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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.

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Creating a Care-Free Cabin
Don't let your second home become a chore.
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Expert Advice: 8 Money-Saving Planning Tips
An architect shares what you can do to save money in the long run by planning properly up front.
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How to Customize a Small Cabin
There are ways to accommodate a small log cabin without compromising design integrity.
15 Tips for Energy Savings
An inefficient home can cost you tons of money for energy you don't get to use, and it will make a big, and unnecessary, impact on the environment for generations of today and tomorrow. Save both kinds of green with this advice on design, appliances and more.
Calculating How Much House You Can Afford
Our financial expert helps you determine what your real log home budget should be.
What is Parkitecture?
How log lodges draw heavily on architectural elements seen in national parks like Yosemite, Zion, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and more:
Precautions for Living in Bear Country
If you choose to build your log home in bear country, here are some simple precautions you can take to reduce the chances you’ll wake up one morning and find a bear on your deck—or in your kitchen.
Second Heaven: The Perfect Vacation Home
You'll enjoy your second or vacation home a lot more if you successfully plan on the front end.
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Heavy Metal: Wrought iron accents
Blacksmithing and log-building traditions go hand in hand.
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5 Tips to Finding the Best Insurance Rates
Licensed real-estate broker offers money-saving advice.
Log Home Windows Q & A
Here are questions to ask yourself and tips to consider when it comes time to select windows for your log home.
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Why Now Is the Time to Build a Log Cabin
Low interest rates and high inventories are good news for buyers.
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Timberpeg, Foard Panel Helping Build Habitat Home
Discover how Habitat for Humanity, in conjunction with members of 20 faith communities in the Upper Valley, are building an ete...
What Are Natural Element Log Homes?
You may hear about "natural element," "hybrid" or "mixed-materials" homes. Here's what that means.
Planning Makes Perfect: 7 Financial Strategies to Making Your Dream Home a Reality
Here are 7 strategies that have been utilized by people who have successfully financed a log home.
Big Ideas for Not-So-Big Log Homes
If you're planning a small log home or a cute log cabin, keeping these tiny home tips can help you out in a big way.
4 Tips for Landscaping on a Budget
Save money on your log home landscaping with these tips to making a beautiful yard.
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Vacation Cabins Ideal for Log Home Living
In search of the simple life? Look no further than a cabin. These 5 log homes cut right to the heart of what makes cabin living...

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