Learn how to build a log cabin from trees on a budget using local materials, traditional hand tools, and hard work while embracing the land. Living in a cozy little cabin nestled in the woods is part ...

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 ...

Puzzle boxes, not pastry, fill the antique pie safe in the corner. Pieces of the next-up puzzle cover the surface of a vintage farmhouse table. An even bigger puzzle surrounds all of this: an 1800s ...

The author’s “tiny house” grew from 384 square feet to 1,600 square feet over decades of adjustments. A tiny home doesn’t have to stay tiny. Learn about the updates this author made to her own tiny ...

A local home builder has been selected by the television show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” to build a house for a needy family in North Carolina. Blue Ridge Log Cabins of Campobello will build a ...

A Virginia father went on an adventure of a lifetime with his three young sons. Luke Nichols, a criminal defense attorney and host of the Outdoor Boys YouTube Channel, built a bush craft log cabin ...