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Barnstorming door ideas

I’ve been a bit obsessed with inte­rior slid­ing barn doors lately, and of course it’s related to my new digs. We’re think­ing about enlarg­ing the teeny-​​​​tiny main floor pow­der room and need to be as eco­nom­i­cal with our space as pos­si­ble. So a pocket door of some sort is def­i­nitely part of the plan. Because my own […]

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Getting crafty with pool noodles

Hands up those who think that pool noo­dles are the devil’s gift to cot­tagers. (My hand is way up.)
For a period of time a few years ago, every guest who stepped foot onto our cot­tage prop­erty was wield­ing a pool noo­dle or two with them. After they used it to float in the lake dur­ing the hot afternoon—which, I admit, […]

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Using a walnut to freshen up your furniture

Just a quick note before I dash out for the night.
I found the neat­est lit­tle trick the other day while vis­it­ing Apart­ment Ther­apy. If you have a piece of wooden fur­ni­ture that has a few scratches in it (who doesn’t at the cot­tage?), here’s a sim­ple trick to help spruce it up in a jam. Try rub­bing a piece of wal­nut on it. […]

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Building and Architecture

Catching the Wood Wave

It’s Olympic time, and I’m a sports fanatic. I’ve been blown away by some of the coura­geous per­for­mances we’ve seen so far (Alexan­dre Bilodeau!), and am look­ing for­ward to more (obvi­ously I’ll be cheer­ing for skele­ton ath­lete Michelle Kelly). But I’m equally as impressed by some of the Olympic venues. In par­tic­u­lar, the Rich­mond Olympic Oval, […]

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News

Season 3 of Sarah’s House

I took a few weeks off over last Christ­mas, and I admit that I spent one full day of couch-​​​​surfing bliss tak­ing in a marathon of Sarah’s House, the pop­u­lar HGTV design/​​renovation show. The premise: Well-​​​​known Cana­dian designer/​​decor guru Sarah Richard­son buys a house and then spends a bun­dle of time, money, and effort ren­o­vat­ing it top to bot­tom. Although Sarah’s […]

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All quiet on the blog!

I’m sorry that I’ve been so silent these last few days. We are just fin­ish­ing up our April issue, the first issue of 2010! It’s a good one, and I hope it will get every­one excited about the upcom­ing spring/​​summer cot­tage sea­son. I know I’m ready for it after a week of sub-​​​​zero temps here in Hog­town.
One of the […]

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A little renovation

Pretty excit­ing times! Reg­u­lar vis­i­tors will notice some changes to the blog and I’m excited to announce that I am offi­cially tak­ing over Cot­tageLifeStyle. Corinna vanGer­wen, found­ing blog­ger and Cot­tage Life’s for­mer senior design edi­tor, resigned from the mag­a­zine last fall and has moved on to a new oppor­tu­nity in the pub­lic rela­tions field. Best of luck […]

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