Welcome to our Log Cabin Project! In this episode, we carry up 17 white pine boards, plane them, and install them on the porch floor, carefully scribing them around posts for a polished finish. After ...

In this episode of our VRBO cabin build series, we take you through the full process — from bare land to beautiful retreat. If you’ve ever dreamed of owning a cabin in the woods, this is for you.

At the age of 81, Charles “Mac” McRaven still can swing a goosewing broadax with the authority of a young Abe Lincoln. Through the decades, the Albemarle County author and master craftsman has built ...

Summertime and the living is, well, hot—which makes a roaring campfire a bit of a problem. But if you lay the right foundation, you can build a great summer blaze that puts out plenty of light with ...