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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.

Building With Energy-Efficient Products
Achieve your "green" house goals with the most energy-efficient products and building materials.
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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.
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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.
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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 t…
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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.
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How To Grow an Edible Garden
Skip the supermarket and farm stands, and grow your own edible garden with these 8 tips.
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Cabin Building Tips: Building a Cost-Effective Log Cabin
From choosing the perfect site to selecting finishing materials, this builder and home-decor guru give their best advice on how t…
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You Dream, We Design: Lakeside Log Home
One couple gets help from Barna Log Homes in designing a log home legacy alongside a cherished lake in the Adirondack Mountains.
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The Truth About Being Your Own General Contractor | 3 Essential Tips
Thinking about acting as the general contractor for your own homebuilding project? Here are a few things to consider before you dive in.
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How To Select the Perfect Log-Home Company
Use these questions to interview any log-home company you are interested in working with to build the log home of your dreams.
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What to Ask a Prospective Log Home Builder | 10 Questions
Dreaming about your ideal log home is a lot easier than finding a builder to actually build it. Here are 10 questions to ask any …
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7 Tips for Planning, Building and Finishing Your Basement | Savvy Builder
Seven ways to create a functional and affordable basement for your log home.
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How To: Choose a Handcrafter to Build Your Log Home
Use these tips before you select a handcrafter to build your dream log home.
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Handcrafted Log Homes | The Truth About Handcrafting a Log Home
From the motorized tools used to the shape of logs, learn more about some of the defining characteristics of handcrafted log home…
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What is a Handcrafted Log Home?
What are handcrafted log homes? And what is handcrafting all about? Find the answers to these questions and more with our handcra…
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Learn About Handcrafted Log Homes: Chat with Eric Gordon
What are the hallmarks of handcrafted log homes? Find out in this chat with the vice president of Michigan-based Maple Island Log…
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HVAC Size Chart - Determine Your Heating and Cooling Needs
Use the following chart to gain a rough idea of the typical size of furnace and air conditioner needed for different-size homes.
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Learn About Being a Log Home Dealer: Chat with Dana Delano
What exactly is a log home dealer? Find out what being a log home dealer entails in this chat with Dana Delano of Ward Cedar Log …
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Building a Root Cellar or Pantry into Your Basement Design
Ditch that energy-sucking (and jam-packed) second fridge and build a root cellar or cool pantry into your basement design.

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