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Expert advice for building a log home or log cabin, including advice on log home construction, energy-efficient building, roofing options, windows, insulation tips, wood & log choices, landscaping and log home kit options.

Shade Gardens | 4 Steps to a Perfect Shade Garden Design
Designing a shade garden for the area outside your log home is a breeze with these professional tips.
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Building on a Slope: What It Means for Your Log Home
Get answers to the most common questions about building a log home on a sloped site, plus, seven quick tips for success.
Building With Energy-Efficient Products
Achieve your "green" house goals with the most energy-efficient products and building materials.
Constructing a Log Home Guesthouse | Log Home Diary Entry #3 | Hearthstone Inc.
Task at hand: Building and construction of our new log guesthouse.
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Designing Eco-Friendly Homes: An Interview with Activist and Actor Ed Begley, Jr.
Environmental activist and actor Ed Begley, Jr. talks to Log Home Design about eco-friendly home designs.
How To Build an Old-School Log Cabin
Want a simple log cabin to call home? Follow this advice for building no-frills log homes.
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Log Home Building Ideas: 3 Reasons to Stop Worrying and Start Building
Take advantage of the current housing market by building your log home now.
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Nature's Goodness: Planning an Earth-Friendly Log Home
Planning an earth friendly log home in the mountains of North Carolina. Featured in Log Home Design magazine.
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Building a Log Guesthouse Diary: Meet the Merrills
A behind-the-scenes look at the planning, designing and building of a Hearthstone Inc. log guesthouse.
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Log Guesthouse Diary, Entry # 1 - Planning Our Log Guesthouse
Entry 1 in Log Home Design's Log Home Diary series.
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Log Guesthouse Diary, Entry #3 - Building the Log Guesthouse
With the floor plan for our Appalachian-style guesthouse drawn, we get started on construction.
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Log Guesthouse Diary Entry #4 - A Tiny Log Cabin
With the end in sight, Kent and Midge Merrill add the finishing touches to their tiny log cabin in their Tennessee back yard.
Budget Busters & The Benefits of Building With Oak
A chat with Lynn Gastineau, owner of Gastineau Log Homes, on budget-busters and the benefits of building with oak.
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5 Tips for Building a Log Home That Saves You Money
Incorporating these energy-efficient elements into your log home may be pricier upfront, but they'll end up costing you less in...
How To Build a Log Home Quickly Without Cutting Corners
Want to get a getaway log cabin built in 6 months? Here are 6 ways to make sure your dream log home happens with time to spare.
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What Are Energy-Efficient Glass Coatings for Windows?
Learn about glass with energy-efficient coatings for windows that can both insulate the room and block out the sun.
How To Grow an Edible Garden
Skip the supermarket and farm stands, and grow your own edible garden with these 8 tips.
Exotic Woods for Log Home Decks
Find the perfect exotic wood decking material for the outdoor living spaces on log homes.

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