Canada’s love affair with home renovations has been well documented by this magazine and others. And there’s little evidence the HGTV-influenced rush to redo kitchens and bathrooms will slow any time soon. Canadians spent $13.9 billion on renovations and improvements in the third quarter, up 8.9 per cent from the same period a year earlier, according to a recent release from Statistics Canada.

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