Deciding between hardwood and engineered wood for your floors? Learn about the differences and how to figure out which is right for your space.

When you want to make some furniture or other decorative pieces, plywood is a much cheaper alternative to solid wood. If you want to hide the fact that it’s plywood, however, you can apply edge ...

Who doesn’t love the rich, warm glow of timber? From flooring, to joinery, to grand entrance doors, its uses around the home are as varied as the dozens of different types of timber available. And one ...

Gene Wengert, aka The Wood Doctor, troubleshoots wood related problems, and explores lumber and veneer qualities and performance, species by species, in Wood Explorer, inside FDMC's Knowledge Center.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Plywood is cheap. That, along with its strength, is its strength, but also, ironically, its weakness. The history of ...