Log Home Maintenance
No matter what materials it’s made from, every house requires maintenance — log homes simply require a slightly different approach. Consider Log Home Living your all-inclusive guide to everything you need to know about log home maintenance.

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Put a little effort into tree care today, and it will pay off for decades to come.
Use these tips and tricks to keep your indoor air clean and breathe a little easier.
Follow these nine smart steps to make short work of your log home’s upkeep:
After a summer of wear-and-tear, it's in your deck's best interest to give it a good cleaning before colder months arrive. Here...
Thinking of tackling a home improvement project on your own? Be sure to take the appropriate precautions to make sure you don't...
You can’t prevent extreme weather and natural threats, but with strategic design, you can protect your log home from them.
Plus, a helpful guide to the many popular shades of stain.
When shopping for log home stain, most buyers are looking for two things: They want it to go on easily and evenly, and they want it to last. Nature One by Structures Wood Care give buyers both of these attributes and so much more.
A good stain overhaul starts with having no stain at all. Here’s what you need to know
about stripping your log walls.
This lucky log home enthusiast stumbled upon an old-school cabin on five acres with a pond. All it was missing? A little TLC.
Each of these older log homes got a new lease on life thanks to owners who’d rather improve on the past than start anew.
Having a problem with wasps buzzing around your yard or deck? With just a little know-how, wasps can be safely and easily elimi...
A reader writes in with admiration for log and timber homes with a bluish tint but wants to know if that's intentional, and more importantly, safe...
When it comes to maintaining your log home’s walls, doing it right the first time means that you won’t find yourself doing it a...
Don't let raccoons run amok on your property. Use these five tips to keep raccoons out of your garbage–and your home.
A log homeowner shares the lessons she’s learned along the way and what everyone should look for as their own log home matures.