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Upcycling ideas from Simple Home

A charm­ing new book landed on my desk last week. Sim­ple Home by Mark and Sally Bai­ley (Ryland Peters & Small, $39.95) packs a load of inspi­ra­tion into its 160 pages. Although the British design duo has worked with such high-​​​​end fancy design­ers as Ralph Lau­ren and Donna Karan, their aes­thetic isn’t overly pol­ished at all; […]

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Accessories

Candles for cottagers

How to choose the best can­dles for your cottage

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Lighting

Reusing old hockey sticks

In our Win­ter 2009 issue, we showed you how to make a coat rack using old hockey sticks. The project was a hit at our Fall Show, and lots of atten­dees seemed keen to tackle the rack them­selves, and a few sug­gested improve­ments. One attendee men­tioned they’d vary the stick lengths so that there are some low, kid-​​​​accessible […]

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DIY

Driftwood light fixture

At the mag­a­zine, we always talk about design and décor that brings the out­side in. Using ele­ments of nature in cot­tage design can be large-​​​​scale (a piece of bedrock exposed in the cot­tage floor, for exam­ple) or as sim­ple as plac­ing dec­o­ra­tive pinecones on the din­ner table.
One way we bring the out­side in at our cottage […]

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Accessories

DIY Birchbark Votive Candles">DIY Birchbark Votive Candles

Here’s a DIY project to bring some rus­tic charm to your cot­tage din­ner table using found pieces of birch­bark.
You’ll need: Birch­bark, clear-​​​​glass votive or tea light holder (a glass jar can also work), double-​​​​sided tape, scis­sors or util­ity knife.
How-​​​​to
1. Start with a piece of birch­bark that is more than suf­fi­cient to wrap around the can­dle holder. Sep­a­rate the […]

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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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Recycled Wine Bottle Torch

If you’re like me and would pre­fer some­thing other than the tiki torch look for out­door fire, this DIY project is a sleek alter­na­tive. Erik Ander­son of brand­ing agency Ger­ar­dot & Co. has cre­ated easy-​​​​to-​​​​make wall-​​​​mounted torches using old wine bot­tles and a few bits of hard­ware. You can find the full instruc­tions and more pic­tures at […]

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