Spring 2016 Issue
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What's Inside Spring 2016
Features
The French Connection
This artistic family commutes from France to refuel their creativity each winter at their Bowen Island cottage.
The Dream, Realized
You want a cabin, but how will you ever afford it? Here’s what’s happening in real estate now.
Upgrades for Opening Up
29-plus tips, projects, ideas, and products to make cabin living better this spring.
Treasured Chest
Create an heirloom for generations to come with this DIY blanket box in the traditional French-Canadian style.
Departments
TrueWest
GPS-enabled dog collars; smart fridges; musical light bulbs; reporter; miscreant beavers; caption contest winner; pancake science; Cabin Porn book review; unlikely lichen garden; Adirondack chair alternative; get to know Cowichan River, B.C.
Cottage Workshop
All about load-bearing walls; a log-bench invention; how to fell a lodged tree safely; a nifty water-sensing device; repair your vinyl flooring; banish frozen waterlines; a simple way to inflate a tubeless tire.
Feast
Easy make-ahead breakfast recipes: delicious muffins and stratas; advice we regret giving: what not to do while grilling; Mexican bean tortilla soup; chorizo-feta stuffed peppers; cutting-board care.
Editor’s Note
What do you call your special retreat: the cabin or the cottage?
Your Letters
Mail from our readers.
Cottage Q&A
Septic systems, swans, barkless trees, sky lanterns, and green roofs.
In Like Zim
Zim gives advice on giving and receiving advice, but are you sure you really want it?
Cottage Watch
Useful tools or spying menaces, drones are here—and flying around your cabin.
Style Ideas
Carve out a cozy nook or an extra bed, and make your space really work.
Nature Scrapbook
Prairie crocuses are a welcome sign of spring.
Weekender
Photos from our readers.
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