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If your home has a fireplace, you know the relaxing feeling of sitting in front of a warm fire on a cool night. You also know the hassle of hauling logs into your home from the woodpile outside. You ...

This is the beginning of a series discussing tools used in the process of log building. Of course, a lot of these tools can be used for many other applications, but log building will be the main focus ...

One of the best ways to transform a dark and uninviting outdoor space into somewhere you actually want to spend time in once night falls is to spruce it up with lighting. While there are many ...