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KANDY's Guest Editorial in Condo Elite Modern Living Magazine

Posted Tuesday, June 17th, 2014
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KANDY is represented in the summer 2014 edition of Condo Elite Modern Living through a "guest editorial" focused on the trends we are seeing for urban outdoor spaces. We were honoured to have been asked and pleased with the result. I first became aware of the Condo Elite Modern Living magazine when it arrived in my condo […]
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Inside Out! Outdoor Flooring Grows Your Space

Posted Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
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We hear it from clients all the time: their new outdoor flooring has given them more usable square footage than they had before. Developers and builders seem to have ignored this space over the last few decades. But as we urbanize, living closer together, and more and more of us choose to live in the smaller […]
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Slaying the Dragons

Posted Friday, April 18th, 2014
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Nothing compares to the feeling I get when raving reviews come in from our customers. But facing the Dragons (of Dragons’ Den) comes close! It has been one of my most exciting and memorable entrepreneurial experiences. Whether our segment actually airs is something we won’t know until Season 9 premieres later this fall. Still, it […]
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3 Common Questions Asked at Toronto Home Shows

Posted Sunday, March 16th, 2014
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Now that KANDY’s booth (#2805) at the 10-day National Home Show, on through March 23 at the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place, we thought it might be helpful to post a bit of a summary of the most common questions we get asked when we’re at GTA home shows. Can we put KANDY product […]
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It Just Isn’t True! Ontario’s Condominium Act, Outdoor Flooring for Condo Balconies, and The Myth of Section 98

Posted Saturday, March 8th, 2014
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Trading in driveways and shovels and roof repairs for a view, a short walk to restaurants and the theatre, and a warm dry car every time you get in it. Trading your backyard and lawnmower for a smaller outdoor space – your balcony – and a view. If this sounds familiar, you’re probably about to, […]
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Let's Talk! KANDY @ Int'l Home & Garden Show Toronto Mar 6-9

Posted Sunday, March 2nd, 2014
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Let’s talk! KANDY at Toronto’s International Home & Garden Show March 6 -9 While the city grits its teeth and steels itself to get through what is surely the last cold stretch of this #@#:!@ winter, at KANDY Toronto we’re gearing up for getting OUTSIDE! A big part of that “gearing up” is our tradeshow […]
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Condo.... Condominium... Strata... What's in a Name

Posted Saturday, February 22nd, 2014
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We all know that a condominium, or condo, refers to a single building structure that contains numerous individually owned units along with common elements or areas that are collectively owned. That’s the practical explanation and it applies right across Canada, regardless of which province you are in.  How we talk about them differs slightly depending on […]
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Countdown! KANDY at the BC Home Show Feb 19 - 23

Posted Monday, February 17th, 2014
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At KANDY we LOVE spring time. Ok, we know it is technically still winter, but we are SO ready for spring. And it is about more than grass and birds and sunshine… it is also about all those expanded home experiences we’re going to create for clients we haven’t even met yet. Spring is also […]
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4 Reasons to Clean and Maintain Outdoor Flooring

Posted Sunday, January 26th, 2014
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The benefits of taking care of your “stuff” is more than a matter of helping them look good. It’s a prudent approach that saves money, energy, and waste.  Keeping an air conditioner clean, oiled, and in good running order will extend the life of the unit, delaying a deposit in the landfill and a withdrawal […]
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KANDY's China Trip: Building Our Knowledge

Posted Saturday, January 18th, 2014
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Our commitment to choice and quality for our Canadian clientele is unwavering.  Its why we recently headed direct to the factories in China, where the majority of the world’s outdoor flooring deck tiles are manufactured. With the help of our quality control and translation experts, Doug and Rose, we saw first hand where, and how, some […]
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