Plan Your Log Home
Planning a log home or log cabin involves more than just the floor plan; here you'll find expert advice on everything you need to get started, including budgeting, buying land, geographic regions, choosing logs, and more.





How your logs intersect at the corners is one of the most defining features of your home. Check out these different style options.
Your log profile will influence how the logs are fitted together horizontally. Here are the most common techniques.
The size and shape of the logs play a big part in your home's look and function. Here's how to navigate your log profile options.
Check out these 7 popular log home wood species to build the right home for you and your family.
After spending vacations in the mountains of British Columbia, Brenda and Jim Johnson were ready to make the area their year-round home.
A historic Florida fort gets a little re-fortification of its own, thanks to a New York log manufacturer.
A log bed-and-breakfast welcomes visitors to the heart of St. Louis, Missouri.
The members of the Log and Timber Homes council host buyers events throughout July
There’s no better time than Independence Day to commemorate a loved one’s service to the United States of America. Build this classic flag display case to honor them.
When not riding the range, Teddy Roosevelt spent many hours in his own cabin recording his reminiscences.
These 6 often-overlooked places are the perfect areas to build your log home.
A log cabin lodge in Tennessee with a fascinating historic past.
After a false start, Gary and Becky Saymansky create their ideal design and get one step closer to log home living.
A modern log-and-timber home design firm looks to the past to re-create one of America's most cherished homesteads from the Little House on the Prairie franchaise.
Lincoln Logs have been a classic American toy for generations and they remind us of the simpler times.
Load up the car and hit the road with us while we show you some of the best log home-related sites in Montana.
Journey through historic New England with Log Home Living, and be sure to visit these 22 great log home attractions throughout Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts — with a slight detour into eastern New York.
Hit the open road with Log Home Living! Next time you're in the area, make sure to stop by some of these great attractions for log home lovers in Tennessee.
Bickering over differing design ideas? Conversation and compromise go a long way toward creating a log home floor plan you’ll both love.
When his parachute failed, Army Sgt. Hutcheson fell more than 70 feet, ending his military career. Now he’s fallen in love with his new home.
Sean Murphy shares the log home financial planning advice he wishes he’d paid attention to and offers some sound recommendations of his own.
With a blank slate in front of you, designing your own home can be both thrilling and overwhelming. Don’t be intimidated.
“The resources you supply don’t just build homes, they rebuild the broken minds, bodies and spirits of the service members and their families you help.” — Sgt. Mario Murray, U.S. Army
Retired Staff Sgt. Vincent Gizzarelli, his wife Jamie and their children were all smiles the day they their mortgage-free log home changed a hero's life.
Anyone who has ever lived in a log home can testify - there is nothing that can compare to the feeling of waking up and spending your days in a log home.
Greene County, New York, located in the Northern Catskills encompasses the Blackhead Mountain Range, Hunter Mountain, and Indian Head Mountain--making it the perfect place to build a remote mountain retreat.