home improvement Archives - Cottage Life

How to paint over 3 tricky cottage surfaces

Person in a blue plaid shirt measuring out wood to cut.

Keep concrete steps looking fresh with this easy fix

Older couple sitting on a wooden dock with their feet in the water.

5 ways to make your cottage safer for gran and gramps

Grey hot water tank in an unfinished basement.

How to pick the perfect hot water tank for your cottage

Person drilling a screw into a wooden board.

Keep your summer supplies together with this handy catch-all

Wooden deck with a white railing attached to a blue house.

15 DIY deck mistakes not to make

Real Estate

An older man working on a deck.

De-wobble your deck post with this inexpensive fix

An old house with wooden siding.

Everything you need to know about siding

Real Estate

Person wearing work gloves applying grey grout to white wall tiles.

5 renovation projects every cottage owner should tackle themselves

Decks, Docks and Gazebos: Preventing rot and attaching joists

Home interior stripped down to its studs during construction, with exposed wires and a ladder on the floor.

The top 6 trends in eco home building

Real Estate

Stair stringers

Decks, Docks and Gazebos: Measuring stair stringers

Ledger board

Decks, Docks and Gazebos: Attaching a ledger board for a deck