Regular stairs, not a secret passage, descend to the wine cellar beneath Arlen and Kim Rexius’ new home in northeast Eugene. But stepping into this underground lair of stone, brick and recycled wood — ...

Make this root cellar by burying a new concrete septic tank into a hillside. Stow your surplus with these underground root cellar plans. This modern root cellar design turns a never-used septic tank ...

Creating a cellar for food storage is an ideal method for many reasons: an underground chamber doesn’t see much temperature fluctuation, and during the colder months the conditions within will be nice ...