wood Archives - Cottage Life

An overheard shot of someone staining a deck

Cottage Q&A: When should I stain my new deck?

photo of an ATV shed with a deer carved onto the doors

This cottager carved a wildlife tribute on his ATV shed

The end cut of a piece of lumber being milled

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

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

Piles of raw wood drying in a lumber warehouse.

Timber! Lumber prices come crashing down

General

An illustration of four pieces of lumber, each curved differently.

Our expert guide to buying the best lumber

Deforestation concept. Stump of tree after cutting forest. Stump from fresh cut coniferous tree in forest. stump in the coniferous forest from freshly chopped spruce. Banner format. lumber

Theft and tree poaching on the rise thanks to soaring lumber prices

General

Burning campfire on a dark night in a forest, firewood

Season prep: 8 ways to safely chop and store firewood

Outdoors

firewood box for stacking wood

This DIY firewood box project lets you stack and store wood with ease

champion log splitter on a white background

A log splitter will change the way you chop firewood

Outdoors

A glass of water against a lake background

Cottage Q&A: Pressure-treated docks and lake water

Outdoors

How to Fill Gaps in Floorboards and Seal Floorboards to Prevent Draughts and Heat Loss. best way to draught-proof stripped wooden floors. Using the Applicator

3 fixes for gaps in your wooden floorboards

General

furniture edges and TOOLS. Plywood cuttings for use as textures or background

6 secrets to finishing plywood edges

DIY Woodsplitter invention

A cottager-built wood splitter with safety top of mind

What makes a cozy, crackling fire so appealing?

General

picaroon

5 lumberjack tools that make handling firewood easy

Outdoors

repurposed cooler on deck

The clever way this cottager repurposed a leaky cooler

close up of various files and rasps

Why you should have files and rasps in your tool box

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