After the death of his wife, Mellie Haskell is wild with grief. He wants to end things, but can't fully commit to committing suicide. His neighbor Bo is willing to offer him some help in this regard, but only if Mellie can stack his languishing pile of firewood before the first frost. Mellie enlists the help of his daughters Noa and Lila to finish stacking the woodpile, but when a moment of violence upends Mellie's world, the woodpile begins taking on a strange and vital role in the lives of his daughters. A play about unresolved grief, the inadequacy of memory, and buried desires, House Made of Years tells the story of a family from the standpoint of a woodpile’s life cycle, and explores how we can become estranged from ourselves, each other, and the natural world.