In this episode, we complete the first floor of our log cabin by carrying up rough-cut floorboards. We use a hand planer to smooth the boards and adjust their edges to minimize gaps. To improve heat ...

In this episode of our Log Cabin Project, we install a compost toilet and drill a hole for the ventilation tube. We apply three coats of oil-based varnish to protect the white pine floorboards, ...

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. — Plumbing contractors install various systems over the course of their careers and doubtless hold equally various opinions on them. When they install one in their own home, however, ...

Editor's note: This story was changed to reflect the correct name of William Temple Lewis and to reflect the correct name of his aunt, Louise Robertson. Sitting on 40 acres, Spring Run Farm is known ...