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.
Use this 10-week checklist to make sure your log home dream is right on track.
Eight financial tips to help prepare you for the process of building a log home.
Doing more with less—stretch your dollars as far as they can go when planning your log home.
Use these tips to start planning the financial foundation necessary for building your log home.
Here are some more thought-provoking questions to help prepare you for the task of building a new log home.
Here are a series of thought-provoking questions to help prepare you for the task of building a new log home.
What's it take to build on a mountaintop? How about in the desert? Experts set the scene for perfect log home design, no matter w…
Here are the 14 key questions to ask when preparing to build a log home. We'll make sure you have your bases covered on everythin…
From the best fishing holes to the annual festivals everyone waits for, learn the secrets only the locals know about our Top 10 L…
Favoring small, well-designed homes over cookie-cutter McMansions, this groundbreaking architect and author shares the secrets of…
Harney County, Oregon, #2 on Log Home Living's List of Best Places to Build a Log Home.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont, #3 on Log Home Living's List of Best Places to Build a Log Home.
Pendleton County, West Virginia, #4 on Log Home Living's List of Best Places to Build a Log Home.
Mountain Home, Arkansas, #5 on Log Home Living's List of Best Places to Build a Log Home.
While the crowds flock to Park City and Sonoma County, carve out your own little slice of heaven in one of these middle-of-nowhere gems.
Use this mortgage calculator to estimate your monthly payment, including taxes and insurance.
Log Home Design's editors pick their favorite one-, one-and-a-half- and two-story log home plans.
A Pennsylvania couple gets a new log home — and a new baby — all within 24 hours.
It's your dream to build your own log home. But how will you afford it? Follow this timeline and 3 ... 2 ... 1 ... Happy New Home!
You know them as structural insulated panels. We know them better as a building material with some serious design potential that'…
Where to begin with creating a hot tub budget.
We show you how to save on your dream home by choosing smart materials and learning how to wave the budget wand with ease.
We show you how to save on your dream home by choosing smart materials and learning how to wave the budget wand with ease.
You don't want to wait 'til retirement to enjoy that log cabin in the mountains, but you can't comfortably carry two full mortgages. Enter the interest-only loan.
It's the cardinal rule of building a custom home: Don't ignore your log home budget. One industry pro offers his tips for staying on track.
Davis Frame Co. co-founder and president Jeff Davis answers questions often asked about building a hybrid home.
Reeling from sticker shock over what that heating system or dishwasher is going to cost? Despair not! Some things you'll invest b…
