Original wood floors can be one of the most striking features of a brownstone or townhouse, especially if they have intricate parquet or borders. But many wood floors have suffered years of neglect, ...

The old-growth forests that once blanketed the Southeast are very nearly gone, but the beautiful wood milled from these majestic trees lives on, in the beams and floors, framing and siding of old ...

The sheer variety of hydrangeas available at garden centers speaks to their popularity. Gardeners adore the billowy blooms and elegant foliage they bring to the summer garden. But sometimes hydrangeas ...

POTOMAC, Mont. — At a lumber yard in Potomac, colorful stories can be found in just about every timber or piece of metal. At Heritage Timber the saying is "Old Wood Saved For Good." Its owner, Gary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neutral living room with vintage wooden bookshelves - Bulgac/Getty Images The simplicity of a neutral space in interior design has ...

With a little effort, you can eliminate gaps, glaze panes and use caulk to make old wood windows more energy efficient and to help minimize the toll that time has ...

MINTURN ” Every barn Chris Mech tears down saves several trees. It also puts old wood into new buildings. Mech runs Vintage Wood Supply, a company that strips old buildings ” often farm buildings in ...

You can find tons of beautiful ways to repurpose an old window into home decor, but you may not have thought of the clever DIY project seen in a video on the YouTube Hometalk channel that transforms ...

This article explains how extremely old wood can be used in guitar construction and what makes it notable for tone and ...

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 ...