Wood Stories

Information about the industry, people and technology that make it a sustainable design option

Upgrade your basement upside.

The basement renovation project is a hot one, often tackled by DIY homeowners. An often overlooked opportunity for these renovations is to look up. The ...

We’ve got you surrounded.

This is not the first time we have featured design firm Hello Wood on the NELMA blog (See Jet House here), and this public project ...

Sleek, Dark and Sexy

Were it not for the liberal use of wood (and plants), this black, red and grey modern interior could be very cold. It’s certainly edgy. ...

Biophilic Design Trend Spells Sales for Lumber Yards

In a recent article from LBM Journal written by Mike Berger, LBM points out several reason why the latest design trend called Biophilic Design is ...

Waechter Architecture completes “all-wood” building with steel jacket

DeeZeen.com recently profiled an “all-wood” commercial building in Portland, Oregon which claims to be the first commercial building in Oregon to “use mass timber construction for ...

Locally-sourced wood and traditional Japanese joinery create beautiful horse stable

A new article on DesignBoom features a newly constructed horse stable in Kyoto, Japan, called 2M26, designed by Umagoya. NELMA has profiled other horse barns, ...