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The simplest, most reliable clock that let’s you sleep in every morning—here’s how to... build a sundial

Someone playing the tabletop crockey rink game

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

One of the horse trailer saunas on the beach at sunset

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

A photo of the completed woodstove project

How we brought a rusted, vintage woodstove back to life

Showing the deck block foundation project by Cottage Coach Adam Holman

Watch how the Cottage Coach transforms an awkward outdoor space with a floating deck

Watch the Cottage Coach build an epic jumping platform

A wooden memorial bench with an "Forever Loved" engraved in it.

4 ways to memorialize your lost loved ones at the cottage

General

This guy turned an old boat…into a shed?

An illustration showing how to install a pelmet

Use this DIY trick to reduce drafts in the cottage

The end cut of a piece of lumber being milled

Lumber is still expensive—can you mill your own trees?

a dremel rotary tool on a yellow background

Dremel rotary tool review: add this to your cottage arsenal

illustration of a hand poking a wood board with a screwdriver

Sick of paying high lumber prices? Here’s how to salvage wood you have

a muskoka chair modified to add lumbar support

A simple modification guaranteed to make your Muskoka chair more comfortable

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

A small bunkie with the lake as the backdrop

7 tips for planning to build a bunkie

gas-can-diy-jack-o-lantern-halloween-Recreated-Designs

DIY Halloween decor for your cottage

Paint cans and brushes on a old wooden background, painting

5 painting tips that our experts swear by

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