Whether you're rocking retro wood paneling from the 1970s or you're growing tired of the all-white shiplap you installed, ...

Its look-alike blue-and-white decor—the Coastal California style—had dominated interior design in the area for 20 years. A by-the-numbers beach bungalow here. A same-old-same-old Cape Cod ...

We already knew that ancient humans made use of wood. For instance, researchers have discovered 300,000-year-old wooden spears at a site in Germany, possibly made by H. heidelbergensis.