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A log splitter will change the way you chop... firewood

Outdoors

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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

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5 lumberjack tools that make handling firewood... easy

Outdoors

repurposed cooler on deck

The clever way this cottager repurposed a leaky... cooler

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Why you should have files and rasps in your tool... box

custom-scribed deck boards around a rock formation

Give your deck a custom finish with this easy DIY... scribing technique

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Everything you ever wanted to know about wood glue

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A documentary: For the love of wood

Sponsored by TIMBER MART

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How to restore a vintage chair

Keep your floors (somewhat) cleaner with this DIY... boot brush

Weekly Hack: Turn wood into charcoal

Weekly Hack: Toughen up your canoe paddle

Weekly Hack: Drive nails without splitting wood

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How to spalt wood

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