We all know lumber comes from trees, but trees were not designed for lumber. Man has to take something that naturally grows in a cylindrical shape, dry it out and make it rectangular. It’s a peculiar ...

TORNADOES, HELL AND FLASH FLOODING AND WHEN TREES FALL DOWN IN THE METRO, THE MAJORITY GO TO THE DEBRIS DROP-OFF SITES. BUT A SELECT FEW HAVE A FUTURE IN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FURNITURE CAME. IT’S NICE.

SEATTLE — When a tree falls in the city, does it make a table? Or a guitar or a cabinet? “Ten to 15 years ago, nobody knew what urban wood was,” said Paul Hickman, founder and CEO of Urban Ashes, a ...

UNC Asheville’s STEAM Studio received a $200,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina's Emergency and Disaster Response Fund for their Community Lumber Project. The grant ...