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Western Manitoba Design Your Home magazine is a Brandon, MB based company created to promote and feature all the great trades in our local area. With the limited amount of media in Brandon and area, this magazine will assist you and your company with great exposure.

Design Your Home magazine will help local companies feature their business and the special work they do.

Design Your Home magazine will focus on the home and proper ty. Each issue you may see ar ticles on Home and Building, Real Estate, Design and Decorating, Landscaping, and a special featured Home and Business.

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In Every Issue

4 . . . . . . . . Letter from Editor 10 . . . . . . . Featured Business: Brandon Home Show 22. . . . . . . Featured Home: Desigining Your Home 30. . . . . . . Word Play

Lifestyle

My Idiah

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Designing Your Home

Design & Decorative 26 . . . . . . . My IDIAH: Planning a Party At Home

Home Improvements 20. . . . . . . Are You Liable During the Construction of Your Home?

6 . . . . . . . . Dog Days of Summer 8 . . . . . . . . How Radon Enters the Home 29. . . . . . . Wine Advice: Wine Terms

Brandon Home & Leisure Show Guide 10 - 19 . . . Exhibitors Map Platinum Sponsors

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Letter from the Editor Planning a Staycation

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e looked at our calendar for the next few months and because of the busy schedule, we are deciding to do a staycation. It’s a term used when you are looking at events and tourist attractions in your own back yard. When going on a holiday you plan out your days with sightseeing, eating local cuisine, and visiting unique attractions. It is the same for a staycation, you plan to see, eat and visit things in your local area.

Too often we spend the vacation visiting other places, but never really get to know the town or city we live in.

Touring your own town or city can be fun, educational and inexpensive. There are lots of local attractions or public places in most cities to take your kids for fun activities and learn some history yourself.

I star ted my search online, visiting tourism sites for Brandon and area. I was amazed at how many attractions, events, enter tainment and activities that were available to me.

Here are just of the few attractions I found on Brandon’s Tourism website:

Westman Reptile Gardens - Canada’s largest variety of reptiles under one roof. You can view over 300 reptiles including snakes, tur tles, lizards and crocodiles, as well as spiders and much more.

Attractions

Museums & Historic Sites

Brandon Hills -This area is home to a variety of plant and animal species and offers the perfect setting for recreational activities such as hiking, cross-country skiing, cycling and bird watching.

Brandon General Museum - dedicated to the preservation of the City’s history. The Museum is home to the original mayor and council chamber furniture and various other items.

Keystone Centre - Western Canada’s premier facility for all your recreation, enter tainment, convention and agricultural events.

B.J. Hails Museum of Natural History - a large collection of over 800 specimens (mostly birds) native to Manitoba.

Riverbank Discovery Centre - Brandon’s Tourism information centre

Brandon Hills Model Railway Club – come down and check out the model railway systems.

Riverbank Trail System - The trail system ranges from natural river bottom forest to paved, lit walkways and links spor ts venues to downtown shopping and dining.

Enjoy an afternoon stroll along the riverbank or a picnic in one of the many parks of shelters along the way.

Carousels & Dolls Museum - largest collection of modern and re-production dolls in the prairie region as well as a large collection of 20th century dolls and early “Barbie®” favourites. Commission dolls as well as restoration and costuming for your own precious doll is also available.

The Sportsplex - This multipurpose facility is home to an arena, swimming pool with waterslide, three racquetball cour ts, track and field facilities and playground.

Commonwealth Air Museum - Canada’s only Air Museum dedicated solely to those who trained and fought for the British Commonwealth during the 1939-1945 War.

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Art Gallery Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba – exhibits located in the Town Centre above the Library Glen P. Sutherland Gallery of Art – exhibits located at the Brandon University campus Information was found at brandontourism.ca. Please visit their website for addresses, admission and hours of operation.

Photo by Sandy Black Daly House Museum - a guided tour through the municipal heritage site and original home of Brandon’s first Mayor, Thomas Mayne Daly. This upper middle-class home displays furnishings from the 1880s to the 1890s. The museum also contains a turn of the century grocery store and the Magnacca Research Centre.

MB Dragoon’s Museum - this military museum exhibits a variety of military artifacts, memorabilia and archives.

The RCA Museum - The award-winning RCA Museum is Canada’s National Artillery Museum, a Manitoba Star Attraction and one the largest military museums in the country. Get face to face with Canadian military technology, art, culture and heritage while exploring five galleries in a 24,000 square foot building.

Eat out! Search for restaurants in your area and be a little rebellious. Trying a new international cuisine, it may be outside your comfor t zone, but may become your new favourite place to go.

To make it feel like a true vacation, we may look into renting a hotel room that has a pool and other amenities.

This will give the whole family something to enjoy from fun in the pool, to maybe a relaxing massage.

Remember to turn off your phone, and that having a little get away with the family doesn’t mean you have to get on a plane or pack up the car and drive far, why not check out your own back yard!

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Dog Days of

Summer

By Wanda Kurchaba

C

an you smell the wonderful aroma of the spruce needles from the native-to-Manitoba white spruce trees? What about the lingering drift of smoke from a recently lit campfire? Or maybe it’s the smell of fresh? Fresh leaves, fresh grass, fresh Manitoba lake water.

To me, all of these aromas signal life at the lake. Living in Manitoba, we all know that summers can be and often are too shor t. It doesn’t seem to matter if we have the perfect spring, the best weather all summer long and a wonderful fall, we still feel robbed when the extended hours of daylight and the carefree, dog days of summer come to an end.

Heading to the lake in Manitoba can mean different things to different people. For some people it’s embracing life in an isolated cabin sitting on a hill with a small, but beautiful to look at, body of water in perfect view. To others, it’s enjoying time with family and friends at a seasonal, recreational vehicle campground. Then, there are those that put the rubber to the road and travel from fabulous campsite to campsite every single weekend of

Photo By Wanda Kurchaba

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the summer star ting with the May long weekend. Some people just couldn’t live without their waterfront cottage with a perfect, clear view, and then there are others who enjoy the peacefulness of a cabin just a stone’s throw away.

I think that’s the beauty of it. It seems as though, the options are limitless and there truly is a time, a place and a style of a home-away-from-home for everyone.

Regardless, of where you sleep, I think lake life is lake life. It’s about getting together with family and friends, it’s about being on a mini-vacation. Don’t you just feel it, even as you drive up to your final destination…the shoulders relax, the tension dissipates, energy levels increase and sweet dreams turn into reality. The scents, the scenery, the sounds…it’s all yours to take in and enjoy.

With an abundance of lakes throughout the province, time spent there tends to come with an endless list of fun, interactive and enjoyable activities. That’s definitely an added bonus to living in Manitoba.

I dare the kids to ever say ‘I’m bored’ when we’re at the lake. I realize that not everyone is for tunate enough to have a boat, an RV, an ATV and all kinds of fun accessories, but even without that stuff there’s still plenty to do.

I challenged myself to come up with a list of at least 20 things to do while at the lake. Not surprising, I met and surpassed my goal and found it quite amazing as to how many things I was able to come up with.

Swimming, hiking, walking, quadding, napping in the hammock or zero gravity chair, boating, picking berries/mushrooms/nuts, biking, scavenger hunts, fishing, waterskiing, wakeboarding, tubing, bird watching, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boating, building sandcastles, nature photography, playing games (Frisbee, lawn bowling, bocce ball, croquet) hunting, going on a picnic, golfing, searching for weird bugs, taking a drive to look for wildlife, reading, listening to the elk bugling or the coyotes howling, looking for fireflies, watching the sun set, having a bonfire (of course with s’mores and cheesy sandwiches) and the most common activity of all (albeit far from the most popular)…squatting mosquitoes!

Photo By Wanda Kurchaba

Of course, in many cases waterfront locations aren’t available and may not even be in the budget. The benefit to this is that the prices of proper ty that don’t have an adjacent shoreline are often less expensive and for those with young children they often feel safer being a little fur ther away from the water. In many cases you still get a great view, you just enjoy it from a little fur ther away.

Regardless of whether you’re right on the water, a fiveminute walk or 10-minute drive away there’s nothing like spending the day, a weekend, a week or the entire summer at your favourite Manitoba hotspot.

Summer is just around the corner and we all know it’s the shor test season of the year, so put your plans together now so you don’t miss out on any of the fun!

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This doesn’t even take into account all the socializing with family and friends or all the wonderful food and delicious meals we create and toss on the barbeque.

The beauty with most of these activities is that you don’t have to have a waterfront place or even a permanent location (although, I think that’s what many of us dream of!). You can still enjoy life at the lake even if you’re able to just make a day trip out of it.

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Brandon Home and Leisure Show Joins Cancer Fight

- Names Canadian Cancer Society charity of choice; raises radon gas awareness

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your current or future home and now the Brandon Home and Leisure Show par tnering with the Canadian Cancer Society to take on cancer.

Home Show general manager Dave Melcosky said in addition to increasing awareness about the dangers of radon gas, the show’s timing creates a wonderful opportunity to community-build and increase Brandon’s engagement in the cancer fight. He said the Show has designated the Canadian Cancer Society its official charity of choice.

“Due to the fact that April is Daffodil Month across Canada and the Show is in April or late March, it was a natural par tnership,” Melcosky said.

Karrie Smyth, manager of the provincial Daffodil Campaign praised Melcosky and the Home Show for showing leadership and commitment to helping Manitoba cancer patients and their families.

“We’re very excited with this par tnership because it offers a wonderful oppor tunity to take on this terrible disease,’’ she said. “Through this par tnership we’re going to help show-goers reduce their family’s risk of cancer and we’re going to challenge everyone to take up the cancer fight on behalf of patients and their families.”

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Cancer Society representatives will man a booth at the show to respond to questions, distribute information and provide visitors with bright yellow daffodil pins that let cancer patients know that they are not alone in their fight against cancer. The Home Show has also committed to matching pin donations.

“Throughout the province we’re finding companies and organizations like the Home Show that are stepping up with matching campaigns and it’s really terrific,” Smyth

said. “It really shows community leadership and it also demonstrates to employees and patrons just how engaged they are in fighting a disease that affects all of us.”

For Melcosky, fighting cancer is something personal. “Cancer is a real big deal for me,’’ he said. “Three members of my immediate family had cancer, including myself.”

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“I lost my sister a few Soil years ago prematurely and for tunately for me, mine Fractured was skin cancer and we bedrock dealt with it through minor surgery. I feel lucky and I want more people to have a positive outcome and by donating to the Canadian Cancer Society, we’re investing in research so more people survive this terrible disease.”

The Society will also use the Home Show to increase awareness about radon gas, the second leading cause of lung cancer. A Health Canada survey found that nearly one in four Manitoba homes have higher radon levels than federal guidelines. Across Canada about 11% of homes have radon gas levels higher than the Health Canada standard of 200 Bq/m3. In Manitoba, 24% of homes have higher than the acceptable levels with some par ts of the province – the area in and around Brandon, Bossevian and Dauphin – having up to 41% of homes higher than the accepted level.

The Society will also market their Radon Detector kits at the booth and supply literature on the topic. For more information go to: www.cancer.ca/radonmb - Article supplied by the Canadian Cancer Society.

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Together we are discovering new ways to change cancer forever. For more information, visit cancer.ca or call our toll-free bilingual Cancer Information Service at 1-888-939-3333 (TTY 1-866-786-3934). Make your gift today at cancer.ca.

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49th Annual

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Dream it! . See it! . Live it!

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One of Brandon’s Biggest Events of the Year

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magine growing your business 10 times the original size in just 49 years! It seems like an impossible feat, but that’s exactly what the Brandon Home & Leisure Show has done.

What star ted in 1966 as a modest tradeshow, named the Brandon Spor tsman Show, in less than 10,000 square feet, it has now grown to utilize almost 100,000 square feet of Brandon’s Keystone Centre.

“The growth of the Show has been progressive. Like anything else, it takes some new ideas and some innovative thinking,” said Dave Melcosky, General Manager of the Brandon Home & Leisure Show.“I’m the type of person, regardless of what I’m doing, that doesn’t like to reinvent the wheel. I let the wheel run and then I try to improve it. The biggest mistake that

you can make on an event is going in and changing everything overnight.”

Along with innovation, putting together an event of this magnitude takes careful planning and attention to detail.

Dave, who’s been in the lead role for the last five years, said the increased use of technology has helped to improve and grow the event.

Dave Melcosky, Show Manager

“The biggest change I made, right off the bat, was creating an email address and developing a website. Everything before that was done by fax and phone. Now, 95 per cent of the work I do now is by email. As well, we’ve worked

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hard to create a more of a professional atmosphere and develop a hostess program,” Dave said.

At this year’s Show, you’ll find a diverse range of close to 170 exhibitors. This includes pretty much everything you can think of for home renovation, building and accessorizing to all the things you need to enjoy your leisure or free time like recreational vehicles, ideas to create fabulous outdoor spaces and good a selection of products for enter tainment.

Plus, there will be some never-seen-before exhibitors over the three-day weekend. Most years, close to 20 per cent of the exhibitors are brand new or haven’t attended for many, many years.

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“We always try to urge the exhibitors to bring in new products. Some of them diversify and kick off their products at the Home Show, which is fantastic. Our guests are truly getting to see first-hand what the latest trends are,” Dave says.

With over 11,000 guests walking through the doors for the Brandon Home & Leisure Show last year, it’s a win-win situation for exhibitors, for those looking to shop or for those just coming to kick tires.

It’s an inspirational weekend where people come to gather ideas and put together plans for improvements to their

home or cottage. And, let’s face it, where else can you see so many businesses all under one roof?

“Most people come to the Show because they are sincerely looking for something. The majority of people are actively looking to connect with a supplier or a tradesperson or a company that can provide them with something that they are interested in,” Dave said. “If you’ve been looking for something, like a fireplace or windows for your house, and you go to the Home Show there’s a good chance you are going to get special Home Show pricing. The price of admission gets you in and you can literally save 100’s of dollars on major purchases.”

This year, the Brandon Home & Leisure Show is pleased to introduce some new par tners. In addition to Brandon and Area Realtors as the presenting sponsor of the show, MTS and Alternative Landscaping have come on board as platinum sponsors. As well, the Canadian Cancer Society has been chosen as the official charity of the Brandon Home & Leisure Show.

The event will give the local chapter of the Canadian Cancer Society an oppor tunity to educate the public on the services they offer like low-cost radon testing kits and to help promote their current fundraising effor ts, which

coincide with April being Cancer Month. As well, the Brandon Home & Leisure Show has committed to match a por tion of the funds that are raised during the show for the Canadian Cancer Society.

“With a chance to win $5000 wor th of prizes, provided

by Kitchen Gallery on 9th and Krevco Lifestyles, and everything that there is to see and do, I just know the general public will be very pleased with this year’s show!

It’s going to be a great oppor tunity and experience for our exhibitors as well.”

The Brandon Home & Leisure Show takes place April 1012. For more information, visit: www.brandonhomeshow.ca.

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Show Guide 2015 Exhibitors List For more show information, visit the Brandon Home Show online at www.brandonhomeshow.ca.

Kinsmen Arena

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Action Power Enns Brothers Kelleher Ford Krevco Lifestyles Murray Auto Centre

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3% Realty Solution Ad Mix Promotions Alternative Landscaping Ltd Armital Jewelry Asessippi Parkland Tourism Blinds by Anita Brandon Computers Chocolate Moose Fudge Factory Creasy Hot Tubs & Billiards Duraco WINDOWS Brandon Epicure 2 Forsythe Technical Design and Consulting Hamiota Economic Development HAO Bedding, Blinds and Drapery Harval Homees Harvest Chiropractic Infinity Kitchen and Bath Investors Group Financial Services Inc Janzen’s Paint & Decorating Ltd Keller Developments Keystone Contractors and Builders Keystone Geo Exchange Kitchen Gallery on 9th Municipality of Killarney TM My IT Source Njoi Santa Fe beach residences Honduras

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Noble Inn Norwex RBC Mortgage Specialist Redfern Enterprises Ltd RFNow Inc./Andrew Agencies Rivers-Daly CDC Scentsy Wickless Candles Shaw Direct/Roblin Tech Services Sun Hills Resort Ltd Sutton Harrison Realty The “R” Studio Tocara Jewelry Turtle Mountain Community Dev U Weight Loss Clinic V.K. Naturals Aromatherapy Visit Minot We Care Health Services Westman Communications Group Winder Woodworks Inc

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All Seasons Furnace & Duct Cleaning BDO Canada Limited C&C Rentals Canadian Cancer Society Manitoba Capital Mechanical Heating and Cooling Draw Drum for Door Prizes Elite Sunrooms Fins and Feathers Wildlife Art Heath Cabinetry Horizon Storage Sheds Invisible Fence of Southern MB Keystone Food Service Livingstone Landscaping Ltd Mobile One Marine

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North American Basement Systems Paramount Windows Inc. Ray’s Fireplace Shore Front Dock & Lift

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Able Eavestroughing Ltd Aerus Electrolux Allen Leigh Security and Communications Arctic Spas Manitoba Ava Gray Direct Designs Baukorb Inc Boundary Lane Granite Works Budget Blinds of Southwest MB C.S.A .Construction ltd Camelot Personal Care City of Brandon Planning & Bld. Safety Coldspring Creative Kitchens Ltd. CWD Satellite D and B Sprinklers Daughter On Call Duffy’s Electric Elegance In Stone Grandeur Housing Ltd. Heartland Fence Deck & Rail Heat Innovations Inc Hepson Equipment Inc Homark Homes Inc. Image Landscape and Renovation J&M Industries Ltd. Kim’s Cotton Candy MTS MX Group

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Are you Liable During the Construction of Your Home?

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hen you decide to build a new home there are a couple of options available to you. You can hire a knowledgeable person or company to oversee the construction or you can make the decision to do it yourself. If you decide to head up the project yourself you then become the ‘general contractor’ or ‘prime contractor’.

There are many responsibilities that go along with being the ‘prime‘. Ultimately you are responsible for the safety of the workers on your site. In this ar ticle I will concentrate on the safety aspects of the job. Most of the information in this ar ticle comes from the Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) Act and Regulations.

Requirement for prime contractor

(b) coordinate, organize and oversee the performance of all work at the construction project site and conduct his or her own activities in such a way to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that no person is exposed to risks to his or her safety or health arising out of, or in connection with activities at the construction project site.

7(1) there shall be a prime contractor for a construction project if more than one employer or self-employed person is involved in work at the construction project site at the same time.

(c ) c o o pe r a t e wi t h a ny o t h e r pe r s o n e xe r c i s i n g a du t y i m po se d by t h i s A c t o r t h e re g u l a t i o n s ( W S H o r bu i l di n g i n spe c t o r s) : a n d (d) c o m ply w i t h t h e A c t a n d re g u l a t i o n s

Prime contractor for construction project

The first step should be to pick up a copy of the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Legislation, Act and Regulations. This is be available from the local WSH office or from the Construction Safety Association of Manitoba(CSAM). The act can also be found online, Google WSH Act and Regulations.

7(2) The prime contractor for a construction project is (a) the person who enters into a contract to serve as a prime contractor with the owner of the construction project or (b) if there is no contract referred to in clause (a), or if that contract is not in effect, the owner of the construction project site.

7(3) Duties of prime contractor : The prime contractor for a construction project shall (a) ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that every person involved in work on the project complies with this Act and the regulations;

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This should contain all the information you will need and the regulations outline specific rules and procedures to help ensure the safety of workers performing on the project. All construction procedures must be followed as outlined in the Regulations.

There are far too many regulations to mention in this ar ticle but they cover everything from individual and

company responsibilities to how to perform tasks in a safe manner and the safety equipment and procedures needed to do so.

Before a project or task begins the prime should meet with the workers or the company rep responsible for safety and out line the company’s or person’s responsibility for safety on the site. A form should be drawn up that out lines the responsibilities and there should be a sign off by the worker or contractor to show that they were told of their responsibilities and they understand them. They should be told of any hazards or dangers they may encounter. That is par t of the due diligence of being a prime contractor.

You must ensure that the workers on the site know their responsibilities when it come to health and safety.

Post emergency numbers and contacts on the site in case an incident should occur.

Be sure the contractor or self employed worker is covered by workers compensation. Record their registration number.

It is best to hire sub contractors who can prove they have a health and safety program in place. If a company

can show that it is COR (cer tificate of recognition) rated then you can be fairly cer tain they have safety policies and procedures in place. These companies are safety audited on a yearly basis and keep their COR rating based on a passing grade.

All workers and visitors on a site must be wearing protective equipment such as protective footwear and hard hats. There may also be a need for hearing, eye, respiratory and fall protection. Florescent vests should be worn and are mandatory if there is motorized equipment such as scat tracks or zoom booms on the site.

Ensure that all equipment is properly guarded and in proper working condition.

This could be one of the most exciting periods in your life, so be safe.

Happy Hammering.

Bill White has been associated with work place safety committees for 25 years in the government and the private sectors

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Feature Home - Designing Your Home

By David McConkey Photos by Jamie-Lynn Dyck Home Renderings by Forsythe Technical Design & Consulting

H

ow would you go about designing and building a new home? What steps would you take? What pitfalls would you try to avoid? Stewar t and JaimeLynn Dyck are going through that very process right now. And they are delighted to share their experience with you.

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After several moves over the years, the Dyck family – Stewart, Jaime-Lynn and their six-year-old daughter – were at a point in their lives where they were ready for a new house. Here was a chance to have exactly what they wanted.

Here was a chance to achieve a long-standing ambition of building their dream home. “We had a passion to build our own home,” Stewart says, “the way we wanted it built.”

Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn are the owners of Promotional Publications, a local print and digital media company.

Among their products and services is the magazine you are reading right now: “Design Your Home.”

What’s the first piece of advice that Stewar t and JaimeLynn have? “Take your time,” Jaime-Lynn says, “and make sure you have the time.” Even if this is not your “forever

home,” you still want to have the best fit for your family today, for the needs of your family into the future, and for eventual re-sale.

of at least one acre. They spent two years looking until they located their ideal spot: a two-acre parcel just outside of the city.

“We hope to be in there for a long time,” Jaime-Lynn says about their new house, “but because we have moved so many times, we are always aware of re-sale.”

Knowing where they would build and how much money they had, they could star t designing the house they wanted.

Based on their previous experience and seeing the homes

Taking your time is also a way to avoid becoming overwhelmed by all the information, all the options, all the choices.

The first step was to check out finances. They visited Scott McMullan, a mortgage broker in Brandon with Centum Mor tgage Choice Corp. From McMullan, they found out just what they could afford and what was the best alternative for their mortgage. Financial limits determine the building possibilities. Stewart notes that at this stage, you can obtain – and this is recommended – a preapproved mor tgage.

The next step was to buy a lot on which to build. In their case, they wanted to live close to Brandon, on a proper ty Centum Mortgage Choice Corp.

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of family and friends, they decided on a bungalow. Their sloping proper ty meant that they could have a walk-out basement on one side. Their rural setting was an invitation to have a home with a cottage-like feel.

Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn recommend gathering as much information as you can. There are plenty of ideas out there for all types of houses, including floor plans and tips for living, dining, kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom areas. A good place to star t is the website houzz.com.

Look around. Measure the individual rooms of your current house. Ask around. Talk to friends, neighbours, and people in the industry. As Stewar t says, “Don’t be afraid to ask as many people as possible.”

Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn assembled all of their ideas and went to see Dan Forsythe of Forsythe Technical Design & Consulting in Brandon. Forsythe brought Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn’s ideas, questions, and budget into a great house design. And, despite all the research they had done, Dan Forsythe was able to add “many things that we didn’t think

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of,” Stewar t says. “And we saved a lot by his suggestions.”

Dan Forsythe also was able to show them with 3D drawings what the inside and outside of the house would look like.

They especially appreciated the working relationship with Dan Forsythe. “He educates you,” Stewar t says. “He suggests, but doesn’t tell you, which is great.”

Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn are acting as the general contractor for their house, using the plan developed by Forsythe Technical Design & Consulting, Stewar t sums up Dan Forsythe’s approach as designing for the needs and wants of homeowner first, while also considering the builder in the equation. He is concerned with the longevity of his custom home designs. He can answer any questions posed by the builder and will consider the builder’s ideas if they make sound sense and are in the best interests of the

homeowner. If any questions regarding the F.T.D.C. plans arise during the entire costing and construction phase, Dan is there to help answer them.”

They were now ready to take their plans around to builders for quotes. As they were doing that, Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn were also proceeding with another piece of the puzzle: selling their existing house.

“Putting your house up for sale is a process,” Jaime-Lynn says. “It is not just a matter of one day deciding and calling someone.”

They did a thorough evaluation of their house. They completed any outstanding projects. They repaired any scratches, nicks, and dings. They also upgraded and improved features such as some of the lighting. Then they completed a major decluttering, which required the renting of a storage unit to contain all the extra stuff.

They have transformed their house. Their lives in their house are now revolving around a different purpose. As Jaime-Lynn points out, when you are living in your house, you organize for functionality. But when you are selling your house, you organize for presentation.

Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn are selling their house themselves, using their media company, Promotional Publications. They can apply their previous experience with videography and with social media – as well as with traditional media – to market their home.

Clearly, Stewar t and Jaime-Lynn have that required good relationship. They now have their proper ty. They have their house plans. They have their current house up for sale.

They hope to have their new house built, their old house sold, and their family moved in by the end of this summer.

How will it all work out? Stay tuned for the rest of the story.

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What is most impor tant when you design and build your own home? With a laugh, Jaime-Lynn replies, “Go in with a good relationship with your spouse!”

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planning a party at home

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lanning a par ty in your home can be ver y eventful!

You need to make the guest list, pick a date, organize food and beverages and even pick a theme if you like. I am going to discuss some ways to help you plan a par ty in your own home.

I hosted a par ty at my home and the first thing I decided on was a theme. I planned an evening of wine and food pairings, sounds a little overwhelming, especially since I’m not an exper t in that area, but it wasn’t. I used local resources to help me plan my evening smoothly! I hired local wine sommelier Kate Wagner Zeke to come to the par ty and talk to the guests about the wine and food pairings we had chosen. I worked with Kate over email for a few weeks to decide on the type of wine and food I wanted to have and she gave me a list of items to purchase

for the party. I did some research on my own and came up with some other food options, but it wasn’t necessary, as she gave me a great list to shop from. Kate works with each host/hostess to come up with a list of wines and pairings they want. She can come to any size of event from corporate to a small intimate home party.

Working with a professional to plan your party makes it a lot easier on you!

Since I was offering a selection of 6 different wines, I went to Party Professionals and picked up extra items I did not have at home already. To make our night perfect, I picked up extra white and red wine glasses, a cocktail table for guests to stand at

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and linens for the cocktail table and my dining room table.

This was much easier than buying new stemware and linens, and I didn’t have to wash any of them, bonus! You box everything up and return it the next day. Katrina Sigurdson from Par ty Professionals says, “We offer different rentals from linens and dishware to a karaoke machine and yard signs for bir thdays or special greetings”.

If you are having a par ty, celebration or family gathering, I highly recommend calling or emailing them for rentals to make your par ty easier on you.

I put together all the food for the wine and food pairing, but I would also suggest contacting a local restaurant if you prefer something catered. Many restaurants will let you order off their menu for take-out or even let you work with the manager or chef to help create your menu,

and meat depar tment for specialty items you can buy already prepared.

I am happy to say that my guests and I enjoyed a fabulous evening of food, wine and even learned more about them.

Using local resources can really help lighten the load on you when planning your event and the day of. Hiring someone can really help bring the theme together and give you a par ty your guests will be talking about for months.

Party Theme Ideas

• Spor ts (Super Bowl/Stanley Cup) • Murder Mystery

which you can pick up before the par ty. There are many

• Luau

restaurants I spoke with that are really willing to help give

• Movie theme

you what you want for a special occasion or par ty. And it beats all the shopping and preparing before the par ty.

Don’t forget your local grocery store may also make custom par ty trays as well. Talk to your local deli, bakery

• Halloween • Alcohol (wine/beer/mar tini) • Favourite Decade • Hat Par ty • Taste of the World

Locals to Hire for Your Party

• Sommelier (contact your local liquor store for names) • Musician/Band (contact your local pub or University for names) • Belly Dancer (contact your local dance studio for names) • Card Reader/Psychic • Magician/Enter tainer • Actors (contact your local community theatre for added “characters” for your par ty)

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Wine Advice Wine Words

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Corked: wine affected by “cork taint”, a wine fault.

These wines have aromas of damp basement, wet dog, or moldy newspaper.

Decant: to separate wine from sediment.

hether reading what others have written about wine or listening

to comments made by professional tasters, you have, no doubt, noticed

Delicate: light-bodied with delicate fragrances.

Dry: wine with less than 0.2% residual sugar.

Finish: the final impression of a wine after it is swallowed.

Flavour: taste.

Legs: the “tears” or rivulets that run down the inside of a wine glass after wine is swirled. An indicator of alcohol, glycerin and sweetness levels. Not a quality indicator.

that cer tain terms are commonly

Mature: wine that has reached its full potential and is ready to be consumed.

used as wine descriptors.

Mouth-feel: the combination of texture and weight

An understanding of the following basic terms will help you to fully appreciate, understand and interpret “wine talk”. Developing a wine vocabulary will make you more confident and knowledgeable about wine and able to express what you detect in cer tain wines, like or dislike, and make comprehensive notes. Additionally, wine terms allow you to communicate well with others immersed in the wine world, and they with you.

Off-dry: wine that is slightly sweet.

Acidity: Acidity, detected on the front and sides of the tongue, adds crispness and vitality and is a critical component in aging. All wines contain acid.

Aerate: exposing wine to air to allow it to ‘open up”. This is accomplished by pouring wine into a glass or decanter or simply by swirling it.

Oaky: the influence of oak on wine. Such wines may have vanilla, butterscotch, toffee and caramel-like aromas and flavours and are often smoother and softer that their nonoak-influenced counterpar ts.

Oxidized: the influence of air on wine that eventually results in a flat wine lacking fruit. This is normal and desirable in Sherry.

Palate: the taste-buds, tongue and inside of the mouth.

Sparkling: wine with bubbles of carbon dioxide gas.

Sweetness: most often related to the presence of unfermented sugar but may be used to describe ripe, fresh or candied fruit.

Tannin: a natural substance found in grape skins, seeds and stems, and wood barrels. Tannins are most prominent Balance: the level of harmony between sweetness, acidity, in red wines and are largely responsible for structure and age-ability. Tannins are detected as drying and astringent tannins and alcohol. sensations.

Blend: wine made using two or more grape varieties.

Typicity: wine tastes as it should. It represents the grape Body: the weight and texture of wine. It may be lightvariety used in production, the area where the grapes are medium-or full-bodied. Weight is best understood by grown and the local wine-making traditions. comparing the weight of a wine to that of milk. Lightbodied wines are similar in weight to skim milk, medium- Varietal: a grape variety: for example, Chardonnay bodied to 2% and full-bodied to half and half.

Aroma: The smell of a wine.

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