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Painting your child 's room The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, September 29, 1998 - RE7 When moving into a new home, or redecorating their current home parents usually decorate their chil- dr tcdrsoinsi, lt h. Asa result, most of' their time and budget go to their kids, rather than the entire home. Here are some new ideas that prove less costly as well as less time consuming for such projects. While wallpaper and borders have been the traditional decorat- ing medium of choice, the most recent trend has been toward faux finishes. They have been rediscov- ered and become fashionable in kid's roomns, alone or in combina- medium tint smooshed or sponge tion with wallpaper and border. striped over top? We can instruct Our paint cotors have changed you on these finishes when you III îihc t) lye b. .as hîO. o n-. 11 stop 1In tor pdllt. sumer's choices. Often children Keep in mmnd, you want to save are cboosing brighter and deeper. time and money where possible to versions. Primary and pastel spread throughout you entire colours are stili popular for home. One way to do so, use a younger children. As they become tinted primer under bright or deep teenagers, more and more, they colours to cut down on the num- are urgîng parents to permit our ber of paint coats necessary. darkest colours. While parents are Primer is leas costly than paint. often hesitant, we offer a solution: Next week: Choosing your Faux Finish. Instead of a forebod- child's wallpaper. ing navy blue bedroom, why flot a Provided by: St. Clair, Navy base coat with a blue grey 475 Main St. E., 878-2629. Single women becoming more active ini real estate The proportion of single women buying resale homes in Toronto bas increase4l substantially. The survey analyzed the demographies of thousands of Canadian homebuyers during 1993. It found more single womnen are buying homes than single men. In fact, Toronto bas the second greatest percentage of women buyers in Canada, next to Vancouver. Women now account for 56.8 per cent of ail home purchases by singles, close to 4 per cent higher than last year. Mae buyers dedlined 4 per cent, droppmng to 43.2 per cent. As a whole, singles represented 27 per cent of market activity, up 2 per cent over 1992. There are a number of probable influences behind this trend, including improving income levels, the realization that buying a home is a hedge against rent increases, and social trends like people waiting longer to get married. Whatever the factors, it's apparent that more and more single women in Toronto now have the motiva- tion and the capabiity to buy homes. The survey also found Toronto leads the country in the number of first-time buyers. They now represent 48 per cent of the market. Market conditions are ideal for first-time buyers, he said.. Low mortgage rates, combined with govemment incentives such as access to RRSP funds for home ownership and the 5 per cent downpayment plan, are the major factors influencing activity. However, we are also starting to see some movement in the move- up market. For example, the number of people buying their sec- ond home inched upward, rising from 26 per cent to 27 per cent. Depressed housing prices in the upper- end of the market are prompting move-up buyers to take advantage of the opportunity to upgrade. Obviously, Canadians and more specifically Torontonians, believe in home ownership as both a form of shelter and an investment in the future. pu eý4 ýPý1 -ýlý el eI W le Il ;"e . . ... . ........ . M 9»," le, l. ? MOMMWELLThis bungalow son 'a lange lot with ingroord con~ eme.w NEW ustiml crete pool, Tht houte rat beet eteotioelp opgraded ldea loctio, 4 edrom, streyfinshedrec and t 11 fulloalue. KlttcheoIs a dream of marb10. Idea loatit, ttdrom 2 torp toîtredrec graoite, htilt or appliaocet and the walls are loed room, 2 bathroomo, icely ltecorated. Dock. Rear wîtO glass fronted waohed oak cabnett. 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