When remodeling, painting your kitchen cabinets can seem like a good place to start. But check the materials. Here are the ...

In Oregon, a homeowner revived 100-year-old Douglas fir floors into a warm, kid-friendly space full of soul and story.

Efforts to protect and celebrate trees in the Comox Valley often make the news. From recent rallies to protect old growth ...

Facing high building costs in Washington State, two friends, a home builder and an architect, shared their expertise to ...

Osmosis Day Spa's enzyme-cedar bath buries guests in a magic mixture of wood chips and rice bran for a relaxing, warming and healing experience.

Owner Harold Miller and his son, Marty, plan to reclaim the more than 2 million board feet of old-growth Douglas fir lumber that compose the building’s many outside walls and interior bins.

When Jacob Huber visits his coastal redwood forest, he hugs a tree and says, “Hello! How are you?” After a day of forestry ...

Its trapezoidal shape provides better weight distribution, while the Douglas fir wood from British Columbia highlights natural grain patterns. Constructed using both traditional woodworking and ...

Found in the mountains of Oregon, Nevada, and California—especially in the Sierra Nevada range—the California red fir is treasured for its lumber ... the Douglas or Doug fir is not a true ...

Undertaken at a cost of $2.1 billion, the four-year PDX remodel uses 3.7 million board feet of wood. It features a nine-acre Douglas fir roof, Oregon white oak flooring and expansive ligneous ...