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, ...

Salvaged beams from old houses hold secrets that new lumber simply can't match.

POTOMAC, Mont. — At a lumber yard in Potomac, colorful stories can be found in just about every timber or piece of metal. At Heritage Timber the saying is "Old Wood Saved For Good." Its owner, Gary ...

Black locust wood posts lasted four decades in vineyards with little decay, highlighting the durability of this naturally rot ...

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 ...

This article explains how extremely old wood can be used in guitar construction and what makes it notable for tone and ...

How much wood would a woodchuck recycle in the Northwest? With all the trees here in our woodsy region, you would think wood recycling would have a higher profile. As an organic material, wood is ...

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 ...

When we were having the shell of our present home built the builder called us and said it was hard to work because of the cold weather. He told us he had an air tight wood stove he would install for a ...