Steelworker quits at 50, builds $50K cordwood home lit by colorful bottles by Kirsten Dirksen on September 13, 2026 At 50, Jason Fine walked away from his union boilermaker job and cashed out his retirement to buy 29 acres …
Wendell Berry’s 5 generations of lumber: one’s own long-legged home by Nicolás Boullosa on September 3, 2026 Wendell Berry died on Monday at ninety-two, the age he gave the old farmer he invented at thirty-nine. In a …
Competent gentleness: three Cold War engineers who built worlds for their families by Nicolás Boullosa on August 6, 2026 On an Ozark hillside and in the Maine woods, the quiet engineers of the postwar era are leaving, and handing …
Couple couldn’t find affordable high-end prefab, so they created their own by Kirsten Dirksen on July 27, 2026 Priced out of Madrid, architects Ignacio and Pilar bought cheap land on the outskirts instead – a steep, sloping lot …
Couldn’t afford a house. Now he builds his own underground Missouri home by Kirsten Dirksen on May 31, 2026 Kyle Yoder couldn’t afford to buy a home, so he’s been building one himself — by hand, with earth, rubble, …
Veteran’s underground home in Maine Homestead is affordable little marvel by Kirsten Dirksen on February 16, 2025 Jim’s idea of happiness includes a 1-mile zipline that descends an entire hill and crosses a lake to get from …
Young couple self-builds hempcrete home with innovative compost toilet by Kirsten Dirksen on March 3, 2024 When Nil and Olivia found an affordable plot in picturesque Garrotxa, Catalonia, they quickly bought it and began to build …
TX teacher builds space-saving container home at materials cost by Kirsten Dirksen on June 4, 2023 Micah Woods taught woodshop and welding to high school students, but he dreamed of using his skills to build his …
