Cottage Life will help you enjoy life at the lake even more with fun and informative articles on everything from how-to projects to inspirational design ideas.
PLUS you’ll get...
A totally debatable, not-at-all logical, completely unscientific compendium of your (and our) favourite parts of cottage life.
It was a cottage setting that launched novelist Carley Fortune’s career.
Our handy guide to mastering seven key knots (while maintaining the life of your lines).
The learning starts early for baby foxes, bears, and birds. Here’s how.
A CL tribute, hammock-style; cashing in empties for a good cause; easy, cheesy bread recipe; the origins of seven wildlife idioms; how Facebook helped an injured fox; Reporter; Carley Fortune’s favourite spots; a flock of ball players?; this cottage purchase took a leap of faith
Portable power options for when the juice goes out; one reader’s DIY Finnish-style sauna build; repair strategies for those leaky fridge and woodstove seals; a simple trick to cut PVC pipe; how to build a Leopold bench in one weekend; help the planet—choose insulation with a small carbon footprint
The best mattresses for high indoor humidity; is it a gray fox or a red fox?; a mysterious rash from the lake water; capital gains and selling the cottage; how many fires do trains cause?
Holy clever design, Batman! This architect built his Quebec retreat with a thousand of those flying, mosquito-eating mammals in mind.
Time to suit up, kids! A charming name for the safest vest a cottager can own.
Spring beauty sprouts from the forest floor under leafless trees and amid the still-melting snow.