Gather some old wood – branches, logs, anything natural – and pile it up in a quiet corner of your garden. Before you know it, it'll be full of life. Leave a pile of logs and dead branches in ...

Grind the ends of the boards to look weathered. Remove some of the soft wood from between the growth rings (darker wood grain) by running the cup brush along the board. Pro tip: Follow the grain ...

and other decor items for my business Cheltenham Road creates a lot of scrap wood. I do my best to use every piece but sometimes the random bits pile up. While perusing a Pottery Barn catalog the ...