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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Our cabin in the Laurentians offered a welcome escape from the early days of the pandemic—and then we never left.
Cool project alert! This brilliant hammock stand will solve all of your swing time woes. All it takes is a single sheet of plywood.
Your chimney is one of the hardest working structures at your cottage. Are you maintaining it the way you need to?
Cottagers love telling tales about everything from weather to food. Find out which of these “wives’ tales” have some merit and which are bunk.
You can save the environment and empty out your fridge by making these savoury pie recipes (complete with homemade flaky crust).
Lake association combats dangerous boating; holiday food lake names; A decorative use for old CL issues; Reporter; geese do what on one leg?; A lighter that won’t burn your fingers; Rondeau leases update; overheard at the cottage; Buy the Way: cottage vs. trailer
The latest on lumber prices; how to salvage old wood; get yourself a rotary tool; green wood; mill your own trees; protect your woodlot from LDD moths; deer effigy project
Cigarette butts and forest fire risk; a two-mouthed bass mystery; LDD caterpillar allergy; how to rehab a tinny
You married a diehard cottager, but you can’t muster the same enthusiasm—what now?
Modern windows are more energy efficient and can save you money in the long run. Time to look at rather than through yours.
Lacquered polypore may break down heartwood of living trees, but this mighty fungus is a force of good that helps support all forest life.