Design & DIY Archives - Cottage Life

A woman with yellow rubber gloves holding a plunger in the kitchen sink

5 chemical-free ways to clear a clogged drain

a muskoka chair modified to add lumbar support

A simple modification guaranteed to make your Muskoka chair more comfortable

A cracked foundation

6 signs of a failing foundation

photo of a small floating dock on a lake with a ramp leading to it

How to stabilize a tippy floating dock

man applying protectant to the bottom of a canoe, illustration

Keep paddling! 3 easy ways to care for your canoe

the living room of Pauline and Robbie's cottage heavy with prints and colours

This couple brought the soul of a Roots-inspired log cabin to their East Coast cottage

a cottage living room with a window that frames a granite rockface

Why you need to upgrade to modern windows

Several old aluminum boats lined up at a dock

Cottage Q&A: Best paint for an aluminum boat

the exterior of Carey Shaw's trailer with a deck attached

These two RV owners took their trailers from brown to beautiful

Muskoka chair turned into a table in a cottage sunroom

This broken Muskoka chair turned coffee table is the perfect sunroom addition

A large tool caddy filled with tools against a wooden wall

7 items that every DIYer needs

Female legs in woolen socks, standing on a grey floor

8 fixes for cold cottage floors

Close-up of a man hanging exterior holiday lights from the roof

8 tips for hanging holiday lights

Female feet walking on warm heated floor close up view, barefoot girl legs going on hardwood living room wooden flooring at modern home house, domestic underfloor heating concept, close up rear view

How to warm up a cold floor

Rumspringa tiny cabin on scorched BC Okanagan property

These tiny cabins in the Okanagan Valley are inspired by the scorched landscape

exterior shot of Raina and Wilson's shared cottage

These two young families totally revamped their ‘mouse hotel’ shared cottage

An night shot of a cabin covered in snow

6 ways to prep for snow

A small bunkie with the lake as the backdrop

7 tips for planning to build a bunkie

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