What is your ideal house-size? Is it 1,000 square-feet? 2,000 square feet or more? Right now across the country, many Americans are purposely moving into…
I reflected it was an odd way to spend a morning. Crammed in a bulldozer cab, my bottom perched on a side molding of the…
"For I, methinks, till I grow old, As fair before me shall behold, As I do now, the Cabin small, The Lake, the Bay, the…
Excerpted from Neil's latest book LandBook - An owner's manual for rural land (second edition) ~~~~~~~~ Some people swear by meditation; others tout the virtues of…
There's something romantic or heartwarming about seeing a home in a clearing in the woods or down a lane with a glow of lamps or…
Like a lot of people who approach middle age, I started to wish for a simpler life based on the quiet of the country. So…
Imagine that you are outside working in your garden. You have been out since 6:30 a.m., and now that cool morning air is giving way…
Preface This article is inspired by the craftsmanship and elegance of early American homebuilding. Further, it endeavors to be a worthy tribute to the late…
Rural areas of North America are punctuated at measured intervals by small churches, steeples rising above the farmsteads. They recall a time when the…
We have the land. We have a house we are selling. Our next step is to move all our stuff and us over TO…
Just down the road from our house sits a sagging cabin made from hand-hewn logs with a low ceiling and raggedly sturdy stone fireplace…
Nothing says “log cabin in the pines” like a big solid natural stone fireplace, so when we built our log cabin in the pines,…
