Simply Good Design: The Rustic Wooden Chair Absolutely Anybody Can Build
Think you can’t build a functional chair? You’re more capable than you imagine, if the design is right. Originally designed in 1974 by Italian…
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Volunteers Build a Shingled Wooden Hut to Promote Co-Working in Nature
Dotting mountains, hills, valleys and meadows across Europe, tiny cabins invite the public to get comfortable and enjoy the natural scenery. Most of these…
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Weekend Project: Make an Eastern White Pine Bat House
Looking for a fun project to test your handy skills or keep the kids busy on a summer weekend? Here’s a great kit that…
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Isle of Light: Idyllic Post & Beam Eastern White Pine Cottages on the Maine Coast
Set about 23 miles beyond Port Clyde on the coast of Maine, Wheaton Island is about as peaceful as it gets, with few structures…
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Amazing Wooden Staircases, from Sculptural Spirals to Modern Floating Styles
One of the best things about wood as a building material is it’s so malleable. Take staircases, for instance: using nothing but wood, you…
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Waste Wood Transformed Into Furniture with Just One Simple Joint
Given a big box of identical birch slats and access to simple materials like string and rawhide, what would you build? What designer Martin…
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