Aug/Sept 2019 Issue
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What's Inside Aug/Sept 2019
Features
The Way We Were
We take a look back at the highs, lows, wins, losses, and questionable cottage fashion of days gone by.
Years in the Making
For decades, this family has been making maybe the most comfortable chair ever. Could it be the best seat to take in what’s around them?
Canned Heat
Propane is for more than just barbecues. But what else should you know about this super useful fuel? How to buy, haul, store, and use it.
My So-Called Cottage Life
I hated going to the lake as a teenager. But sometimes you have to go away to come back.
Departments
Waterfront
Vintage tales from an Eaton’s catalogue cottage; fighting invasives on Seymour Lake, B.C.; wildlife baby names; after the floods; a unique cabinet sale; the coolest cooler?; Reporter; chips we’d like to see
Workshop
Saturday project: Make this fun classic marble game; how to scribe deck boards; easy waterski revival light fixture; know your rasps and files; padlock protection tips; restore a wobbly vintage kitchen chair
Feast
Upgrades for cottage faves; s’mores ice cream cake; chip-flavoured butters for corn on the cob; soy-glazed burger with sesame slaw and avocado mayo; Caesar salad skewers; Niçoise devilled eggs
Cottage Q&A
Pressure-treated lumber and your drinking water; wild raspberries; asbestos shingles; ticks on an island; mystery wasp.
Zim Weighs In
Go ahead, build a boathouse. But don’t say Zim didn’t warn you.
The Fine Print
Fireworks and how to use them.
Style Ideas
Are your vintage things trash or real treasures?
Nature Scrapbook
Fireweed springs up after the wildfire is gone.
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