Country’s Best Cabins

The Right Angle

One designer uses a simple, staggered cabin plan on a challenging triangular lakefront lot.

Lakefront Cabin in Wisconsin

Empty nesters downshift from a large city abode to a cozy cabin by the lake.

Make My Mantel Marvelous

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

Purchase Latest Issue Browse Country’s Best Cabins online Digital Editions Subscribe Country’s Best Cabins taps into the cabin “frame of mind.” Each issue highlights the realistic attainability of cabin ownership through attractive, accessible designs and provides prospective cabin owners with the tools they need to achieve their dream, alongside articles that emphasize the cabin lifestyle.

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. 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 [...]

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

7. 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 [...]

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

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

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

15. 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.

16. The Right Angle: A Lakefront Cabin in Ontario

17. How-To: Install Hardwood Floors Do you have what it takes to lay the planks?

18. Finish-Line-Worthy Floor Plans NASCAR’s Kerry Earnhardt and his wife, René, team up with Schumacher Homes to create a line of rustic plans for the great outdoors.

19. Lakefront Log Home Project: Log Home Diary Entry #30, Finishing Work Pt. 4 Plumbing fixtures may sound basic, but the selection and installation process is anything but. See how our bloggers handled this part of the building process.

20. Lakefront Log Home Project: Log Home Diary Entry #29, Finishing Work Pt. 3

21. Country’s Best Cabins Visits DIY Network’s “Blog Cabin” Our editor checks out the smartly designed Chesapeake getaway and gets the scoop on some new flooring applications.

22. Trading Spaces: A Lakefront Wisconsin Cabin Wisconsin empty nesters downshift from a large city abode to a cozy cabin by the lake.

23. Make My Mantel Marvelous

24. Lakefront Log Home Project: Log Home Diary Entry #28, Finishing Work Pt. 2 There are plenty of heating and cooling options on the market. Get the right one for your home (and budget).

25. 5 Tips to Update Your Home’s Look on a Budget Looking to give your cabin a fresh new feel? We’ve got five finance-friendly options to bring it up to date.

One Response

1. Hi, like your site. Question: what type of flooring do you recommend in the dining and living room if your walls and ceiling are wood – rooms are “L” shaped.
   Thank you

   Gina — December 21, 2011 @ 3:00 pm — Reply

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