This low-maintenance alternative to wood is made from varying amounts of recycled plastic. Consider it for decks, fences and more

This work studio, built in a simple vernacular architectural style, sits near a couple's rural home in the Berkshire mountains

From balustrades to bargeboards, here's what you need to know about this period feature in all its guises

Water views, traditional style and an old-fashioned building technique warm up this New England Shingle-style home

Spanish clay tile, rough-sawn timber beams and a horse paddock lend a hacienda feel to a vast Southwestern-style home

Big-timbered forest and lake homes celebrate the materials and sheer scale of place

See how a family in Maine takes apart a falling-down barn and uses the timber for an affordable new family home

Without chinking to fill the spaces between timbers, log cabins would be draftier and filled with pests

Reclaimed timbers and metal give an Austin-area prefab bygone soul

Got a hankering for that natural touch? Go rough or refined with these ideas for using salvaged wood indoors and out