Scars left by axes swung before the Civil War show the work of skilled builders who shaped timbers for use in homes, barns and warehouses long before cutting machinery came along. Each board or beam ...

Cutting raw logs into usable wood can be difficult without the right setup. Many people either leave the wood unused or spend ...

It’s a big trend: natural edge and living edge wood. A local sawmill is tapping into that. SESD Rough Sawn Lumber is near Lennox. Owner Chris DeHaan’s love for wood brought him from hobby to a ...

Lumber does not come from the an 18-wheeler trailer. Rather, hardwood lumber is sawn from trees with leaves, not needles, and the trees are usually 75 years old or older. Most of these hardwood trees ...

If you’ve never been to one of BIG!NYC’s Reuse Centers, they’re basically like a Costco, except with reclaimed furniture and appliances. Here, and at BIG!’s other location near the Gowanus Canal in ...