CLERMONT — Twenty years ago, Val Deer lived out of his pickup, traveling along the Panhandle coast single-handedly building beachside huts for resorts. Later, he got himself a larger dwelling — an old ...

How does a thatch roof work and why don’t they leak? When visiting northern Uganda last week, I asked a wise soul, whose name was Francis, how a thatch roof actually worked. Francis’s nephew, Erick, ...

The very first so-called mushroom home that Earl Young built in Charlevoix is being re-built with a special thatch roof. We’ve been showing you the progress on the project, and now that it’s nearly ...