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Building green— what does it mean? Matthew Stanley

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Freeing yourself from clutterLaurel Colins

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Shutty Bench feature home emanates east-coastTrisha Elliott

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In 1968, Martin Luther King famously said, “It is no longer a choice between violence and nonviolence in this world, it’s nonviolence or non-existence.” His plea for peace had nothing to do with solar panels but his words echo true to the construction industry and the environmental dilemma we face today.

With the residential sector already accounting for 15 per cent of Canada’s green-house gas emissions, our new homes are getting bigger and we are building more of them. Last year in BC, new housing starts jumped by more than we’ve seen in a decade and these homes are 68 per cent larger than those built 20 years ago. Knowing the average home is saturated with products and processes harmful to personal and global health, I paraphrase Dr. King to say: it is no longer a choice between green building and non-green building in this world, it’s green building and non-existence.

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FSC certi� ed wood adds warmth and beauty to this Nelson home. Photo by David Glunns


But, what is green building? Should I invite my friends over to smack together cob walls with our own hands or should I hire a team of engi-neers to design a super-insulated net-zero building? Should I buy solar panels with components from China or tap into locally sourced hy-droelectricity? With so many options available to us, how do we know what truly makes a green home?

That very same night in 1968, Dr. King also said “Only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.” In the green building universe, there are many stars to guide us toward a greener future. One of the bene� ts of green building certi� cation programs is that they do this — they guide a building toward viable, green solutions. Popular certi� cations and programs in the Kootenays include: LEED

Where many other programs focus on energy ef� ciency, LEED is a comprehensive certi� cation that evaluates a home’s loca-tion, site treatment, water ef� ciency, energy use, materials and indoor air quality. With 700 homes certi� ed in Canada, it is widely recognized as an industry benchmark. Here in Nelson, Carrie Fitzsimons and Dave Oosthuizen built their home to LEED standards. Avid sailors who are acutely aware of the changing climate, they said “building green just felt like the right thing to do.” While the extensive paperwork and pricey certi� cation kept them from certifying the home, Dave and Carrie are proud of the home’s LEED features including its use of natural daylight, recycled materi-als, a geothermal system, and especially its locally sourced, FSC certi� ed wood.Built Green

Built Green is an industry driven program that certi� es homes and builders. The program offers resources including a library of construction de-tails and an online product catalogue intended to guide a home toward certi� cation. In the past � ve years, there have been 76 Built Green homes in the Kootenays. EnergyStar and R-2000

These are administered by Natural Resourc-es Canada and are among the most estab-lished programs in our short history of green building certi� cation. R-2000 has roots back to the 1980s and the EnergyStar program was created by the US Environmental Pro-tection Agency in 1992 to promote the use of energy ef� cient products. Both programs offer practical solutions for homes that are at least 20 per cent more ef� cient than a home built to code. Passive House

Originating in Germany, Passive House is one of Canada’s newer and more promising green build-ing programs. Certi� cation is pri-marily about rigorous energy ef� ciency. There is one home cer-ti� ed in the Nelson area (four in BC). The industry expects to see many more in the near future.

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But, what is green building? Should I invite my friends over to smack together cob walls with our own hands or should I hire a team of engi-neers to design a super-insulated net-zero building? Should I buy solar panels with components from China or tap into locally sourced hy-droelectricity? With so many options available to us, how do we know what truly makes a green home?

That very same night in 1968, Dr. King also said “Only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.” In the green building universe, there are many stars to guide us toward a greener future. One of the bene� ts of green building certi� cation programs is that they do this — they guide a building toward viable, green solutions. Popular certi� cations and programs in the Kootenays include: LEED

Where many other programs focus on energy ef� ciency, LEED is a comprehensive certi� cation that evaluates a home’s loca-tion, site treatment, water ef� ciency, energy use, materials and indoor air quality. With 700 homes certi� ed in Canada, it is widely recognized as an industry benchmark. Here in Nelson, Carrie Fitzsimons and Dave Oosthuizen built their home to LEED standards. Avid sailors who are acutely aware of the changing climate, they said “building green just felt like the right thing to do.” While the extensive paperwork and pricey certi� cation kept them from certifying the home, Dave and Carrie are proud of the home’s LEED features including its use of natural daylight, recycled materi-

SAK House wall parts, structural insulated panels. Photo by Ricky Cappe.

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Interior view of the SAK House. Photo by Ricky Cappe

Nelson Hydro’s EcoSaveNelson Hydro’s EcoSave is

about retrofi tting your existing home. The program, offered to Nelson Hydro customers, includes rebates and access to a home en-ergy evaluation. Carmen Proctor, the program’s coordinator, says “almost 500 homeowners have registered to date, reducing their energy use by 30 per cent on average.”

While certifi cations and programs guide us toward greener homes, a green building is not just about certifi cation. Pau-la Kiss owns and operates the Building Tree in Nelson — a business that offers green building consultation. She sees both sides of the coin — programs like LEED make massive contributions to a greener future, but in rural settings such as the Kootenays there may be more regionally appropriate, custom solutions. She cautions against “point chasing” and encour-ages people to think holistically about their green building projects. Paula points to many examples in the Nelson area of green designers, builders and buildings that can inspire us all, including the Cham-ber of Commerce’s restoration of the CP Rail Station.

Heritage restoration is one of the many intangibles often overlooked by green certifi cation programs. Anoth-er is prefabrication and kit homes. Prefab homes reduce the transportation impact on our environment and lessen construction waste headed to land fi lls. Kit homes address affordability by solving many of the hidden costs in a home before you encounter them. Kit and prefab homes are pop-ular in the Kootenays where budgets are tight, building sites can be diffi cult to access, and timelines are “needed it yes-terday.” Innovative examples seen in this area include Roccio Romero’s LV prefab and the local SAK House, acronym for Sus-tainable Affordable Kit House. Based out of Harrop, Ricky Cappe built the SAK prototype using materials sourced within 500 miles of the building site to reduce its carbon footprint and support local economies.

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” This common reference implies that the names of things do not affect what they re-ally are. Before there was Net-Zero or LivingBuildings, we still had green buildings. Consider the following anecdote: built in 1379, the dining hall at New College, Oxford had massive 45’ long solid oak beams support-ing its roof. The architect anticipated that, after hundreds of years, these beams would rot. Finding a worthy tree to replace them would be diffi cult, costly or impossible. He instructed the college to plant a grove of oaks, pro-tect them for many generations, and cut them only when the original beams failed. In the 1800s, at 500 years old, the beams began to rot. There, on college grounds, was an impressive grove of oaks ready to be put to their intended use.

Building green is about designing for today and for tomorrow. It is about un-derstanding your site, natural processes and life cycle costs. Most importantly however, green building is about buildings that are loved, because buildings that are loved are maintained, protected and cherished over the years.

Matthew Stanley is a LEED certifi ed architect.


When you want to make a change in your life or your environment, from life makeover to home reno-vation, the most important thing you can do is create a clean canvas to work with. This will allow you to as-sess your needs and make great decisions for plans you can feel excited about and con� dent with.

Creating a clean slate means de-cluttering and this includes all kinds of clutter — common clutter, as well as mental and emotional clutter. Clutter comes in many forms and it does not always look like a pile or a jumble or disarray as it is de� ned in the dictio-nary. There are many things that you keep which may not seem like clutter, but they have an energetic attachment to them, which does not make you feel good when you look at them. All of this is depleting your energy and will keep you stuck when you want to move forward.

Common Clutter• That junk drawer that you shove everything into• The pile of newspapers and junk mail in the foyer or pile up in the recycling area.• The broken items you keep with the idea that you will � x them but never do.• The clothing that you are hanging on to• The toys that you keep even though the kids are long past playing with them• Books and magazines over� owing your shelves and coffee table.Symbolic clutter This is the stuff that is affecting you in an emotional

way that you may not even realize.If you look around your home or of� ce, you most

likely have items, like art, equipment, books, that you keep even though there is a negative association at-tached to them.

You may be keeping a piece of art over you � re-place that is 20 years old and it’s just always been there so it never occurs to you to move it. Now that I have brought your attention to it, when you actually think about it, you might not even like it that much

and it probably doesn’t inspire you. The symbology of the art you keep should be positive.

Even keeping books that made you frightened or projects that you have never completed, they are all sending negative messages to your subconscious, such as “I never � nish anything” or “I am scared.” And what about that treadmill you never use, these things are hounding you and it’s exhausting.

Sometimes clutter is in the form of a single piece of furniture. A piece that is nice enough, it’s � ne, it has some redeeming qualities. It used to be your grand-mothers. You inherited it and you feel obligated to keep it.

Or it is the oak hutch you bought in your 20s with your former spouse and it cost a lot of money?

Or maybe it is the vase you got for your birthday from that friend of yours who isn’t a healthy relation-ship but more of an energy sucker, and is actually toxic for you.

It’s just a vase, or a hutch but it has an invisible cord attached to it. It is actually speaking to your subcon-scious mind and reminding you of unpleasant feel-ings or memories or triggering anger which is actual-ly depleting your energy.

These things that don’t resemble clutter in the tradi-tional manner which you keep because you feel you should, have an invisible cord attached to some guilt or bad and unsettled feelings. Even though your con-scious mind knows better, your subconscious mind is feeling the effects of this and you don’t necessar-ily realize how it is keeping you stuck or emotionally drained. This is called Energy Clutter.

Our brains are so fascinating, our conscious brain is quite a bit smaller than the unconscious brain. This is why you can know something in you rational mind, but your subconscious mind overrides it. So even though you know that is a nice vase from a friend, you’re subconsciously stressing about the last un-pleasant interaction you had with that person and it is silently zapping your energy.

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Do you have energy clutter? It is very important that you go through your home, of� ce, garage and notice what you are keeping that makes you feel guilty or unhappy or has any kind of negative connotation to it. Gifts from past relationships that you only keep because they have monetary value but represent an unhappy memory are not worth keeping for the toll it takes on your energy level. Cut the invisible cords and let yourself free to move forward with your life and the dreams you have for your future.

Mental and emotional clutter, which are really unre-solved issues or appointments you neglect to make such as doctor appointments. Or what about your will? Or your � nancial affairs? What are you avoiding? All these things can keep you stuck in a state of be-ing overwhelmed and don’t allow you to make prog-ress with your goals. They keep you exhausted just by thinking about all these things you need/should do but you are not always aware that this is what is drain-ing you.

So whatever your goals are for yourself, or whatever project you endeavour to complete, make sure you are starting with a clean slate — an environment and mind free of clutter, which will allow you to think clear-ly about what you want, why you want it and how you can create it. Don’t plan a renovation around a pile of clutter that you should not keep and don’t try to make plans for your future when you are stuck in the past.

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Six kilometres north of Kaslo is the tiny, rural community of Shutty Bench. It is here that a stunning, new dream home stands between the foot of the Purcell Wilderness Conservancy and the sandy shore of Kootenay Lake.

This elaborate blue and white palace of pillars, turrets, angles and contours sits upon an elegant, landscaped property that extends down to a sandy beach.

The West Kootenay estate includes 4200 square feet of living area, a double bay garage, � ve bathrooms, four bedrooms, and a large bunk-room that sleeps eight complete with custom bunk beds. The two acres of outside space includes a bar, barbeque area, hot tub, outdoor shower, and a gas � re pit.

Wayne Woodward ([email protected]), owner of Lakewood Custom Homes, was responsible for the design, and construction to � nish, which is set for Nov. 21.

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Finding trades in a remote location was initial-ly a challenge for Wayne, but knowing a few locals helped tremendously in � nding the right people.

“You can do a lot with standard building materials,” says Wayne, “It’s more about the tradespeople and how skilful they are in creating the � nished product.”

The property had an 80 year-old original cabin on it that had been added to in � ve different stages, but wasn’t in condition to save so construction began from the foundation up.

The client wanted a modern yet rustic beach-house feel.

Some of the rustic features include one wall that is wainscoted. When one panel is pushed, it becomes a secret door that goes to the upper bunkroom. An old Coke crate from the original house became a part of the new bar and the bathroom vanities. Lumber stickers from the shut-down Slocan sawmill were used as a design feature throughout due to their consistent di-mensions. Most of the original landscaping by the previous landowner was retained — work he did by hand over 40 years.

To incorporate the modern feel of the house, the


back-s p l a s h in the kitch-en was made of glass blocks with � bre optics running throughout. This feature makes the most of natural and synthetic light.

Rick Short, owner of Red Dog Car-pentry, was responsible for the foundation, framing, retainer walls, timber installation, and some landscaping. When asked what was the most challenging aspect of the job he responded, “The framing of the roof was the most challenging part of this house. There were so many details to take into account on every section of it. Most of the roof was hand cut and � t to maximize headroom inside. The centre section of the roof had to be framed with an elaborate system of hidden valleys to hold the weight. This section then had to tie into a round turret facing the lake. Careful planning and mathematics made the process go well.”

The wood was locally sourced with cedar from the Porcupine Sawmill and timbers from Spearhead Tim-berworks.

Both Wayne and Rick’s favourite feature of the house was the turret that sits on top of the larger tur-ret (the ‘crow’s nest). Rick said, “it was very challeng-ing to build and it really stands out.”

Shutty Bench: Settlement HistoryAndrew Shutty claimed approximately 500 acres

of land in 1897 making him the � rst settler of the community. The rest of his family came from Podbiel, Czechoslovakia to join him in 1930.

All other hospitable terrain on the bench and the waterfront was claimed or purchased mainly by Brit-ish immigrants prior to WWI. The community was giv-en the nickname “British Bench” by certain observers. Neighbours were neighbourly; generally the Brits had as much contact with the Czechs and Germans as they did with each other. Community spirit was evi-dent in good times and bad. Early Czech weddings were celebrated for several days following the cere-mony. Guests would pause to sleep in the hayloft or perhaps go home to care for animals and chickens, then return for more eating, drinking and dancing.


Wine storage — a kitchen essential

Wendy Kelly

A summer watching peo-ple dig a 20 foot deep hole resulted in my � rst experience with wine cel-lars. The gash in the earth be-hind my best friend’s house soon became a luxurious and rather large

wine cellar, complete with gorgeous storage units

and a cool, earthy feel that complemented the wine being

stored there.Who doesn’t love cool underground

wine storage cellars? Whether over-the-top or humble, the earthy, quiet spaces evoke what we love about wine.

But of course, digging a large cellar un-der your home isn’t always practical, even in the most extensive kitchen renovations.

With the new wine refrigerators and chillers, achieving the perfect temperature for the varietals you love is easy and quick. Whether done through buying an existing unit or creating a custom unit together with a local renovator or builder, you can have the wine you love in an accessible, practical and utterly beautiful cabinet right where you need it.

The custom wine cellars go from humble to sublime with your imagination your only limit. Amy Kelly, senior designer for Jona-than Rachman Designs out of San Francis-co, relayed a story of a recent client who turned their coat closet into a stunning modern wine storage unit, surrounded by clear glass to showcase the � oor-to-ceiling racks of wine bottles.

Closer to home, George Kinakin of Kitchen Connections enjoyed working on a round wine cellar in a recent lakeside home with a custom made thick hard-wood door complete with a replica latch from medieval times. As George said, every new kitchen must have a wine chiller built in. It’s as mandatory as a dishwasher now. Higher-end homes nearly always include a basement wine cellar.

Wine storage

Wendy Kelly

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Wine Refrigerators:

What You Need to Know

Trad i t iona l l y, wine stored best

in a cave or cellar be-cause it was cool, dark, still

(more important than you might think) and slightly humid. Here are

the four most important factors to good wine storage:

• You need to store wine at a consistent temperature, 13 degrees works for all wines.

• Your wines need to be kept in the dark. Really, really dark.

• Corks need mild humidity so they don’t dry out and crumble.

• Wines need to be kept still. This is import-ant when you choose which type of refrigera-tion unit to use.

Wine refrigerators keep wine still, slightly hu-mid and not too cold, all things that your food refrigerator fails at. The refrigerator you use to keep your leftovers cold and ready-to-eat uses a compressor, which vibrates the food slightly. This has no real impact on your leftover Thai noodles from Busaba, but can shorten the life of your wine.


think) and slightly humid. Here are the four most important factors to good

wine storage:• You need to store wine at a consistent

temperature, 13 degrees works for all wines. • Your wines need to be kept in the dark.

Really, really dark.• Corks need mild humidity so they don’t

dry out and crumble.• Wines need to be kept still. This is import-

ant when you choose which type of refrigera-tion unit to use.

Wine refrigerators keep wine still, slightly hu-mid and not too cold, all things that your food refrigerator fails at. The refrigerator you use to keep your leftovers cold and ready-to-eat uses a compressor, which vibrates the food slightly. This has no real impact on your leftover Thai noodles from Busaba, but can shorten the life of your wine.

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Danny Rickaby of the Adventure Hotel, host to the 14th annual Food and Wine Fest, commissioned Da-vid Dobie to design a wine cellar at Louie’s, built by Ed Olthof who included an actual hidden passageway to the basement at the back of the cellar. A very her-itage touch.

And of course, nothing is more Nelson than the wine storage at the All Season’s Cafe. Well known for their extensive wine list, their cellar is accessed via a few loose � oor boards.

It’s de� nitely more than a fad. Including a wine stor-age unit in your kitchen, is a must.

Built-in or recessed? How to chooseWhen choosing which wine chiller to buy, you need

to keep a few things in mind. First, will you be able to include a built-in unit in your kitchen? If so, these sleek designs create a completed look to any kitchen.

A built-in unit needs to ventilate from the back, and without the proper ventilation, will effectively not be able to control temperature, which will ruin your wine.

You may want a “built-in” look from your wine chiller, but before you do, consult with an expert to make sure that the wine chiller you have chosen will work properly in the space you want it to stay in.

Points to consider — serving and storing wineBefore deciding on the wine chiller to buy, you

should know whether you want to use it for serving wine, storing wine, or both. For storage, as mentioned above, wine should be kept at a steady 13 degrees temperature. Thus, a single temperature unit will suf-� ce. For serving, whites need to be slightly cooler than reds, and as a rule of thumb, the lighter the wine, the cooler the serving temperature. If you plan to use your wine chiller for serving, buy a dual temp unit.

Gold Standard for Storing WineEuroCave wine cellars, which range in price from

around $3,000 to $10,000 (and up), are the gold standard for wine storage. Protecting against humid-ity, UV light, vibration and temperature � uctuation, these cellars are what you need if you will be storing wines rather then serving them.

Wine serving — what to chooseWhen you will serve wines more often than store

them, your choice is a bit broader. You’ll probably be looking at an under-the-counter or cabinet model, both of which can be found at Sears. Cavavin, a Ca-nadian brand out of Montreal, which has been mak-ing wine chillers for over 30 years is a great choice for both service and storage.

If you need a smaller model, it is possible to � nd a quality unit for a few hundred dollars. Typically, though, prices range from around $1,500 to around $5,000 for kitchen models.

Whatever you choose for your wine cellar or refrig-erator, make sure to use the local knowledge of our builders and suppliers. Let our unique heritage and style shine through your kitchen renovation and allow your wine chiller to re� ect your needs.


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Flooring these days is a lot more diverse than car-pet or hardwood. With more options than a chinese buffet, the task can seem a little daunting. All options have their pros and cons, but have no fear, we’re here to give you the low-down, on the low-down:

Carpet traps allergens, reduces noise and is soft on the feet but it requires a more involved cleaning pro-cess than other � ooring.

Hardwood has timeless style and comes in different sheens (matte, satin, semi-gloss and glossy), but, can only be installed at a speci� c moisture and humidi-ty levels, is easily scratched and can get U.V light in-duced colour change.

When asked what his favorite all-around � ooring option would be, Steve Farnum of Gordon Wall Floor Coverings in Trail stated, “Hardwoods. You can install them anywhere and they are long-lasting. The oaks are my favorite.”

Laminate can be used anywhere, is less expensive than most, is easy to maintain and is more dent and stain-resistant than hardwood � ooring with the same look, but, it is hard underfoot, cannot be resurfaced like hardwood, and is somewhat noisy.

Sheet vinyl is a slightly softer surface than other hard surface � ooring, affordable, and is very resistant to wa-ter, but, it can be gouged or scratched, can’t be resur-

faced and the colour fades in the sun.Cork � oors are soft, easy to clean, block out ambient

noise, are naturally resistant to invasive organisms as well as mold and mildew, and are all natural, biode-gradable, and very renewable, but, the colour will age over time, furniture pads need to be used to disperse weight, and they can be scratched by pet nails.

Tile is long lasting without fading, easy to maintain, goes well with in � oor heating, is pet-friendly and can be installed in basements, but, it can be cold in the winter, hard to remove, it’s hard, loud and expensive to � x.

Natural stone is long lasting without fading, goes well with in-� oor heating, is pet-friendly, and can be installed in basements. Drawbacks? You may get vari-ation in shadings and markings, it’s cold in the winter, ongoing resealing is required, and these � oors are hard (don’t drop your wine glass!).

Wendi Thomson, Flooring Manager at Maglio’s Building Centre in Nelson for eight years, has a lot of expertise on the subject.

“Vinyl Plank or Luxury Vinyl is the most popular these days,” says Wendi, “It has the look of wood. It’s water-proof so it can go in wet areas. It won’t swell or delam-inate with washing. There’s a new version that you can install by just ‘drop and done’. I like the version with

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a cork backing for warmth. We’re seeing it go into all sorts of new projects. It can take a lot of abuse.”

If the environment is on your mind, there are op-tions for you as well.

“We sell a lot of marmoleum, which is made of lin-seed oil with a cloth, burlap-type back, and comes in lots of bright colours. We’ve had many artistic peo-ple create their own designs with different colours. You still have to use glue, but there are very low VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) glues. We also do a lot of eco-friendly wool carpeting.”

The industry is doing its best to keep up on environ-mental issues, according to Wendi.

“The companies have to be very careful. There was a big show about formeldydhyde coming in on � ooring from China, but you won’t see that in our store, or most stores in Canada.

“Shaw and Mohawk, the big � ooring companies out of Georgia are manufacturing with biodiesel. With Torlys Flooring, you can move it with you, and they will warranty up to three moves. They also do-nate a lot to Habitat for Humanity,” Thomson went on.

Tile is also a very popular seller in the area, from backsplashes to shower surrounds, to � oors.

The range in cost for � ooring goes from about $1/

square foot for some sheet vinyl up to $15/square foot for a high-end hardwood � oor.

Deborah Weiland from Weiland Construction con-curs with Wendi on the popularity of vinyl plank. “It’s been very popular, but there is also a big movement toward using eco friendly products such as cork, natural stone and real wood.”

She goes on to say that engineered products are popular because they are easy for homeowners to install themselves and are cheaper than real wood.

This local contracting � rm has projects from Mid-way to Cranbrook and they tend to build custom homes and work with select clients. They are seeing a big trend towards using eco friendly products.

“I’m a fan of using natural products if the budget allows. Heated � oors are very popular these days and manmade products simply don’t hold the heat as well as the natural products do,” says Deborah.

The company buys nearly all of their products lo-cally, using the expertise of Wendi at Maglios and Arianna at Home Building Centre in Nelson.

“These ladies know what they’re talking about and are extremely knowledgable. In 30 years of building, we’ve only ever had one warranty problem and it was with a product made in China. We buy locally because warranty is very important to us.”

L-R: Old timbers from the CPR station refurbished into a beautiful wood � ooring. Wendi Thomson, stands in front of her new favorite � ooring display, “Luxury Vi-nyl.” Beautiful clean balthroom � ooring.


As nostalgia sets in with the falling leaves and priorities turn to family gatherings, many of us are already simmering thoughts of home of a different kind on the back burner. The colder months can be the best time for project planning when it comes to home improvement.

Winter means bare bones for your property and this is a good thing when working out changes to your home or garden. With all of the “� uff” removed from the picture, it is much easier to see where changes need to be made. Literally working with basic shapes in the landscaping and garden or being able to clearly see structural issues means now is the time to list the things you want to attack as soon as the snow melts.

Any landscaping worries are much simpler to mentally adjust when the leaves are off the trees. A talented landscaper starts with balancing shapes and scale. Ensuring that your property’s design has all the correct elements during these months means a more successful look for spring, summer and fall. Creating winter inter-est by � lling empty spaces with evergreens and plants that keep some colour during the cold season can make your yard a source of year-round beauty. Map out your yard on a clean piece of paper or in one of the many computer programs that are available for landscape planning, and draw out the favourite existing plant and hardscaping features to scale. Then spend the winter planning what to move or purchase in the spring to create focal points or simply � ll in empty spaces.

Nolan Hadikin from Silvertip Earthworks in Castlegar says that winter is a great time to plan out the places on your property that

need l e v e l i n g out, brush remov-al or earth moving to in-crease usable space or property size. Hadikin notes that while there are fewer new builds currently, anyone thinking about (breaking ground) needs to consider their septic system and excavation around February or March when the snow melts.

Any large projects such as a new deck or water feature should be properly planned out. Take the time during the cold months to speak with representatives at your home building center or con-tractor to see what your options are. Spend time on the internet researching what new products are available to work with and compare pricing. Make plans with tradespeople now to lock your space into their calendar before they get busy with new builds in the spring. Have fun reaching for the moon with your design and then take the time to scale it back to a reachable and more tangible project. Thinking big � rst means you might see how important it is to include that outdoor kitchen you covet and � nd savings in the garage reno that you don’t especially need. Taking the time to shop and plan means you may � nd a way to do both.

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An ef� icent homeowner knows the time to plan out home im-provements is when you are in your home every day and that bro-ken faucet is staring you in the face. During the summer it is easy to ignore small repairs in favour of beach time or family camping trips, but as the temperature drops and we � nd ourselves again indoors, those small inconveniences become more important to deal with. Make a list and prioritize what will need to be sorted � rst, according to budget, and speak with tradespeople to get quotes. Often you can negotiate better prices during this slow building season.


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If your home improvement takes the direction of large renova-tions or aesthetic changes, then winter gives you all the time you need to arrange a list of wants and needs. This is the time you will realize your home needs more natural light, a more cheerful colour palette, or radiant heating for a more comfort-able living environment.

“You can save time, money and stress by taking the time to plan ahead,” says Jim Lepard from Nelson’s Home Hardware. “Research product options, speak to the experts and schedule home remodel-ing projects now, while you have the time to plan it and get on the

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With a little bit of preparation, your spring cleaning could take on an entirely new mean-ing come March, so use those days snuggled up near the � re to dream big and plan well, and your home will be all the better for it.


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