The home on South Shaffer Street in Old Towne Orange doesn’t exactly fit the tidy historic neighborhood aesthetic. Its white paint is stained with soot. The clapboard siding has been scarred by nails ...

The storied Pacific Lumber Co. will begin a new history as the Humboldt Redwood Co. today, after decades of troubled times and a dramatic rescue by a competitor. The Mendocino Redwood Co. has taken ...

If you’re looking for a way to conserve water, combat gophers and save your knees, a raised planter box may just be your next summer project. You can make one out of redwood lumber, reclaimed wood or ...

Q-The redwood siding on our 30-year-old ranch home was painted with a solid-color stain in 1982. This was a sad mistake, which we realized immedia tely but couldn`t stop because the painter had ...

Q. My home is about 22 years old and is partly sided with redwood shiplap siding. When it was new, the siding was coated with an oil stain, probably four coats. The wood darkens with time and we have ...

Humboldt County residents can expect to start seeing advertisements promoting the use of redwood over other building materials thanks to a marketing program that will utilize a Headwaters Fund grant.

Q:I am trying to maintain a small house built in the 1930s. It has lapped redwood siding that is less than 1/2 inch thick with a 6-inch exposure. The siding runs under vertical boards butt-joined at ...