If you're dreaming about building a cabin, permits can feel like the part that takes all the fun out of it. I get it. Most ...

In this video, I spend 30 days alone deep in the forest, building a small log and stone cabin completely by hand. The project begins with laying a solid stone foundation, giving the cabin strength and ...

From October into November, my wife and I—and our two dogs—drove from New Mexico to Vermont to turn our unfinished 12-by-12 log cabin into a little off-grid home. We transformed it from the empty ...