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 ...

Josh Drinkard always wanted to build his own cabin. Growing up in suburban New Jersey, he’d wander to a small strip of woods near his childhood home and spend hours constructing forts and treehouses.

From October into November, my wife and I—and our two dogs—drove from New Mexico to Vermont to turn our unfinished 12-by-12 log cabin into a little off-grid home. We transformed it from the empty ...

A detailed look at handcrafting and shaping wood to construct the first wall of an off-grid log cabin, showcasing traditional ...

One East Texan is going back to his roots and building a log cabin from scratch and his project is getting lots of attention ...

She’s the gregarious one. He’s the strong silent type. They met through the Appalachian Trail. Their first date was a hike to the Pinnacle in Albany Township. That’s where Cindy Ross, at 27, said she ...

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 ...

In this episode, we plane 1x3 rough cut cedar boards for use as paneling on the interior gable ends. A broken ladder caused an injury, halting progress for a week and impacting our timeline. After ...

Pearson Caldwell has gained nearly 1M followers by hand-building a log cabin using pioneer methods. Here's why he's doing it: ...