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    4 Steps to Good Hearth Design

    The hearth is the heart of the home, and as such, it requires careful planning and preparation. Here are a few considerations to keep in mind for your hearth design.
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    5 Media Center Solutions

    With the right design, you can bring the best of both worlds — good looks and good entertainment — into your cabin.
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    Make My Mantel Marvelous

    A gallery of inspiring ideas and helpful tips to create a mantelscape worthy of your hearth
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    Hearth to Hearth

    Hot tips for designing a fabulous (and efficient) fireplace
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    Make It Great: Great Room Photo Gallery

    This great room’s handsome, rustic decor includes natural materials and neutral colors. Texture and patterns keep the color scheme interesting. Woven chairs contribute to the homey look. The homeowner designed the space with three sets of glass-paneled French doors and rafter-high windows to better connect the space with the outdoors. This great room has a [...]
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    Making a statement: 6 keys to a truly great room

    1. Write a list of activities you plan for the room. Include a maximum number of people you think you’ll host on a regular basis, such as holiday parties or children/grandchildren visits. Include a column for “don’t wants,” such as watching TV (you might rather have TV watching and video playing in a loft or [...]
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    Game rooms now central to log homes

    Designers are using wood accents to create the perfect look and feel in the entertainment area
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    Log Home Lighting Tips – Living Room

    • Add visual interest and flexibility by placing light sources at various heights within the room. • Pair every chair with a high light-output reading lamp. • Use table lamps with translucent shades to add personal style while contributing to the overall ambient light level. • For activity-specific areas (think card table, billiards board, et [...]

  9. Guide to Fireplace and Hearth Companies

    Find a fireplace or hearth for your log home with one of these manufacturers.

  10. Showpiece: The Leather Sofa

    What’s the foremost must-have luxury for your great room? An oversized, buttery-soft leather sofa you can sink into. With that showpiece in place, the rest of the room comes together with details such as classic Tiffany lamps, a personalized fireplace screen and an Old World armoire to conceal newfangled gadgets. 1.Ogden Leather Sofa from Sundance [...]

  11. Design Tips for Great Rooms

    Designing a great room is one of the biggest challenges in a log home. Modern great rooms evolved when the barriers between kitchen, dining and living rooms were taken down. As these activity areas opened up so that everyone could be part of the action, the size of this room and the ceiling height increased [...]
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    Luxury for Less: Dress Up Your Log Home Without Breaking the Bank

    Tips for dressing up your log home without breaking the bank. Our list of affordable ideas will have you on the road to extravagance in no time—with plenty of leftover money in your home budget .

  13. Great Hearth Recipes

    The difference between a great hearth and merely average one is architectural balance. Cook up a fire that delights the senses with these six design strategies. At first glance, the recipe for creating a great hearth in a log home seems all too easy. Start with a fireplace in your great room, add a dash [...]

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