DIY Archives - Cottage Life

Upgrade your cottage with more sleep space

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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

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

Why you need to upgrade to modern windows

A room divider for heating half a room

Cottage Q&A: Heating half a room

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Several old aluminum boats lined up at a dock

Cottage Q&A: Best paint for an aluminum boat

Create a winter bird feeder tree

Outdoors

Muskoka chair turned into a table in a cottage sunroom

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

Negroni coctail standing on the table close up

Easy to make cocktails for a holiday party

Female legs in woolen socks, standing on a grey floor

8 fixes for cold cottage floors

red wooden cottage in a snow landscape

Easy repairs that will winterize your cottage

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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

A pipe showing freeze damage

How to deal with frozen pipes

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An night shot of a cabin covered in snow

6 ways to prep for snow

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