Interstate & Lakeland Lumber

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.

Lumber, Steel, SIPs, Oh My

Innovative solutions for residential construction like SIPs.

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 Mass Timber Solve the Housing Crisis?

Our coverage of Portland’s Mass Timber Conference week concludes with a brief overview of CLT and affordable housing. Land availability aside, one of...

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

Don't Be Fooled by These C Corp. Fairy Tales

There are three myths advisors use to sell entrepreneurs on the value of C Corp., but you won't find a happily ever after here.

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.

Locally hewn: Woodworkers craft Marine Park timber

Do it Best Corp. promotes Hipskind

Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Do it Best Corp. promoted Jason Hipskind to regional sales and business development manager.Hipskind will lead a team of 10 territory managers across a 12-state region covering the southeastern U.S. Together, Hipskind and his team will focus on growth, profitability and recruitment. His promotion is effective immediately.

Lost and Found: Lakeland's Old Huff-n-Puff Locomotive

Most readers of this column probably remember Lakeland, the "fun for the whole family" amusement park that operated in the 1960s and '70s just east of Memphis, along Canada Road. Developed by Louis...

Lakeland cardiologist mends divers' damaged hearts

Dr. Doug Ebersole, an interventional cardiologist in Lakeland and an avid diver, is getting increasingly known in the diving community for repairing a

Survey: Woodworking industry faces major impacts but is still optimistic

Facing disrupted schedules, loss of business, and supply disruptions, the woodworking industry has also rallied to help healthcare workers in the pandemic.

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…

NAHB: Lumber tariffs increasing cost of homebuilding

One question the homebuilding industry is faced with, especially while housing inventory remains low, is why hasn’t there been a larger response from the homebuilding industry to add more homes to the market? According to the NAHB's chief economist, one of those reasons is the rising cost of lumber.