Plan Your Log Home
Planning a log home or log cabin involves more than just the floor plan; here you'll find expert advice on everything you need to get started, including budgeting, buying land, geographic regions, choosing logs, and more.

Six tips for creating a budget-friendly, reality-based construction schedule with your general contractor or builder.
Want to know more about green building? Here we introduce you to what's actually behind the ubiquitous label.
Finalizing your log home's floor plan is a balancing act. Here's how to tip the scales in your favor.
Four keys to developing a successful relationship with your log home designer.
In the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, Albemarle County, home to Charlottesville, is one perfect little world.
Here are some other ways owners can make all the right moves when designing and building energy efficient log homes.
30 brilliant solutions for log homes in snow country.
18 strategies to realize your dream home in the next 12 months.
From elementary to elaborate, choose a truss system for your home that both mirrors your taste and serves as a functional maste...
From your home's foundation to understanding construction lingo, here are the basics for making the project of your life come t...
Forget everything you thought you knew about camps and cabins. The simple, rustic retreats of old aren't so simple anymore.
Everyone's talking about this North Carolina hamlet. But despite all the attention, the way of life in Asheville is down to earth.
Between the corn and soybean fields of southeastern Iowa beats the heart of small-town America with some big-city spice.
Part recreational getaway, part small town, this Minnesota gem is one of the Midwest's best finds.
There's no better place to fulfill your lifelong dream of building a log home than on the vast expanses of terra firma up for g...
We believe we've unearthed some of the nation's most desirable locales, covering everything from an outdoorsman's paradise to a...
What scares homeowners most about renewable energy systems is the upfront cost. But once the sticker shock subsides and they lo...
Handcrafted log homes are one-of-a-kind, but you pay a price for that uniqueness. Before you break ground, make sure your budge...