Marv Bondarowicz / The OregonianMeg Frey and Greg Corbin's 1930s fishing cabin is a rare relic of the frontier. (The old logs have 18 to 20 growth rings per inch; new timber, about 2 or 3 rings ...

For the decorative windows, Wood took a recommendation from Reddit to buy a “really caustic” stripper from the UK called Peel Away 1, which eats away at the old paint.

How falling madly in love with an old log cabin changed one family’s plans for lakefront life in Northern Michigan. Bob and Jennifer Haadsma’s search for a buildable lot on Torch Lake took an ...

More: Hanover's 80-year-old Santa's Cabin to be replaced after 2017. Mong and her children Natalie, 6, and Nathan, 9, traveled from Dover to see the cabin one more time this year.