Materials

It's a stable and less expensive alternative to solid woodby Michael Standish

A cabinetmaker re-creates period detail with redwood salvaged from wine vatsby Miles Karpilow

A frame-and-panel base topped with a broad shelf dresses up a plain fireplaceby David Getts

Meticulous layout and milling yield new doors to match the original windows of a 19th-century Greek revivalby Scott McBride

by Daniel Mack

A stick-framed stair lifts the eye upward while keeping the costs under controlby Russell O. Bessonette

Sometimes complex shapes and profiles are easier to make in plaster than in woodby Frank C. Freyvogel

by Scott Gibson

This system combines traditional looks with efficient assembly techniquesby Jim Tolpin