Design & DIY Archives | Cottage Life

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Experience a countryside Christmas with these... festive decoration tips

wooden salad bowl turned into a sink and a toilet

You’ll love this space-saving DIY toilet... setup

wooden baseboards installation closeup

How to install your own baseboards

DIY Woodsplitter invention

A cottager-built wood splitter with safety top of... mind

sleep spaces

How can I add more sleep space at the cottage?

electronic lock installed on a wooden door

Why you should ditch your spare key for an... electronic lock

floating sauna raft

This awesome DIY floating sauna is something you... would only see at the cottage

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Prefab-ulous shipping container cottage

Weekly Hack: Testing tire treads

Watch Season 1 of Cottage Coach.

Cottage Coach Season 1: Episodes 1-6

various types of sandpaper on orange background

Save time by picking the right sandpaper

Septic system pipes on a gravel bed

Choose the right waste-water system

repurposed cooler on deck

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

Weekly Hack: Engineered wood ID guide

old dirty farm metal garden tools as shovels and rakes hanging on the wall on nails

A brief guide to rust removers

3 light switches that will make life easier at... the cottage

Closeup crop hands of young woodworker making wooden detail and using electric sanding machine at workplace covered with dust near equipment

5 easy ways to prevent dust spread during a build

Weekly Hack: Fall painting tips

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