Floor Plan Fundamentals
The secret to a perfect log home is in designing the perfect floor plan. Use the expert advice in this section to help plan the best log home for you.
Every home has space—under stairs, in lofts—that's tough to use. It's better known as dead space, and we show you how to bring it back to life.
Our design expert helps you with the essentials of planning your new home—one big decision at a time.
Planning pro Allen Halcomb has some secrets to share about your log home design. Planning can be fun and functional if you keep your land and your lifestyle in mind.
Log home experts share their design advice for a log home you can truly live with.
Your floor plan is the roadmap to your new home, and you're in the driver's seat. Get ready to start the engine with these tips.
Finalizing your log home's floor plan is a balancing act. Here's how to tip the scales in your favor.
From elementary to elaborate, choose a truss system for your home that both mirrors your taste and serves as a functional masterpiece.
Add fun and function to your log home bathroom—without taking a bath on your bottom line.
Expert tips for squeezing living space into the smallest designs.
With a few simple tweaks, you can design a log home that's as practical as it is beautiful.
What do you make of the drawings, elevations and blueprints that will eventually become your dream log home? Here's how to understand log home floor plans.
