From the monthly archives:

July 2009

DIY

Rocking in Comfort

If you have a tra­di­tional wooden rocker, you prob­a­bly know that the clas­sic chair isn’t always as com­fort­able as it looks. Relieve sore bums with a lit­tle added cushioning.

We took a stan­dard bed pil­low for the back and a square toss cush­ion for the seat, and sewed up match­ing fab­ric cases for them. Attached to each cor­ner are ties […]

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Entertaining

Spotlight: Hosting Cottage Guests

In Cot­tage Life’s Sum­mer 2009 issue, you’ll find “Be Our Guest,” a story filled with tips to help you plan for vis­i­tors. Here, for the month of July, I’ll share even more host­ing ideas and use­ful prod­ucts.
When I was plan­ning for the story, I asked around the office to find out how every­one here pre­pares for cot­tage guests. […]

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Behind the Scenes

Weather Update

The weather didn’t exactly co-​​​​operate, but our shoot on Stony Lake went on as planned last week. It rained for a day and a half of our two-​​​​day shoot, but we got some great shots. Watch for the story in our Octo­ber issue this year.

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