Jake and Susan Schloesser have a lot of balls in the air. They’ve just completed a rough-hewn barn, and are at work on their house, set back in a grove of aspens hard up against a mountainside in ...

Walk into a crafts or home furnishings store today and notice all the signs: Rows upon rows of pre-fabricated signs that speak of love, blessings, family and home. There’s the ubiquitous “Live, Laugh, ...

Distress new wood to make it look like an old barn beam! This is how I make new wood look hundreds of years old. Let me show you how I distress and artificially age my material. Enjoy!

The beautiful, rustic barns of the 19th century have long marked the progress of American pioneers across the continent. Many barns were demolished or burned, though, as changing agricultural ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — What started as a mock-up for his wife’s garden ended up being John Guertin’s ticket to Craft Optimism, a climate-conscious show from the organizers of the Smithsonian Craft Show.