazy</title>
		<link>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/08/19/wow-have-we-ever-been-lazy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/08/19/wow-have-we-ever-been-lazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a looooong time since our last post.  And you know what - we haven&#8217;t done much during that time.  Small things here and there&#8230;but all in all&#8230;very little done.

The next big project is to paint the porch, but we&#8217;ve been putting that off constantly.  I think we hit the wall on renos and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fixing up the basement stairs</title>
		<link>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/07/01/fixing-up-the-basement-stairs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/07/01/fixing-up-the-basement-stairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Basement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The basement is now 99% done.  We&#8217;re thrilled to have a second full washroom, playroom, storage, tool room and a small home office for all of our paperwork etc&#8230;

The last remaining element is the stairs going down.  They were not well built (didn&#8217;t have proper risers) and therefore weren&#8217;t going to look good even after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making progress with the front of the house</title>
		<link>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/06/28/making-progress-with-the-front-of-the-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/06/28/making-progress-with-the-front-of-the-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[An update on the front of the house.  We&#8217;ve made good progress improving the curb appeal.  Probably the biggest change was when we replaced all of the windows and the front steps.

This spring we ripped out all of the bushes (including the stumps - that was fun!) and have planted the gardens with a japanese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better photo of the second floor vanity</title>
		<link>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/06/27/better-photo-of-the-second-floor-vanity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/06/27/better-photo-of-the-second-floor-vanity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Bathroom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The vanity is now completely installed.  Baseboards are done and painted.  Mirror is hung and the two wall sconces are set and working.  Here&#8217;s how it looks:


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		<title>Final update on the built-in bookshelves</title>
		<link>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/06/27/final-update-on-the-built-in-bookshelves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.247reno.ca/2009/06/27/final-update-on-the-built-in-bookshelves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Media room]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;re done, trimmed, painted and beginning to get filled.  We couldn&#8217;t be happier with this addition to the media room.


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