April/May 2004

Out of the Box

By K. Jill Rigby

A 1940s bungalow is transformed when an unconventional cottager pulls down the walls.

Taste Buds

The top dishes from our 10th Annual Recipe Contest – guaranteed to win friends

If We Had All Been Lakes

By John Degen

Celebrated author, lauded poet, notorious family prankster – Michael Redhill draws on the cottage landscape as a backdrop for his art.

Crib Notes

By Max Burns

What do to with that bashed-up, rotted-out box of rocks below the dock.

Masters of Disguise

Can your eye spy these cottage-country disappearing acts?

Cut to the Chaise

When it's time to put your feet up, look no further than the versatile lounger.

Cottage Life Boating

A special 48-page section • Fishing Boats • Confessions of a rookie sailor • Set up a sailing race course • Cruising with the OPP • What's new in outboards • Wakeboard gear

Puttering

Task Master: Fixing crumbly pointing 
Real Tools: The sledgehammer 
Materials: Medullary rays in lumber 
Job Jar: Trick for tying rope tie-downs 
Great Inventions: Gangplank; canoe caddy

Also in this issue:

On the Waterfront
Cottage Q&A
Cottage Finds
Real Estate
Nature Scrapbook
Weekender