Building a playhouse is the same as building a house, on a slightly smaller scale. To simplify things, let's make the dimensions of the little house match the pre-cut lumber you're picking up from the ...

A shed lets you declutter the house, move tools and equipment out of the garage or basement, and be more organized and productive with chores. Hiring a contractor to custom build a shed might be cost ...

Hundreds of homes in the older neighborhoods of Olympia and Tumwater represent a bygone era when homeowners assembled their houses from kits of pre-cut lumber manufactured at Tumwater Lumber Mills Co.

One of the first things I needed to figure out when I started cutting rough lumber on a sawmill was what thickness to make it. I could generally determine if I wanted it to be thick or thin, but just ...

I started milling lumber about 25 years ago with a chainsaw mill, which is just a chainsaw with an attachment to control the depth of cut. The simple device allowed me to consistently cut accurate ...