Depending on your point of view, living in a log cabin may seem positively dreamy — or like a nightmare. If it’s the latter, you’re probably imagining a cabin without electricity on the frontier. If ...

Off-grid cabins offer more than just rustic charm. Building with locally sourced materials reduces costs, while embracing ...

Learn how to build a cabin in the wilderness by watching the wind and light rotate through the property and following a cabin build from conception to completion. Long before I used string on stakes ...

Summertime and the living is, well, hot—which makes a roaring campfire a bit of a problem. But if you lay the right foundation, you can build a great summer blaze that puts out plenty of light with ...

At the age of 81, Charles “Mac” McRaven still can swing a goosewing broadax with the authority of a young Abe Lincoln. Through the decades, the Albemarle County author and master craftsman has built ...

A Montana native and master builder has revealed how he erected a stunning log cabin on a plot of land in remote Alaska, spending two years battling the elements in order “to turn raw logs into a cozy ...

In this episode of our Log Cabin Project, we discuss our recent two-week absence and provide a brief tour of the garden and wild berries. Watch as we showcase the progress on our log cabin, including ...

In this episode, we sheath the porch roof with 1-inch boards, install railings, and board up the bottom half of the walls. To prepare for mosquito season, we screen all gaps of the porch with ...