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How to Build a DIY Hot Tub in Your Backyard: Step-by-Step Guide
A Step-by-Step DIY Guide to Building Your Own Backyard Hot Tub

Materials, tools, and clear and complete instructions on building your own off-grid wood fired hot tub for around $2,000

5 Snow Photography Tips for Film Photographers, According to the Pros
This Is the Key to Shooting Film in the Winter, According to Pro Photographers

How to still get the shot when the cold temps set your fingers fumbling, glare plays tricks on your light meter, and sunny 16 won't cut it

A Lesson in Underwater Film Photography, While Swimming With Sharks
A Lesson in Underwater Film Photography, While Swimming With Sharks

17 experimental film photos from a last second dive trip to the Maldives proves pushing Portra 160 to 800 is one trick you need to try

How to Develop Film With Beer: A Step-by-Step Guide
How to Develop Film With Beer & Without Toxic Chemicals

A step-by-step home guide to using beer to process black & white film, in place of nasty chemicals like ammonia and formaldehyde

Q&A: How a Self-Taught Woodworker Built a DIY Cabin in 55 Days
How a Self-Taught Woodworker Built a Cabin During Lockdown for Under $13,000

Filmmaker Graeme Jenvey discusses his $13k backyard cabin build, shares advice for fellow builders, and reflects on lessons learned

How to Develop Black & White Film at Home With Coffee
How to Develop Film at Home With Coffee & No Toxic Chemicals

A step-by-step guide to Caffenol, the genius process substituting chemicals like ammonia and formaldehyde with instant coffee

The 10 Dos & Don’ts of Hippie Bikepacking
PNW Bikepacking: Microdosing, Indigenous Land Awareness, Fun With Friends

A laundry list of lessons learned from a lockdown summer spent grinding gravel and exploring trails in the Great Northwest

How (and How Not) to Build Your Very Own A-Frame Cabin
How (and How Not) to Build an A-Frame House

The good, the bad, and the ugly of building a 250-square-foot A-Frame in Upstate New York, with cost breakdown, timeline & lessons learned

How To Make Your Own Face Mask with Retired Climbing Rope
A Product Designer's DIY: How To Make Your Own Face Mask at Home

A step-by-step guide on how to make a DIY mask using an old t-shirt and climbing rope, as detailed by designer Adam Kingman

Inspire Your Next Adventure with These 9 Great Outdoor Books
9 Great Adventure Novels and Outdoor Coffee Table Books to Inspire Your Next Adventure

Until we can safely get outside again, thumbing through the pages of these readers might be the next best thing

A DIY A-Frame Cabin in the UK, Inspired by Dutch Minimalism
A DIY A-Frame Cabin in Cornwall, England Inspired by Dutch Minimalism

Q&A with furniture maker Heather Scott on building by hand, finding inspiration in art, and drawing influence from the land

How to Build a DIY A-Frame Cabin for Around $8,000
All You Need to Know to Build Yourself an A-Frame Cabin for $8,000

Lessons learned and a step by step video prove anyone can build the cabin of their dreams with hard work and good friends

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