Welcome to Lofe — a home DIY blog for Canadian homes, written from our own renovation in progress. Our story starts with a 1960s house in Repentigny, just outside Montreal. When we bought it, the kitchen was dated, the floors were tired, and almost every room needed something. Hiring out all of the work was not in the budget, so we picked up the tools and learned as we went — one room, one weekend, one mistake at a time. Since then we have refinished floors, rebuilt storage, started on the bathroom, and built small woodworking projects for every corner of the house. This site shares what actually worked, what it really cost, and what we would do differently next time. Everything here comes from our own renovation in progress and hands-on research in a real Canadian home — and where we have not done a job yet, we say so.