In this episode, we complete the last saddle notches and finish hewing the two eave logs flat. We construct and install 8 ...

Perched atop a penthouse, Hut on the Roof can be constructed virtually anywhere. The rough-hewn wooden planks evoke a cabin in the forest, without leaving the city. Surrounded by brick and concrete ...

Ever want to build yourself a nice cabin in the woods? Outdoorsman Shawn James can help you out. Using basic tools and the power of his own body, James managed to build a rustic, off-the-grid log ...

When Jim and Linda Morice were scouting for a vacation home centrally located between their St. Louis home and that of their daughter’s family in Tulsa, their daughter found the ideal location on ...

Here's an automatic camaraderie builder: Shoulder your ridiculously heavy packs (did you really bring a bottle of wine?), step into your skis and breathe hard in the sharp air for a few miles till you ...

Time-lapse video of Canadian man building log cabin by himself Shawn James, 47, loves the simpler things in life, so much that the father of two bought 20 acres near Algonquin Park in Ontario, Canada, ...

When most folks think “wooden building,” they conjure up images of rustic log cabins or ye olde fashioned outhouses. Architect Michael Green wants to whittle something decidedly more modern out of ...

NEAR LENGBY, Minn.-This is a story about coming full circle. It all started in 1970, when Don Klinke heard about a landowner who wanted pine trees planted on a piece of ground in Clearwater County ...

Learn how to build an a frame house (complete with a cozy sleeping loft) in this illustrated, step-by-step guide. One of the sturdiest of all structures is the A-frame, whose skeleton consists simply ...