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.
“The resources you supply don’t just build homes, they rebuild the broken minds, bodies and spirits of the service members and their families you help.” — Sgt. Mario Murray, U.S. Army
Retired Staff Sgt. Vincent Gizzarelli, his wife Jamie and their children were all smiles the day they their mortgage-free log home changed a hero's life.
Anyone who has ever lived in a log home can testify - there is nothing that can compare to the feeling of waking up and spending your days in a log home.
Greene County, New York, located in the Northern Catskills encompasses the Blackhead Mountain Range, Hunter Mountain, and Indian Head Mountain--making it the perfect place to build a remote mountain retreat.
Choosing windows for your log home is one of the most important decisions you’ll make.
This hardware store is anything but plain. From its log cabin storefront to the goods inside, this Vermont hardware store is a beautiful relic of a simpler time.
Building a log home that is easy on your wallet starts well before you break ground. Save loads of money in the design phase by following these hints gleaned from log home experts.
Use these tips to cut down on your cabinetry costs.
Use these five tips to help reduce your utility bills.
An unexpected purchase leads one Wisconsin couple on a path toward the vacation cabin of their dreams.
Looking to build an energy-efficient log home? Follow these green building tips to help you create the coziest eco-friendly house around.
Winners of Log Home Living's design contest reveal what they learned while building their home.
We asked new homeowners to share their insight about what they did right and why they did wrong during their log home construction.
The best-laid log home plans are those that follow these 7 steps.
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.
So, you want to live far from the maddening crowd? Extreme home settings are hotter than ever, but they involve careful planning.
With a little careful planning and organization, you can get your home built right, and at a price you can afford.
In a perfect world, every new log home would have a price tag dangling from its front window. But it's far from a perfect world.
You've probably played around with the floor plan of your dream home, doodling on napkins and scrap paper. But before you set your heart on a certain design for your home, you should know just where that home is going to go.
Learn what type of insurance you'll need to cover your log home from construction to completion.
