Description: It’s hard to give up an idea that you had for so long even when you find out it’s false or exaggerated. For ...

GRASPING AT STRAWS is all the rage among a growing number of British homeowners, as Mark Phillips now shows us: When it comes to housing design, it's hard to get more retro than this: a thatched roof, ...

Thatch roofs are a traditional building technology in Ecuador for good reason – they keep a home cool and the reeds can be sourced locally. Unfortunately, thatch has become much harder to acquire as ...

THE MAIN TOURIST ATTRACTION HERE IN MANNING WAS IN NEED OF A HAIRCUT. BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT IS NO EASY TASK. WELCOME TO THE CENTURIES OLD HOUSE BARN, A RELIC BROUGHT FROM GERMANY TO MANNING BACK IN ...

It will take about 750 leaves to make this roof.“This type of thatching is absolutely waterproof once complete and leaves the interior of the house ten degrees cooler than a modern-day house.”The ...

DeWITT, Iowa — Onlookers have been rather common this summer in DeWitt’s Lincoln Park, where a 19th century German hausbarn is being rebuilt with a combination of new and original materials. But ...

The very first so-called mushroom home that Earl Young built in Charlevoix is being re-built with a special thatch roof. We’ve been showing you the progress on the project, and now that it’s nearly ...

The custom of continuing to thatch farm buildings with rye straw throughout the 19th and into the 20th century was among the most intriguing. This traditional craft was handed down ...