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.
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Among the fancy cottages of Lake Rosseau lies this charmer, home to a delightful collection of treasures and the king of puttering.
Making your cottage more accessible to people with disabilities or the elderly is easier than you might think.
The days are hot and the snacks are cold: four refreshing ice pop recipes to help both kids and adults chill out.
Is there a more misunderstood cottage creature than the snake? Read our ID guide to “scary” serpents and you’ll fear no more.
For this new cottage owner, learning to live with the resident rattlers was the easy part.
Attack of the alien invaders!; invasives list update; red fox spotting tips; group efforts for fire prevention; Plaunt cottage— where are they now? Seven flavour bombs from Bob Blumer; Reporter; buying a cottage sight unseen
How to rewire an old lamp; keep rot away from your outhouse; step-by-step guide for replacing a toilet; Real tool: track saws; the difference between rails and stiles; feed birds, not bears with our latest reader project
Aspens vs. yellow-bellied sapsuckers; antibacterial soap vs. your septic system; how to turn your RRSP into a cottage; mystery white marks on the basement floor; using straw bales as cabin skirting
Blueberries are the summertime blues that need no cure. Celebrating the sweetest little fruit of the season. Plus: a classic recipe for blueberry-peach crisp.
A familiar foe, the cousin who doesn’t pitch in, presents a tricky challenge to cottage sharers.
These two trailers are an affordable—and surprisingly chic—take on the cottage bunkie.
The eastern red-backed salamander is all around you at the lake, but you’ve probably never seen it.