Does your home have any valuable vintage features? It might, even if you don't realize it. Here are some vintage details that ...

Many of Seattle's single family homes are built from really old wood. Think: Douglas fir trees that stood for 600 years until they were harvested. When homes are demolished, that wood usually ends up ...

Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. When not writing, Jeff spends his free time fixing up his old house. He has ...

The assumption that wood houses are not made to last is simply that: an assumption—and an incorrect one at that. The oldest wood building in the world is Japan’s Hōryū-ji pagoda, which has a cypress ...