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Dear Tony : Our strata has not replaced the plumbing, and with a number of common-area leaks in the past past years, our deductible is now at $100,000.

Dear Reena: My daughter and I were interested in purchasing a home, but the smell of curry was so prevalent in the house, that I could smell it all the way home.

When it鈥檚 time to think about those bare walls in your home that you would like to say something other than blah, you can go with a colour change or add some spirited wallpaper. Guaranteed, a new hue will wake up your walls.

A few weeks ago, an intriguing request arrived in the mail. Faced with a downsizing in the near future, Barbara was keen to find a good home for a 鈥渓arge and beautiful鈥� jade plant, 鈥渃urrently in bloom.鈥� A suggestion I offered worked perfectly.

With a rich palette of amber, burnt sienna, ochre, umber and aged bronze, Debbie Mineault has created a dramatic mood in her Fairfield home, and a heightened sense of volume.

Dear Helen: This month, I鈥檓 planning to do some indoor seeding of peppers, tomatoes and summer flowers. I鈥檝e been told to dampen filled seeding flats and pots with hot water. Do you consider that safe, and a useful idea? Any other tips? S.N.

Dear Tony: We have an awkward situation in our strata corporation and need your assistance.

Planning how to arrange furniture in your home, or plants in your garden, used to involve a pencil, graph paper, a measuring tape and a lot of imagination.

Dear Debbie: We are looking for ideas for the guest bathroom in our century-old home. We like the look of vessel sinks and have found an old dresser at a yard sale we can refinish and sit the sink on.

Dear Reena: I have a lot of rust stains on my stainless-steel cutlery. Is there a way of removing them? Linda In commercial settings, it鈥檚 common to toss cutlery into a sink of plain old white vinegar, let it soak, then polish it with a cloth.