Spring is always the best time to give your garden a makeover. You’ll have had plenty of time during the long Calgary winter to make your plans, and making changes before everything gets into full growing season makes everything easier to work with. One under-hyped addition to your backyard is a pergola, and with a…
As the weather outside starts to warm up, Calgary residents start to feel the benefits of living in the sunniest city in Canada. There’s on average over 300 days of sunshine in Calgary, so you need to take advantage of all the sun and warmth by spending time outside. The best way to achieve this…
Imagine a world in which you have a new outside area to enjoy the warmer weather, without having to take a sizeable personal loan to do so. Imagine no more, as a deck is the way to bring your outdoor dreams to reality! A deck is a raised platform, typically made from lumber and planking,…
As the cold and snow of winter becomes a distant memory, it’s normal for Calgary homeowners to turn their attention to their outdoor spaces. For some, there will be plans for a new flower bed or vegetable garden, while others will have ambitious plans to get their family to spend more time outside. An obvious…
There’s nothing like spending the summer outside on your patio. It feels like a fantastic halfway house between the formality of your indoor living room and the unstructured nature of your lawn. It provides you with a place to entertain, to put a grill, to host a fire pit party or just relax as your…
As a pergola owner, you know the impatience that comes over you as winter starts to wind down. You wake up each morning and rush to the window to see how much of the Calgary snowpack has melted, before opening your weather app to check on the rising temperatures. Each day brings you closer to…