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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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Designing the Ultimate Energy-Efficient Floor Plan
See how these homeowners customized a floor plan to make their log home LEED to a T.
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What You Need to Know About Clean Indoor Air
We often take indoor-air quality for granted, but the fact is that the air inside your home can have more concentrated pollutants…
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Industry Updates: Perma-Chink Hosts Two-Day Workshop
Industry leaders gathered to learn more about log and timber home trends, hear from guest speakers, and participate in product training.
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What Options Do I Have for Heating a Tiny Log Cabin?
A reader writes in with concerns about their new liquid-propane heater.
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What You Need to Know About Tiny Cabins
Going small–really small–has been a huge trend, but there's a big difference between having a "tiny house" and owning a solid, sm…
How to Expand + Renovate a Log Home
How to Expand + Renovate a Log Home
Sometimes, you need a change of plans... floor plans that is. Find out all you need to know about expanding a renovating your log…
The Best Places to Dine and Shop in Colorado
The Best Places to Dine and Shop in Colorado
Check out these favorite food and shopping hot spots the next time you are in the great state of Colorado.
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7 Surprising Ways to Save on Your Electricity Bill
We all know you should always turn the lights off when you leave a room … or should you? Read on for unexpected tricks to cut dow…
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Which is Your Favorite? 5 Log Home Styles
Use these 5 classic motifs as a starting point for your log home's design. What style will you pick?
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How to Customize a Stock Plan
Tricks that will transform a company's stock plan into your personalized log home.
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How Much Do Log Homes Cost?
Planning to build your own log home? Follow these tips to allocate your overall budget.
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How are Log Homes Sold?
You can find the log home provider that's right for you by understanding how each log home company has its own way of doing busin…
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Understanding Construction Loans
If you are like most people, you need to borrow money to build your dream home. Follow this basic guide to understanding construc…
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What is a Two-Time Close Loan?
When planning for your dream log home, deciding between a one-time or two-time close can be confusing. Learn all you need to know…
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What Do You Need to Qualify for a Home Loan?
Getting a loan on your dream home is an important step in creating your own log home. Find out what you need to do to qualify.
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How to Pick the Perfect Piece of Land
Looking for the perfect plot for your log home? These 5 tips will help make buying land easier than ever.
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5 Reasons to Own a Log Home
When it comes to warmth, character and charm, nothing beats a log home. And there is no time like now to have your own.
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Your Pets Love the Log Home Lifestyle Too
Clearly people aren’t the only ones who appreciate living in a log home! These four-legged friends look as comfortable as can be.
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The App That Will Keep You on Budget
The HomeZada app keeps you on budget during your log home renovation.
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Log Home Road Trip to Wisconsin: Log Home Companies
Check out these awesome Wisconsin log home companies to help you build your dream place.
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Log Home Road Trip to Wisconsin: Stay and Play
While you're on your road trip, don't stay in any hotel. Make your stay memorable!
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Log Home Road Trip to Wisconsin: Dine and Shop
Find the best places to dine and stop in Wisconsin on our log home road trip.
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Log Home Road Trip to Wisconsin: Attractions and Adventures
When someone mentions Wisconsin, three things immediately come to mind: Great Lakes, great football and great dairy products. But America’s Dairyland has so much more to offer than cheese curds and “Cheese Heads.”
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3 Ways to Conserve Water and Lower Your Bill
The average American uses 25,300 gallons of water each year. Reducing your water usage will not only lower your monthly bill, it’…
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How to Ensure Your Windows are Eco-Friendly
The windows in your log home likely frame one of your favorite features: the view. But they also can be top energy wasters. The air lost and gained through windows accounts for approximately 30 percent of your energy use.
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Reader Submitted: 9 Log Home Vacation Spots
Get a personal feel for some amazing log home destinations, courtesy of our readers!
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Ditch Outdated Appliances to Save Energy
Replacing outdated appliances may be expensive, but your wallet and the environment will thank you in the long run.
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The Best Eco-Friendly Lights for Your Log Home
Lighting takes up a large part of your homes energy. Make it efficient to save money and the environment.

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