The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere – a latticework of dry, ...

A dry stone wall is a purposeful pile of rocks, held in place by friction and gravity rather than mortar. It’s one of the oldest building methods known to mankind, used over millennia to construct ...

Color capping involves painting a room in multiple tones from one color family, typically transitioning from light to dark as the eye moves upward. The lightest shade usually anchors the main wall ...

There are hundreds of stone walls in Lyme. Stone walls in east Concord. State geologist Rick Chormann and driving force behind the New Hampshire Stone Wall Project looks over a LIDAR readout on the ...

How stone salls became prevalent in New England. Stroll through the woods of New England and you’re bound to come across long stretches of stone walls. The historic walls function as more than a ...

Robert M. Thorson created and coordinates the Stone Wall Initiative, an online resource on the historic stone walls of New England. He is an advocate for their conservation and management, and a ...

If color drenching felt like a maximalist commitment you weren't ready to make, color capping might be the middle ground you've been waiting for. This paint technique uses graduated shades from the ...