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.
Need a little inspiration to get your floor plan going? From petite to grand, try these samples on for size.
Figure out what you need — and what you’ll get — from the different log cabin package options. In general, you’ll find three lev…
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Forget the three R’s. When it comes to selecting your log package, it’s the four S’s that rule the school.
When building a log home, it's only natural to have more than a few questions. Luckily, the experts at our Log & Timber Home Show…
Designing your log home is not only one of the most crucial phases of the process, it’s also the most fun! Our 7 smart strategies…
Whether you prefer tidy, uniform logs or those that are perfectly imperfect, there’s a log home producer with the right style for…
Sometimes the difference between a fair appraisal and an unfair one is an informed appraiser.
The time to reach out to your insurance agent is before you've purchased land, signed a contract or written a check to anyone. He…
You can't prevent extreme weather and natural threats, but with strategic design, you can protect your log home from them.
If you’re searching for inspiration for your own log home, a tour around The North Star State may be in order — and we have some …
After four decades in the business, this log home company takes it to the next level.
With a few tweaks to a popular floor plan, this couple was finally able to achieve the home of their dreams.
When you own a piece of property, are you the only one who has the right to access it? We take a look at the world of property ea…
Where there's a grill, there's a way...
You’ll spend your time enjoying the views from your waterfront log home — not worrying about maintenance — when you follow these …
Save your “blank slates” for art and interior design projects. When it comes to landscaping a waterfront log home, starting from …
Former engineers George and Donna Latendresse knew building a log home together would be their toughest project. Located in the R…
See why the Peach State is so ripe with log home possibilities!
These historic and rustic spaces each celebrate America in their own way–from patriotic front porches to histories that hearken b…
Figure out what kind of custom home you should build.
This couple shared a childhood dream of living in a log home. When it came time to design their floor plan, they focused on one t…
If the phrase “champagne taste on a beer budget” means something to you, take heart. We’ve got a few tricks that will quench your…
This family hit the jackpot with a hidden gem that's just a quick drive from civilization.
Choosing a remote building site has its host of rewards, but it also poses some challenges. If getting away from it all is what y…
Are you looking for a Rocky Mountain high or a little house on the prairie? Steep pitches and flatlands are the two ends of the p…
What’s it like to truly live the simple life? Bona fide homesteaders share their tips for rural independence and debt-free log ho…
