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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Building from scratch on a vacant lot can be an affordable route to owning a cottage. Or, maybe not.
Join in on the moving mystery dinner, where neighbours become friends, and nobody leaves hungry.
Choosing siding gets crazy-making. Wood, vinyl, composite, or fibre cement? Installed or DIY? Sort through the options with our handy guide.
Innovative design keeps the cherished 1940s family cottage at the centre of this stylish remake.
Get your greens at this heirloom veggie farm; a colourful frog; it’s raining trivia; new cottage reno docu-series; the ruling on non-motorized vessels; Reporter; emoji fun; dock vs. mini tornado
How to choose the right saw blade for the job; a super grabby construction glue; hull-saving dock fenders; apply a satiny finish like a pro; eavestrough cleaning know-how; easy mountain shelf project
Best make-ahead breakfasts; lemon raspberry loaf; cinnamon streusel coffee cake; vegetarian breakfast enchiladas; sausage, apple, and thyme bread pudding bites; ham and cheese sconewiches
Organizing tips; growing cannabis; unusual moss; outdoor heaters; do geese poop in the water?
Ramp up your trailering skills for a perfect put-in.
There’s a lot of plastic at the cottage. And that may be okay.
Cottaging can be intimidating for people of colour. But why is that?
Water weeds, argh. We can help you with the permits.
A tiny chic DIY cabin packed with space-saving tips.
You’ll hear the chorus frog croak from far, far away.