DIY Archives | Cottage Life

Self-drilling screws piled on a wooden deck, fastener

Are you using the right fastener for the job?

A large cabin deck

Cottage Q&A: Building a deck on rock

General

red hammock on a diy hammock stand made out of a single sheet of plywood

This genius hammock stand is made from a single... sheet of plywood

Plastic red solo drinking cups for beer pong or drinking games with green background on a white table, measure

6 creative ways to measure things in a pinch

How to stop birds from hitting windows

Outdoors

Storage shed filled with garden tools. Shovels, rake, pots, water pitcher and all you need for gardening.

5 things to think about before building a storage... shed

Am I handy enough to take over as cottage fix-it... person?

Washing machine with an open filter cover, appliance

5 minor appliance repairs you can do to save money

wooden bat house installed high up on a tree, ecosystem

6 ways you can improve your cottage’s... ecosystem

Outdoors

3 common cottage foundations and possible fixes

Outdoors

A solar stake light in a spherical cement mould.

An ingenious DIY solution to lighting rocky... pathways

Garden rake going over soil in a garden, yardwork tools

7 yardwork tools you need to have at the cottage

Close-up of a toilet bowl clogged with personal hygiene products, septic tank

6 things that should never go in your septic tank

A pontoon with solar panels.

You’ll swoon over this solar pontoon reader... project

A blue-grey garden shed sitting on gravel

Cottage Q&A: Best shed flooring options

Self-retracting construction tape measure with floating tang in inch and centimetre markings, hand tools

14 unexpected ways to use your hand tools

A fishing reel.

3 quick tune-ups to help you maintain your... fishing gear

Outdoors

An illustration of a smelly outhouse.

This easy upgrade will reduce outhouse odour

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