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1. Smart Meters and Monitoring Your Consumption Know the difference between smart meters and smart homes.

2. A Canadian Post-and-Beam Cabin Picture this: beautiful sandy beaches, lush green hills and a pastoral island setting that inspired the classic novel, Anne of Green Gables. Add a striking post-and-beam home to the mix, and you have the recipe for the perfect getaway retreat. “It’s a place where we can completely relax,” says Paul Rivers, describing the 1,900-square-foot cottage [...]

3. History Found in an Old Log Cabin

4. Deck Maintenance and Staining

5. Adirondack Lodge: Logs Inspire Finishing Touches

6. Winning Effort: An Adirondack-Inspired Lakefront Home

7. Dog-Friendly Landscaping People aren’t the only ones who love connecting with nature: Dogs are equally enthused about getting to explore their natural environment, whether through playing a lively game of fetch or digging through the soil to find buried treasures. Problems can arise, however, when the interests of both parties are not being equally met, from destroyed [...]

8. Home Decorating Tips and Design Trends from the DC Design House

9. California Dreaming: A Handcrafted Log Home Built to Last

10. Rental Cabins: 10 Places to Try Before You Buy Eagles Ridge Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Features: A quiet afternoon sipping iced tea in the front-porch swing of your log cabin is a dream come true in this planned development surrounded by the magnificent Smoky Mountains. With nearly 200 cabins, you have a number of floor plans to choose from and may include anywhere from one [...]

11. Mountain Paradise: A Poconos Cabin for a Weekend Retreat

12. Location Inspiration: Scenic Places to Build a Log Home

13. Cozy on a Grand Scale: A Lodge-Style Log Retreat in Michigan

14. Log-Cabin Wedding Venues: Goin’ to the Chapel

15. Lakefront Log Home Project: Log Home Diary Entry #33, The Final Chapter Our bloggers put the finishing touches on their new log home and are ready to move in.

16. Starting Point: 10 Steps to Making Your Cabin Dream Come True Is your New Year’s resolution to stop dreaming and start doing something to bring your dream log home to reality? These 10 steps break down the main phases of the planning and building process so you know where to start and what to do next.

17. Inventing the Pre-Cut Cabin: Bruce Ward, Log-Home Pioneer

18. Lakefront Log Home Project: Log Home Diary Entry #32, Finishing Work Pt. 6 In selecting their cabinetmaker, our bloggers gain an appreciation for the fine craftsmanship that can go into making quality wood pieces.

19. Guest Privileges 23 tips for designing visitor-friendly homes

20. DIY Cabin Projects Different projects you can tackle around your cabin

21. How-To: Install an Electrical Switch Box Adding a switch or outlet in a solid log wall is not difficult, but it may require special tools and strategies.

22. Old-Time Charm: A Restored Cabin in Montana A turn-of-the-century cabin is relocated to a Montana ranch and transformed into a distinctive retreat.

23. How to Install Under-Cabinet Lighting Learn how to illuminate your kitchen by installing under-cabinet lighting.

24. Get Your Cabin Now Tips for a smooth, fast cabin-building process.     Can’t wait to get into your new cabin? Check out these cost-saving suggestions to help expedite your building project. Get Into Your Log Cabin — Fast!You’ve been waiting your whole life to build your dream log cabin, but dreaming and doing can be two very different [...]

25. Lakefront Log Home Project: Log Home Diary Entry #31, Finishing Work Pt. 5 Finishing touches are often less about what style is best and more about aesthetic preferences. Our bloggers list some of their choices and how they came to their decision.

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