Artisan Center of Maple Creek is expanding - Community Press
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Into the woods for self-reliance, fun, or a frost - Boston Globe
A simple cabin in the woods is a fixture in the American imagination, burnished by accounts of young Abe Lincoln's log house and Thoreau's cozy sanctuary at Walden. A rustic cabin reminds us that we can shed the bed linens, the proper fork, and the ...
Read more...Luling builder defies the big, goes tiny - Austin American-Statesman
Painter Tara Weaver uses her 400-square-foot Tiny Texas House as an art studio and was drawn to its vintage style, which complements her house, a 19th-century log home southwest of Austin. Built almost exclusively with salvaged materials, the studio ...
Read more...A Century With Kids - Seattle Times
Around 1930, Orkila rowboats were made of wood. Now those have given way to fleets of kayaks, aluminum rowboats, Hobie Cats and other watercraft as the camp has expanded its offerings and extended its reach. COURTESY OF YMCA OF GREATER SEATTLE Dads ...
Read more...The best backcountry ski lodges - Guardian Unlimited
For a true mountain experience you need to escape the resorts and spend a night or two in the backcountry where the snow is pure, night skies leave the Blackpool illuminations in the shadows and the only noise you'll hear is soothing murmur of nature ...
Read more...The house that Ron built - Bozeman Daily Chronicle
GALLATIN GATEWAY - There’s not a single doorknob in Ron and Margaret Jarrett’s sod roof house in Gallatin Gateway. That’s because when Ron Jarrett designed and built the house 27 years ago he opted to also design and install sliding wooden bars ...
Read more...Luxury inn steeped in history - Morning News
When Julian and Jane Archer began turning the property on Markham Hill that he inherited from his mother into their dream luxury inn, it came with some unexpected baggage. Rights to the property co-owned by Archer's mother, Evangeline, and her sister ...
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