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 ...

If you’re Irish, then you’ve likely spent a few weeks of a youthful summer sandwiched between siblings and cousins in the confines of a caravan or mobile home fighting over the last packet of crisps.

Building your own home with your own hands is becoming increasingly common. Many companies have chosen to simplify construction processes and offer easy-to-assemble houses, similar to Lego structures.

Hear how Colette Kenny of Half-Acre Homestead moved from the city and learned how to build a cabin house suited for eco-friendly self-sufficient homesteading. In this episode of Mother Earth News and ...

With little money and no electricity, self-taught craftsman Henry Steiner, his wife and their 11 kids foraged for timber and river rock, and used hand tools and pulley systems to build log cabins in ...