Wood craftsman Sam French of Gill with one of the “cookie tables” he built for Smith College’s Neilson Library. The wood came from a venerable elm tree just outside the library that had to be taken ...

For most of us, there’s a slight disconnect between the trees that surround us and the wood that makes up our furniture. A couple hundred years ago, you might chop down a tree, plane it, and sand it ...

An almost three-foot tall bronze sculpture of a frog prince reading a book has found a new home in the Waukegan Public Library’s Stimson Sculpture Garden, along with two bronze benches with depictions ...