Winter 2017 Issue
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Cottage Life West will help you enjoy life at the cabin even more with fun and informative articles on everything from how-to projects to inspirational design ideas.
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What's Inside Winter 2017
Features
Up the Mountain
Canadians love the cold season! Meet the cabin owners of Hollyburn, where their tiny retreats are hidden by the trees—and all that snow.
Take Your Pixel
Presenting the winners of our annual photo contest: wish-you-were-there shots, jaw-dropping scenery, and one unbelievable extreme close-up.
A Shot of Laughter
Sometimes a picture is good because it makes us chuckle. Here are the funniest pics from our photo contest.
This Is Us
Cottage Life, your go-to cottage source, is 30! We look back at our fondest (and strangest) moments.
Departments
TrueWest
Get a sugar high at the Candy Store in Nanton, Alta.; Reporter; Vancouver boat show prep; get to know Windermere Lake, B.C.; book gift picks; winter sun care; you call your outhouse what?
Workshop
How to thrive in the cold; outhouse seat hack; keep winter water pipes flowing; snowmobile spark plug tips; recover traction with Maxtrax; firewood cutting primer; wooden toboggan shelf project
Feast: winter weekend meals
No-fuss meals for winter weekend visits; mussels in white wine; easy bran muffins; lentil soup with sausage; cooking water safety; Belgian-style beef in beer; Dutch baby, two ways
Cabin Plans
Two log cabin plans that will make you think, Why can’t we all get a log?
Cottage Q&A
Raft removal; attacking dog; wet windowsill; missing mice; cougar tracks?
Solutions
New off-grid appliances make it easy to unplug.
Nature Scrapbook
Magpies will work together—when it’s in their best interests.
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