During the holiday season families come together to celebrate, but busy households can bring scratched walls, scuffed floors or even worse: provide in-laws with the opportunity to point out that your 1970’s patterned wallpaper is no longer the height of fashion.

What’s a baby boomer to do with days, weeks, months and years of previously unavailable free time? Renovate; what else?

More than half of Canadians 50 or older are now reclining comfortably into retirement and 36 per cent are planning to retire before the age of 59. Of these, 38 per cent will choose to spend their new found leisure time renovating their homes for aesthetic reasons or to change their living space, according to a recent study conducted by Leger Marketing and commissioned by Secure Insurance Solutions Group Inc.

What’s a baby boomer to do with days, weeks, months and years of previously unavailable free time? Renovate; what else?

More than half of Canadians 50 or older are now reclining comfortably into retirement and 36 per cent are planning to retire before the age of 59. Of these, 38 per cent will choose to spend their new found leisure time renovating their homes for aesthetic reasons or to change their living space, according to a recent study conducted by Leger Marketing and commissioned by Scrivens Family of Companies.

What’s a baby boomer to do with days, weeks, months and years of previously unavailable free time? Renovate; what else?

More than half of Canadians 50 or older are now reclining comfortably into retirement and 36 per cent are planning to retire before the age of 59. Of these, 38 per cent will choose to spend their new found leisure time renovating their homes for aesthetic reasons or to change their living space, according to a recent study conducted by Leger Marketing and commissioned by Cambrian Insurance Brokers Limited.

What’s a baby boomer to do with days, weeks, months and years of previously unavailable free time? Renovate; what else?

More than half of Canadians 50 or older are now reclining comfortably into retirement and 36 per cent are planning to retire before the age of 59. Of these, 38 per cent will choose to spend their new found leisure time renovating their homes for aesthetic reasons or to change their living space, according to a recent study conducted by Leger Marketing and commissioned by PBL Insurance Limited.

What’s a baby boomer to do with days, weeks, months and years of previously unavailable free time? Renovate; what else?

More than half of Canadians 50 or older are now reclining comfortably into retirement and 36 per cent are planning to retire before the age of 59. Of these, 38 per cent will choose to spend their new found leisure time renovating their homes for aesthetic reasons or to change their living space, according to a recent study conducted by Leger Marketing and commissioned by the Verge Insurance Group.

What’s a baby boomer to do with days, weeks, months and years of previously unavailable free time? Renovate; what else?

More than half of Canadians 50 or older are now reclining comfortably into retirement and 36 per cent are planning to retire before the age of 59. Of these, 38 per cent will choose to spend their new found leisure time renovating their homes for aesthetic reasons or to change their living space, according to a recent study conducted by Leger Marketing and commissioned by Stevenson & Hunt Insurance Brokers Limited.

A new wave of young, hip professionals entering the condominium market is changing the nature of condo living into something a lot more chic and expensive.

Condos are being scooped up in record numbers, injecting more modern and expensive furnishings, finishes and décor into dwellings that were once considered the epitome of affordable housing

Today’s condos are equipped with hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, and granite countertops, not to mention top-of-the-line home theatre systems, gaming systems, and lavish furniture.

What's a homeowner to do with his or her leisure time, especially during the cold winter months? Renovate; what else?

Trading in mosquito nets for big screen TV sets – Ontario's baby boomers aren't exactly roughing it in the great outdoors anymore.

As boomers trade in their corner offices for an escape to the lake, the once rustic weekend getaway is increasingly taking on the look of urban living with all the fancy accessories that go with it - from flat screen TVs to designer ranges.