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 ...

In this episode, we fell one of the tallest trees so far, resulting in two solid logs. The larger log was too heavy to lift, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...