Learn how to build a log cabin from trees on a budget using local materials, traditional hand tools, and hard work while embracing the land. Living in a cozy little cabin nestled in the woods is part ...

The Cottage and Lakefront Living Show is coming to DeVos Place, making it the perfect place to find a home-renovation company to help with an upcoming remodeling or cottage-building project. The ...

Something small is afoot. Backyard cottages -- from 800-square-foot bungalows to Lilliputian studio cabins -- are springing up behind houses in many cities, some of which have changed zoning laws to ...

David and Jeanie Stiles are renowned builders and authors of 23 books on woodworking projects. In Backyard Building, (The Countryman Press, 2014) the couple shows readers how to make that patch of ...

In the midst of its housing crisis, the City of Seattle is looking at ways to make it easier for homeowners to build backyard cottages. Some residents are excited about proposed changes to the law — ...

Plans are under way to break ground on a mixed-use science and tech park, called Convergence Research Park, early next year next to San Felasco State Park. The residential component of this tech park ...