Diana Ruff - MaxWell Capital Realty

Inventory is expanding in Calgary! As of August 2026, the city sat at 3.92 months of supply, up 16.9% compared to August 2025.

More inventory means more choice for buyers and a market that's gradually shifting toward balance.

Whether you're buying or selling, understanding these trends helps you make the right move at the right time.

Let’s connect to talk strategy for your next step.

Happy Labour Day! Today celebrates the hard work, dedication, and contributions of workers everywhere. Whether you're taking the day to relax or spending it with family and friends, I hope it's a great one.

I wrote a song about when I moved. There was a key change in it.

“There's a magical tie to the land of our home, which the heart cannot break, though the footsteps may roam.” - Eliza Cook

Vintage furniture and décor are having a moment. The authentic, grounded appeal of vintage items suit a range of popular design aesthetics, and it’s also a sustainable choice.

Benjamin Moore colour and design expert Sharon Grech shares three tips to help you bring out the beauty of vintage pieces in your home.

Paint a complementary backdrop for vintage furniture
For wooden pieces, Grech suggests walls painted in cooler hues such as Yarmouth Blue HC-150 or even Bold Blue 2064-10 to bring out the beauty in naturally warm wood and let the nuances and patina of vintage furniture shine.”

If you have vintage furniture in a modern esthetic, Grech says “consider a deep hue like Mink 2112-10 or a bold red like Flamenco CSP-1195 that will make a statement and complement the strong lines of modern furniture.”

Consider styling with “Shelfies”
If you do not own vintage furniture but love a vintage vibe, consider a couple of accent pieces to help create styled vignettes or “Shelfies”. Style tips include using a bust as a bookend, or a collection of glass bottles on top of a stack of books to style a coffee table.

Don’t replace, repaint
Breathe new life into vintage pieces that don’t fit your current décor by repainting them with Advance interior paint. For a weathered or aged look, consider a whitewash effect on clean, sanded wood furniture. This can be done with a white wood stain or by thinning down paint with glaze or water, using both a brush and rags to apply and then remove excess to achieve the desired effect. Don’t forget to protect the surface after with an acrylic urethane such as Stays Clear.

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“August yawns and lingers on with the light in its palms.” - Victoria Erickson

We all need some help, sometimes. Using technology to take care of a task isn’t lazy, it’s efficient. People live busy, demanding lives, which is why we created labour-saving devices in the first place. What continues to change is just what that technology’s capable of:

It’s a meaningful time saver. As anyone who’s done laundry by hand can tell you, modern appliances are real time-savers. But they’re also still continuously improving. To do laundry with a standard washer and dryer, for instance, you need to time out two chores, not just one, since clothes need to move quickly to the dryer to avoid potential mildew buildup.

But a combo washer-dryer eliminates that step, meaning you can just put a load in and walk away. Some washer-dryers, like the one from Samsung’s Bespoke AI line, eliminate the usual drawback of the system—a longer cycle—and can complete a load in as little as 98 minutes. It can also automatically sense how big and dirty the load is, and adjust accordingly.

Your appliances can take on more than they used to. It takes physical work to run a home, but it also takes a significant mental load. Smart appliances are now able to take on some of that brain work, freeing up users in ways they haven’t been before. In a smart home, your thermostat can adjust based on your schedule, saving you energy by reducing use when you’re not home. A smart fridge can keep track of what you have in stock, and even help suggest recipes or let you know when something’s going to expire.

Connecting devices together in a smart ecosystem, like Samsung’s SmartThings, lets your home operate as one environment, not a bunch of different appliances. Technology is letting households live with less stress and friction at home, saving time and mental load.

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Open house in my old stomping grounds of Arbour Lake! Come out and see this great place in an amazing neighborhood!! .

Open House today in the amazing town of Cochrane!

“Don’t count the days. Make the days count.” – Muhammad Ali