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Before and After: How this post-war Burlington farmhouse transformed into a $2.7-million turnkey
Real Estate

Before and After: How this post-war Burlington farmhouse transformed into a $2.7-million turnkey

Goodbye dark spaces, dated decor and barren backyard. Hello open-concept brightness, modern luxury and, yes, that’s an in-ground pool in the corner

House of the Week: This $3.4-million Wychwood home with six bathrooms used to be a tiny bungalow
Real Estate

House of the Week: This $3.4-million Wychwood home with six bathrooms used to be a tiny bungalow

The 4,000-square-foot property comes with a newly decked-out kitchen, a firepit in the backyard, a laneway garage and parking for two cars

Before and After: How this classic Beaches semi transformed into a $1.4-million property with Japandi flair
Real Estate

Before and After: How this classic Beaches semi transformed into a $1.4-million property with Japandi flair

Goodbye wasted space, earth tones and old-fashioned decor. Hello sleek storage, calming colours and contemporary design

Before and After: How this 1980s Yorkville condo transformed into a modern $3.9-million property
Real Estate

Before and After: How this 1980s Yorkville condo transformed into a modern $3.9-million property

Goodbye vintage decor, cramped rooms and old appliances. Hello contemporary design, airy spaces and an extra $600,000 to the listing price

Sale of the Week: the bidding war over this $900,000 west-end home shows how renovations pay off
Real Estate

Sale of the Week: the bidding war over this $900,000 west-end home shows how renovations pay off

Before and After: a professional renovator revamps an aging Corso Italia house—and ups its value by $350,000
Real Estate

Before and After: a professional renovator revamps an aging Corso Italia house—and ups its value by $350,000

Before and After: a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to buy, renovate and lease an income property
Real Estate

Before and After: a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to buy, renovate and lease an income property

Looks like Union Station’s never-ending reno will cost $80 million more than expected
City

Looks like Union Station’s never-ending reno will cost $80 million more than expected

Extreme Makeover: a dated beauty salon gets a second life as a yoga studio
Style

Extreme Makeover: a dated beauty salon gets a second life as a yoga studio

Extreme Makeover: a sad suburban basement gets a revamp courtesy of television’s <em>Love It or List It</em>
Style

Extreme Makeover: a sad suburban basement gets a revamp courtesy of television’s Love It or List It

Square One Shopping Centre’s revitalization plans are rumoured to include a Topshop store
Style

Square One Shopping Centre’s revitalization plans are rumoured to include a Topshop store

Extreme Makeover: a new staircase adds space and light to a narrow semi in The Beach
Style

Extreme Makeover: a new staircase adds space and light to a narrow semi in The Beach

Extreme Makeover: an iconic modernist house in midtown gets a 21st-century update
Style

Extreme Makeover: an iconic modernist house in midtown gets a 21st-century update

Extreme Makeover: a ho-hum Roncesvalles Victorian gets a rustic-modern overhaul
Style

Extreme Makeover: a ho-hum Roncesvalles Victorian gets a rustic-modern overhaul

The Chase: two consultants brave a blind bid process for a home in Kensington Market
Real Estate

The Chase: two consultants brave a blind bid process for a home in Kensington Market

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Big Stories

Untold stories from the early years of Second City, the group that changed comedy
Culture

Untold stories from the early years of Second City, the group that changed comedy

<em>Toronto Life</em>’s top longreads of 2022
City

Toronto Life’s top longreads of 2022

&#8220;I spent five years in a white-power gang&#8221;: Inside the twisted world of Toronto&#8217;s white supremacist movement
Memoir

“I spent five years in a white-power gang”: Inside the twisted world of Toronto’s white supremacist movement

The average rent for a one-bedroom is $2,481—and it&#8217;s going&nbsp;up
City

The average rent for a one-bedroom is $2,481—and it’s going up

My wife and daughter were killed when Iran shot down Flight PS752. I will do whatever it takes to bring the corrupt regime to justice
Memoir

My wife and daughter were killed when Iran shot down Flight PS752. I will do whatever it takes to bring the corrupt regime to justice

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2022
City

The 50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2022

How Simu Liu is using his superpowers for good
Culture

How Simu Liu is using his superpowers for good

These three brothers scammed their investors out of $233 million. Then they lived like kings
City

These three brothers scammed their investors out of $233 million. Then they lived like kings

The Homecoming Club: Five families on leaving Toronto, regretting it and finding their way home
Real Estate

The Homecoming Club: Five families on leaving Toronto, regretting it and finding their way home

At 80, John Irving still has plenty to say: about Trump, about abortion, about tattoos, about everything
Culture

At 80, John Irving still has plenty to say: about Trump, about abortion, about tattoos, about everything

A look behind the scenes of Kent Monkman&#8217;s latest show
Culture

A look behind the scenes of Kent Monkman’s latest show

This developer sold pre-construction townhouses for $400,000. Three years later, they told their buyers to pay another $100K or lose their homes
Real Estate

This developer sold pre-construction townhouses for $400,000. Three years later, they told their buyers to pay another $100K or lose their homes

The restaurant industry is broken
Food & Drink

The restaurant industry is broken

Inside the weird world of cryotherapy, biocharging and fecal transplants
City

Inside the weird world of cryotherapy, biocharging and fecal transplants

I took a three-month vow of silence and walked nearly 1,000 kilometres
Memoir

I took a three-month vow of silence and walked nearly 1,000 kilometres

The New Hollywood North: Up close and personal with the city’s new superstars
City

The New Hollywood North: Up close and personal with the city’s new superstars

“I was so petrified by the scale of the job that I couldn’t sleep”: True tales from the city&#8217;s high-rise construction workers
City

“I was so petrified by the scale of the job that I couldn’t sleep”: True tales from the city’s high-rise construction workers

How I escaped from Manus prison: a memoir
Memoir

How I escaped from Manus prison: a memoir

Where to get a dream cottage for less than you think
Real Estate

Where to get a dream cottage for less than you think

Frank Gehry has a few things to get off his chest
Real Estate

Frank Gehry has a few things to get off his chest

Great Spaces

Inside a net-zero Lawrence Park home that generates negative energy bills
Real Estate

Inside a net-zero Lawrence Park home that generates negative energy bills

Best Dressed

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Trish, Mac &#038; Matty Matheson, the ultimate nonconformists

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Trish, Mac & Matty Matheson, the ultimate nonconformists

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fashion director George Antonopoulos

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fashion director George Antonopoulos

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fitness model and anti-blogger Sasha Exeter

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Fitness model and anti-blogger Sasha Exeter

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brian A. Richards, potential future face of fashion in Toronto

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Brian A. Richards, potential future face of fashion in Toronto

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Artsy supercouple Jeffrey &#038; Lucia Remedios

Toronto’s Best Dressed: Artsy supercouple Jeffrey & Lucia Remedios

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