Q. I never thought I would be emailing you with a question, but here it is. We use white oak quite a bit and recently have had a sawmill offer us some post oak that he says is a white oak. Is this a ...

One of Aesops’ more famous fables, “The Oak and the Reed,” goes like this: "A very large Oak was uprooted by the wind and thrown across a stream." It fell among some Reeds, which it thus addressed: "I ...

Tired of boring white windowsills? Turns out, all you need is a brush, a little patience, and one secret weapon to give them ...

I get a lot of questions about spalted wood and white woods. The main question I get about white woods is usually, “What white woods do you have?” They really are asking, “What species do you have ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Editor’s note: Welcome to the 31st installment of Brownstone Boys Reno, a reader renovation diary. We’re excited to publish their tale of buying and renovating a brownstone in Bed Stuy. See the first ...