Buckingham Lumber

How to Get Lumber for Free or Cheap

Lumber may be in high demand right now, but you can still score what you need in unexpected places.

Lumber Prices Are Falling—Here's How You Can Save Money On Your Next DIY Project

If you have home projects to complete, now is the time.

Lumber Prices Are Falling Fast, Turning Hoarders Into Sellers

Prices have dropped from record highs spurred by the economic reopening, potentially pointing to an eventual return to normalcy.

Where Has All the Hardwood Lumber Gone?

Where Has All the Hardwood Lumber Gone?. Insights and perspectives for the hardwood lumber industry.

How To Build A Storage Shed

We could all use extra space and a great way to add some storage without taking up valuable square footage within the home is by building an outdoor storage shed. Building a shed is a fun DIY project that any DIYer can accomplish.

New automation revolutionizes 120-year-old lumber grading process

The hardwood industry adds $17 billion to Indiana’s economy. Since 1898, the hardwood lumber industry has relied on the human eye to detect knots and other imperfections as a way of determining the quality of lumber. Despite some inefficiencies, this form of grading persisted because experts were unable to replicate the process with automation.

Can High-Performance Building Strategies Decrease Lumber Demand?

Solving the lumber crisis is a critical priority for NAHB, particularly because of housing affordability implications. Potential solutions that use high-performance building strategies can reduce the amount of lumber needed to build a home and reduce the demand on the timber industry.

Milling Damaged Wood, Salvaged Lumber

Turning wood damaged by weather, insects or humans into valuable lumber.

How Lumber Treatment Impacts Woodworking Projects

Taking the time to consider how lumber is treated can give woodworkers a better insight into how to approach their next woodworking project.

Properly Storing Your Western Red Cedar Lumber and Other Building Materials

Tips for storing Western Red Cedar lumber and other building materials to avoid damage and degradation

Boosting lumber industry by making trees resistant to stress and drought

UGA's CJ Tsai is breeding drought-resistant, high-yielding trees for biofuel, energizing the lumber industry while protecting wildlife habitats.

Reclaimed Lumber: A Hot Commodity?

Reclaimed lumber and materials may be worth its weight in gold, but it takes time and effort to prepare it for re-use to take on a new life in a new building.

Rejected by NASA? 84 Lumber has a job for you.

After hijacking the Super Bowl with its border wall spot, the lumber brand is back with an "out of this world" message.

Creative DIY Pallet Storage Ideas

A pallet is a boring bunch of boards, strapped together and normally used for shipping. Lucky for us that their uses go way beyond shipping and freight. To borrow from a favorite movie, they go “to infinity and beyond!” If you’ve spent any time on Pinterest I bet you’ve seen some of the rather brilliant ideas floating aboutThe only difficult thing with pallets is deciding what to do with them. Coffee table, headboard , planter, magazine rack…which project to make? This roundup…

Home improvement projects increase along with the price of lumber

While more people are staying home due to the pandemic, they are also remodeling their homes. Some of these projects took place at a time when lumber prices soared. It makes sense to want to give y…

Why lumber prices skyrocketed, and what happens next