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Miscellaneous

Gadgets & Gear

Canadiana canoe

Hudson’s Bay Com­pany and Lang­ford canoe col­lab­o­rate to bring us a canoe embla­zoned with the point blan­ket stripes.

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Green Cottage Living

Register Grates That Might Be Too Nice for the Floor

Reg­is­ter grates are one of those lit­tle details that most peo­ple don’t pay much atten­tion to when build­ing or ren­o­vat­ing a cot­tage. Util­i­tar­ian and inex­pen­sive tends to be the norm. And I never really gave them much thought until I saw these beauts from Iron Age Designs.

The grates are made from post-​​​​consumer recy­cled mate­r­ial and are 100 per […]

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Miscellaneous

Stay Dry in Denim

There’s noth­ing fun about wet jeans—they’re so icy and stiff. But they’re pretty much inevitable when you’re work­ing around the dock or put­ter­ing out­side in the fall.
These water-​​​​resistant pants—yes, water-​​resistant—will repel most splashes from the lake and drips from wet leaves so you can avoid the unpleas­ant­ness of damp denim. It’s pretty cool the way water […]

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Cleaning and Organizing

Catching Flies

Here’s a fly trap that won’t offend the visual senses. Mounted to the inside of a win­dow with suc­tion cups, the rec­tan­gu­lar frame holds a sticky-​​​​back card that cap­tures flies and keeps them out of view. No more star­ing at lit­tle black car­casses pil­ing up—ew. Win­dow fly trap, $6, refills, $5 per pack­age of two, Lee Valley Tools.

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Accessories

Moose Menagerie

In the June issue of  Cot­tage Life (sub­scribers should have received their copy by now; non-​​​​subscribers will find the issue on news­stands come Mon­day) you’ll find my story “Moose on the Loose,” which show­cases a lot of fun home acces­sories with a moose motif. I had a blast putting together the article–who wouldn’t enjoy spend­ing time with such a lovable […]

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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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