DIY Archives - Cottage Life

This cottager built a floating raft when he noticed local turtles didn’t have enough sun

Scrub Daddy damp duster on a green background

Stuff We Like: 5 products that will make you a spring cleaning machine

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Someone playing the tabletop crockey rink game

Tabletop ‘crockey’ is an easy-to-build project that’s fun for all ages

5 genius magnifying tools that will help you fix what you can’t see

How to prevent finishing problems with glue squeeze-out

A compound mitre saw sitting on a table

How to tune up a compound mitre saw

Illustration showing the shooting board and its parts

How to build a shooting board for perfectly square cut ends

The exterior of the Catchacoma Lake cottage

After the untimely tear down of their beloved cabin, this family built a successor primed for all... seasons

One of the horse trailer saunas on the beach at sunset

This Perth, Ont., carpenter is turning horse trailers into portable saunas

Try this workshop hack to rip a bevel on a table saw

AFCI breakers on an orange background

AFCI breakers can help prevent electrical fires. Here’s what you need to know

A Tushy bidet on a red background

Stuff We Like: A device that will reduce your toilet paper usage (and save your septic!)

Close-up of a hand holding a cordless drill

How to keep power tools from overheating

This is the proper way to unclog your toilet

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

A multimeter producing a spark

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

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

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