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A hot idea for some hot seats

Hello? Hello? Any­body still out there?
It’s been a nutty week at the mag­a­zine. We are knee-​​​​deep in pro­duc­tion on the May issue and I’m afraid I’ve let my blog­ging duties slip by some­what. I’m still here!
Did any­one catch the pre­miere of Sarah’s House this week? After all the dis­cus­sion about it, would you believe that I missed it? But […]

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Accessories

How to make a pennant garland

Here’s one rea­son why my boyfriend is a killer catch—his charm­ing lit­tle col­lec­tion of old pen­nants.
Pen­nants are a fan­tas­tic cot­tage acces­sory; they add so much his­tory and char­ac­ter. And although I love these ones, I’d love to be able to dis­play them in a less clunky way. Sure those push pins stuck through the dry­wall do the trick, but […]

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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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Entertaining

poor man’s crystal

My mother has a beau­ti­ful iris-​​​​patterned pressed glass pitcher that I’ve had my eye on for years. Some day I hope to con­vince her that I should have it, but until then, I may just have to pick up a few vintage-​​​​inspired pieces of my own, like these gob­lets ($3 each) from HomeSense.

BTW, we had a story on col­lectible glass, including […]

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Accessories

seen at the Spring 2009 Cottage Life show

Well, I sur­vived my first Cot­tage Life show. It was a lot of work but we had tons of fun, and it was great to meet so many won­der­ful read­ers! I spent some time on Sat­ur­day walk­ing the show and found some styl­ish goods to add to my shop­ping wish list.

Eldo Baumeis­ter at Muskoka Jew­elry, based in Parry Sound, […]

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