Popular Science

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Who's buried in Grant's tomb? Deposit Photos There’s an entire subgenre of American humor derived from carefully placing the punchline into the question itself. For example, the answer to the legendary not-joke “Who’s buried at Grant’s Tomb?” is, qu

Log Home Living

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Since the earliest European colonies, log homes have dotted the American landscape. While many traditions from that time have fallen by the wayside, log homes continue to be an institution. According to a survey by Active Interest Media, more than 10

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home or garden; also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When renovat

Outdoor Rooms

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Timber provides the means to enhance any home or garden, also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When ren

Outdoor Design

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From simple screening solutions to the creation of feature walls and contemporary facades, Futurewood’s range of decorative screening and cladding products can help you completely change the look of your garden as well as add considerable value to yo

Homebuilding & Renovating

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The Pattens were keen for timber to be key to the design of their traditional-meets-contemporary new build. “Being in the country, it’s important that the way wood weathers blends easily with its surroundings,” says David. “We were lucky to find Alex

Log Home Living

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Around the same time General Motors had Americans singing about “Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and Chevrolet,” a group of dedicated individuals started laying the groundwork to promote and protect another national icon, the log home. Now, 40 years la

Nautilus

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Earlier this year, Dan Doctoroff, the C.E.O. of Sidewalk Labs, Google’s sibling company under Alphabet, answered a question about what his company “actually does” during a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session, replying, “The short answer is: We want to b

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home or garden, as well as a commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When ren

The Atlantic

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The first thing you notice when you walk into the office of Lever Architecture, in Portland, Oregon, is the smell: fresh, sweet, and vaguely Christmassy. That’s because Albina Yard, the year-old building that houses the office, was built out of fragr

Australian Wood Review

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Shou sugi ban is the dramatic technique of burning timber to a dark char to preserve it, making it fire, weather and pest resistant. The technique originates from Japan, a country where ritual and process are paramount to their culture and trade skil

Inside Out

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Whether you’re planning to extend your entertaining season well into winter or simply want a dedicated space to roast marshmallows with the family, a fire pit will be a versatile addition to your garden or outdoor area that’s guaranteed to improve th

Home and Design Trends

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The city of Mysore now boasts a seamlessly crafted house in India’s first North American style Wood Frame Construction (WFC) by Canadian Wood in association with Pyramid Timber Associates. Both the interior and exterior of the house is a robust mix o

Grit

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Have you ever been in the middle of a woodworking project and fallen just one piece short? Or been making roof repairs during a break in a storm, but then discover there’s not a single piece to fit the space you’re covering? What do you do? Both of t

The Makers

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Makers can often be curiously solitary figures, the discipline and practice of their craft often necessitating an absorbed and protracted preoccupation with their medium that precludes or inhibits intimate interpersonal relationships. It takes a spec

Outdoor Rooms

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Timber provides the means to enhance any home or garden, also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When ren

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home or garden; also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When renovat

American Farmhouse Style

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WHAT YOU’LL NEED: • Three framing lumber boards, 2 inches x 3 inches x 8 feet• Table or hand saw• Wood clamps• Twenty 2 ½-inch wood screws• Sandpaper• Stain of choice (optional) WHAT YOU’LL DO: 1. Cut two of the framing lumber pieces to 7 feet for th

Log Home Living

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dpeak@aimmedia.com Every year, the builders, suppliers and producers of many of the exceptional homes we feature in each issue of Log Home Living gather at the National Association of Home Builders’ Building Systems Summit to discuss the current stat

Real Homes

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This composite decking is made with 95 per cent recycled materials, including plastic and wood flour – a by-product of the wood manufacturing industry from FSC-managed sources. It’s a low maintenance, slip-resistant material that doesn’t rot, stain o

Log Home Living

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It’s no secret that a structure is only as strong as the materials it is made of. That’s why it is essential that your timber home is made of a wood species that has been tried-and-tested in the timber frame world — the entire weight of the house (an

Visi

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WORDS RICHARD STRETTON, PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT AT KOOP DESIGN PHOTOS ROGER JARDINE “Make the most of the site and allow ample space to comfortably accommodate an extended family.” This was a key take-out from the brief received by Koop Design from our

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home or garden; also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When renovat

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home or garden; also any commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When renovat

Timber Home Living

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In the sea of coastal-style houses that dot Annapolis, Maryland, Janine and Vince Carran’s mountain-style home stands out. When the niece of the original landowner saw the Carrans’ home, she teared up. “She said it looked like someone had planted a s

Architectural Review Asia Pacific

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From houses to ships, furniture to floors, timber has been used in the construction industry – and thus our everyday lives – for centuries. In the realm of modern architecture, it fell out of favour for a period of time, as new materials and technolo

Homebuilding & Renovating

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Andy and Jodie say the cedar cladding is one of their favourite features of the new design. “People drive past and slow down to take a second look,” says Jodie. “It sets it apart from other houses.” In recent years timber cladding has become a go-to

Backyard

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Timber provides a way to enhance any home, garden, or commercial or retail property. Hardwood timber can be used to create comfortable, attractive and flexible features ranging from internal flooring to outside decking and beams. When renovating a ho

Outdoor Rooms

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If a product can withstand the daily wear and tear of a commercial environment such as a surf life saving club, you know it will stand the test of time in your own outdoor room. Metropolitan Caloundra Surf Life Saving Club was founded in 1933. Its ma

Timber Home Living

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The holidays are squarely upon us, that’s for sure; but this isn’t the only reason why I think the traditional carol named in my headline above rings true. This is the most wonderful time of the year because ’tis the season when we here at Timber Hom