June 2007

Art Under Foot

By Allan Britnell

Your cottage floor is the canvas in this weekend painting project.

The Comfort Zone

By Craille Maguire Gillies

Personal touches and original ideas make a cottage kit feel like a home for this laid-back family.

The Depths of Mary Sharpe

By Jim Moodie

A swim tripper totes her dreams and a bag on sojourns through Algonquin Park.

It’s a Dirty Job…

By Ray Ford

Province-wide septic reinspections are looming. How to check if your system’s up to sniff.

Reclaiming the Cottage

By Ray Ford

For those with disabilities or ailments of age, barrier-free design opens doors again.

Who Wins at the OMB...and Why?

By John Lorinc

Cottagers fighting developers seems a losing battle. Planning reforms may change all that.

Cottage Life Grill Guide to Burgers

By David Zimmer

Recipes by Julie St. Jean and Jane Rodmell

How to make the flipping best patties ever. Click here for our taste test results of store-bought, frozen burgers.

Raising the Standard

By Paul Lewis

Show your true colours with a traditional wooden flagpole. Read more about flag flying etiquette here.

Puttering

Task Master: Cutting-edge advice for digging tools
Real Tools: Rust-preventing spray protectants
Job Jar: Waterproof your charts and maps
Cottage Plans: Accessible, contemporary bunkie
Solutions: Preventing shower cracks
Job Jar: Dock shock absorbers
Great Inventions: Solar-powered water heater; paper towel holder

Also in this issue:

On the Waterfront

A wakeskating great; report card on property tax reforms; garage sales; fitness island cottagers; painting toe-scapes; gas-to-oil calculator; lighthouse book review; Zimmer on the Muskoka “brand”

Cottage Q&A

By Steve Brearton

Weed-clearing protocol; cleaning sooty fireplaces; concrete basement conundrum; plastic vs. foam dock floats.

Cottage Coup

By George L. James

Closing the communication gap at the cottage.

Cottage Finds

By Leslie Young

Seating plan: The old-style wooden picnic table now comes in materials and shapes to whet every cottager’s appetite.