Design & DIY Archives - Cottage Life

A long set of stairs going down to the lake

5 pro tips for building stairs down to the lake

This is how you can use an axe or an adze to expertly craft a hand-hewn wooden beam

The McDonald family in their shed kitchen

How a young family in Alberta turned a shed into an off-grid cabin for less than $30,000

A multimeter producing a spark

Faulty on-off switch? Here’s how to troubleshoot the problem

Closeup of hands using steel wool to scrub at a tool

Surprising uses for steel wool

Cottage Q&A: Should I put copper sulphate in my septic tank?

Appliance pilot light won’t stay lit? Blame the thermocouple

Introducing the Geezer Pole, one cottager’s clever invention that is an accessibility upgrade... for the dock

You need this cleat wall storage system in your cottage workshop

Here’s how to tackle DIY jobs that require tiny screws

Septic blanket laying on the ground

This clever product is an easy way to protect your septic from frost

The exterior of a renovated cabin

This Christie Lake reno peeled back the layers of history

Check out the ingenious way this cottager repurposed an old propane barbecue

A photo of the completed woodstove project

How we brought a rusted, vintage woodstove back to life

A tabletop covered in a collage of magazine clippings

This cottage table project is a tribute to life at the lake

A bilge pump sitting on a wood board

Here’s what to do if your bilge pump fails

A hummingbird feeder holder

You’ll adore this DIYer’s hummingbird feeder project

Showing the deck block foundation project by Cottage Coach Adam Holman

Watch how the Cottage Coach transforms an awkward outdoor space with a floating deck

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