From the category archives:

Windows and Walls

Best bookshelves

Rich and I are in an ongoing “discussion” about how to organize our book collection in our new house, and have been looking at modular wall-mounted systems. We like them because built-ins have to be left behind when you move and are a touch pricey to boot. Plus, we want to somehow incorporate our flat-screen [...]

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A subtle take on the deer head trend

A quick post this morning. We’re running around like crazy here at the office this week, putting the finishing touches on our May issue (it’s gonna be good!) and preparing for the Spring Cotttage Life Show. As I mentioned before, I’ll be at the show tomorrow and Saturday, hanging out in the Cottage Life booth, [...]

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A great-looking card game

I once wrote a Cottage Classic in the magazine about how much I love playing cards. We’re big into card games at the lake—solitaire, cribbage and, most of all, euchre. We have a basket of cards that’s been kicking around forever,  full of decks that were picked up on family travels. Of course, I’d say [...]

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Weekend projects using salvaged windows

Many thanks to loyal reader Maggie for tipping me off to what seems to be a epidemic of creativity over in the Cottage Life forums. Several members are showing off their own crafty ways of using salvaged windows.
I love the look of old windows in a house, although realize that they are quite inefficient compared [...]

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