At first glance, wood pallets don't look very special, but their DIY potential is actually pretty endless. These otherwise utilitarian platforms lend themselves beautifully to countless decorating ...

Live-edge wood is a popular interior design trend in the Pacific Northwest, where we value the beauty and simplicity of bringing nature into our homes. The rich contours of the wood edges give tables, ...

Create neat and simple storage for your prized vinyls with an easy and attractive DIY you can build with a saw, screws, and ...

Lumber prices have skyrocketed this year. Demand is high and supply chains have been disrupted, thanks, in part, to the pandemic. This makes it tricky to tackle those 2 x 4 projects without emptying ...

These are confusing terms, as they really don’t refer to the actual hardness of the wood. Balsa, for example, is a hardwood, but you could practically cut it with your fingernail. The term “hardwood” ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - At its peak in May, a spike in the price of lumber added $36,000 to the average cost of a new single-family home in the U.S., pricing out many potential buyers. "Not fun ...

Record-high lumber prices are helping drive up home prices and are affecting a wide swath of the construction industry, including weekend do-it-yourselfers doing home improvement. The cost of lumber ...

Jason Larabee figured fewer customers would be headed to his Danville building supply shop when he reopened this spring, with the pandemic keeping people inside and sapping their funds. Not so. “It ...

Whether your DIY projects involve office supplies or pallets and secondhand wood, they all have to come from somewhere. In some cases they're not expensive to buy outright, but some materials can get ...

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Record-high lumber prices are helping drive up home prices and impacting a wide swath of the construction industry, including weekend do-it-yourselfers doing home improvement. The cost of lumber has ...

Record high lumber prices are helping drive up home prices and affecting a wide swath of the construction industry, including weekend do-it-yourselfers doing home improvement. The cost of lumber has ...