Showing posts with label dropping knowledge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dropping knowledge. Show all posts

Thursday, July 31

5 Ways To Repurpose And Reuse Old Stuff

Location: Trenanthia Cottage located in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (90 min north of Toronto)
Some very cool improvements have been going on around here, and we’ve been able to repurpose and reuse our old stuff.  Our renovation motto was “YOLO”.  Er, wait, wrong motto. It was “reduce, reuse, recycle”. And after a lot (and I mean a lot) of hard work, we finally completed our wicked transformation.

Prepare yourselves for some seriously useful (re-useful?) decorative tips and secondhand-savviness

one of the bedrooms gets a make-over with reused window panes & postcards


Friday, June 27

Cottage Life Hack: How to Remove White Heat Stains from Wooden Tables

Location: Trenanthia Cottage located in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (90 min north of Toronto)
Have you got a favourite wooden table that's got a cool scar, uh, I mean, unpleasant white stain from heat or steam?   Maybe it was a misplaced pot, or just a regular old cup o' coffee.  Doesn't matter, we've got a super simple solution courtesy of my ever-resourceful Grandmother.

white mark on wooden table due to something hot
Unsightly white mark on a wooden table

Friday, May 16

Born To Be Wild(life): How to Lure Critters to Your Cottage

Location: Trenanthia Cottage located in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada (90 min north of Toronto)
Over the past week there have been videos going around of stranded ducklings reuniting with their duck mama, a baby deer mistaking a logger for his mother, and a hero cat rescuing a little boy from a dog attack. This can only mean one thing: furry beasts are taking over the world.