Original wood floors can be one of the most striking features of a brownstone or townhouse, especially if they have intricate parquet or borders. But many wood floors have suffered years of neglect, ...

The sheer variety of hydrangeas available at garden centers speaks to their popularity. Gardeners adore the billowy blooms and elegant foliage they bring to the summer garden. But sometimes hydrangeas ...

Those old piles of scrap wood you have could make all the difference in your garden. Try one of these easy DIYs to reuse ...

Dear James: The woodwork in my old house could use refinishing. Much of it has complex, intricate profiles. What is the best way to strip it without breaking it? — Patty G. Dear Patty: Woodwork in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neutral living room with vintage wooden bookshelves - Bulgac/Getty Images The simplicity of a neutral space in interior design has ...

With a little effort, you can eliminate gaps, glaze panes and use caulk to make old wood windows more energy efficient and to help minimize the toll that time has ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

MINTURN ” Every barn Chris Mech tears down saves several trees. It also puts old wood into new buildings. Mech runs Vintage Wood Supply, a company that strips old buildings ” often farm buildings in ...

Nathan Brown, the founder, and his sister Liz Brown, senior sales executive, by some of their wood at Old World Timber, 1195 Versailles Road in Lexington. Charles Bertram cbertram@herald-leader.com ...

Many of Seattle's single family homes are built from really old wood. Think: Douglas fir trees that stood for 600 years until they were harvested. When homes are demolished, that wood usually ends up ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a 476,000-year-old wooden structure near Kalambo Falls in Zambia, making it the oldest known timber construction on Earth. The discovery predates Homo sapiens and ...