The US has been hit by a lumber shortage during the pandemic which could be partially fuelled by a house building and DIY boom. Pictured is the lumber department at Lowe’s. (Getty) A chronic shortage ...

(Bloomberg) — Lumber prices are slipping to levels seen four months ago as soaring inflation curbs the appeal of do-it-yourself renovators to take on costly new home-improvement projects. “The DIY ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. After a months-long rally, traders have cut US lumber prices back down to size. Prices for the commodity have ...

If you're a nomad looking to scale down, 84 Lumber's tiny wooden cabin on wheels may be your dream home. The company, known for selling building materials, designed micro-homes that owners can build ...

Sliding lumber prices and softer consumer demand hit sales at Home Depot in the first quarter. Framing lumber prices dropped 64% in a year, while sales for patio furniture and grills softened. "DIY ...

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Live-edge wood is a popular interior design trend in the Pacific Northwest, where we value the beauty and simplicity of bringing nature into our homes. The rich contours of the wood edges give tables, ...

After a meteoric rise to $1,670 per thousand board feet this May—up from $336.2 per thousand board feet about a year earlier—the price of lumber has started to set new records. Only this time around, ...

For years, Matt Harris dreamed about building a treehouse out behind his back fence in Knoxville, Tenn. He never got around to it, though, until the pandemic hit. "It was just a matter of finding time ...

Discover how to create a simple DIY lumber rack to efficiently organize wood in your garage shop using scrap materials.

The price of lumber has more than doubled over the past year, and economists warn that things might stay this way for a while. That's why people like Hans Dow are getting crafty. "I was like, well, I ...

Lumber prices notch their ninth consecutive weekly loss after a brief resurgence earlier in the week. The price of the key building material has slid about 60% from its peak in early May. A shift in ...