In this episode of our Log Cabin Project, we discuss our recent two-week absence and provide a brief tour of the garden and wild berries. Watch as we showcase the progress on our log cabin, including ...

After a thorough renovation with the help of their dad, the older camper became a cozy abode. It has a warm furnace and space ...

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, ...

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 ...

Learn to build your own cabin cheaply and sustainably and learn about the green building benefits of sustainable, green-living homes. In 2013, I was living in a large city, but I felt it was time to ...

Learn how to build a cabin in the wilderness by watching the wind and light rotate through the property and following a cabin build from conception to completion. Long before I used string on stakes ...

For John Robinson and his family, the decision to build a new timber frame structure on their Grand Marais property was steeped in tradition. He and his daughter Anna Robinson cut the frame in a class ...

While searching for a new home a few years ago, my wife and I toured a log cabin for rent in the mountains of western North Carolina. It was built with historic reclaimed wood, and the long, stacked ...

Composed of straw-bale walls and salvaged materials, this Mojave Desert cabin tests how beauty and sustainability can thrive.

I am interested in this genre and just neglected to get my hands on the book until recently. Whether it’s building a cabin or finding shelter in a bus, one story isn’t necessarily better than the ...

Courtesy of Chris Brown To step inside George Jutras’ cabin is to step back in time nearly a century. On the wall, the calendar always reads 1935 — the year the cabin was built. The hand-hewn log ...