Mark Johnson has no problem finding people who want him to build them a barn house, restore old log cabins, fix up big stone fireplaces or do pretty much any restoration work on old buildings. "I'm ...

From logs to straw bales to metal, we detail the pros and cons of different small cabin designs so you can choose the best one for your needs. The following is an excerpt from Compact Cabins by Gerald ...

In spite of their apparent simplicity, small cabins have always been a welcome design challenge in which scale, materiality and habitability must be resolved in order to take maximum advantage of ...

KATHLEEN -- A few years ago, Scott Durham had the idea of building a simple, small barn and workshop on his property in Houston County. He overshot the mark -- considerably. Durham, 52, an assistant ...