While not a traditional project that would grace the front page, we would argue that this nightstand made from framing lumber clearly belongs. Framing lumber is infamous for being squirrely ...

While framing-lumber prices have come down, the costs of a lot of other building materials haven't. If you're building a deck, for example, the deck planks won't be cheap, though the framing will be.

The drop in lumber prices, meanwhile, could also spark a surge in new home-building activity, boosting inventory for buyers, ...

data from Fastmarkets Random Lengths Framing Lumber Composite Price showed. A reason for the price increase in lumber is a modest increase in renovation demand after price-sensitive buyers ...

Lumber is not the only building material seeing a surge in prices. The cost of aluminum is also increasing due to the yen’s depreciation to its weakest level against the U.S. dollar in nearly 20 ...