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What to do with old Ikea furniture

Every time I’ve moved into a new home, I’ve pur­chased make-​​​​do Ikea fur­ni­ture “just until I get some­thing else.” I always tell myself that I’ll upgrade to some­thing more sub­stan­tial, an invest­ment piece, once I can afford it. But the only rea­son I’ve ever actu­ally upgraded (and even that has only hap­pened maybe…once) is when the Ikea “just for […]

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Furniture

Modern Outdoor Furniture

Ok, granted it’s get­ting cooler and you’re prob­a­bly not think­ing about pur­chas­ing out­door fur­ni­ture at the moment, but I wanted to share with you this funky corian and alu­minum chair designed by Alexan­der Pur­cell of Aprro.

Cus­tomiz­able, it comes in nearly any colour and pat­tern. Of course, it’s per­fectly suit­able for indoor use too. Spiro chair, $1,500 US, […]

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Accessories

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 cot­tage dec­o­rat­ing, sim­ply because […]

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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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Furniture

Big Thinking for Outdoor Furniture

My all-​​​​time favourite pas­time at the cot­tage: loung­ing around doing noth­ing. It’s amaz­ing how many naps you can take when you have lit­tle else to do. Nap on the dock; nap on the porch; nap in the sun-​​​​filled bed­room with a cool­ing cross breeze play­ing across your back…
My dream acces­sory for all my nap­ping is a nice big […]

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Vintage doorknob coat rack

Mag­a­zines tend to stick around here at Cot­tage Life – you never know where you’ll find inspi­ra­tion. For exam­ple, senior designer Steven Bal­a­ban was flip­ping through an old issue of This Old House and found a great piece on vin­tage metal door­knobs, which included some his­tory on the hard­ware and a DIY coat rack project. As luck […]

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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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