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

by Daniel Mack

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

by Scott Gibson