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Cooking & Eating

Easy DIY dock tray

Is there any better place to be than on the dock at 5pm on a sunny summer day, a beer and a bite before you? It’s hard to find a cottager who doesn’t love happy hour and any decor/food maven worth his or her own Kosher salt will have an always-growing collection of trays on [...]

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Nature-inspired goods

I’ve long loved Amenity for its bold and graphic yet soft and subtle bedding.

Birdseye organic cotton duvet cover in fuchsia, $330 US queen size, $385 US king size.
Cove organic cotton duvet cover in flax, $330 US queen size, $395 US king size.
Now the nature-inspired prints also adorn table linens.

Cove hemp-cotton placemat in grey and espresso, $25 [...]

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Going Old School in the Kitchen

Elmira Stove Works has introduced a high-efficiency, low-emission wood-burning cookstove to its product lineup. The Fireview features a viewing window so you can check how the fire is doing without opening the door, and there are optional gas side burners. From $4,295 for the 36″ Model 1840 to $4,995 for the 48” Model 1842-G with gas [...]

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Ikea Faves

It’s like Christmas when the new Ikea catalogue arrives. I start imagining what I’m going to buy—how a certain chair is exactly what I need for the corner of one room, or how a new tray will help corral the messy condiments in the kitchen. Easy-to-swallow price points have made Ikea the go-to source for [...]

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