Build Your Log Home
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.
When the ground is blanketed in white, keep the color going year-round with plants that pop.
Enlisting the services of an experienced, professional builder will speed up construction and greatly reduce the chance for erro…
Figure out what you need — and what you’ll get — from the different log cabin package options. In general, you’ll find three lev…
When building a log home, it's only natural to have more than a few questions. Luckily, the experts at our Log & Timber Home Show…
Whether you prefer tidy, uniform logs or those that are perfectly imperfect, there’s a log home producer with the right style for…
Zach Parmeter, a third-generation log home producer, begins his journey to create a new custom log-and-timber home of his own.
You can't prevent extreme weather and natural threats, but with strategic design, you can protect your log home from them.
With a few minor interior finishes and the exterior stain and landscape complete, the construction process has ended. Now, Gary and Becky can enjoy log home living.
You’ll spend your time enjoying the views from your waterfront log home — not worrying about maintenance — when you follow these …
Save your “blank slates” for art and interior design projects. When it comes to landscaping a waterfront log home, starting from …
Like many log homeowners living in rural areas, our Log Home Journey couple turns to a well to supply their water.
No good landscape job is complete without some hard, non-living materials to provide contrast. Even simple boulders can make natu…
Figure out what kind of custom home you should build.
Are you looking for a Rocky Mountain high or a little house on the prairie? Steep pitches and flatlands are the two ends of the p…
Most likely you are going to build a hybrid log or timber home.
See how these homeowners customized a floor plan to make their log home LEED to a T.
Before you head to the nursery this weekend, know your soil types and what grows best in them.
With the shell enclosed and the home weather tight, the next step in the construction of Gary and Becky’s log home is to power it…
Enertia’s Building System uses solid wood walls to replace siding, framing, insulation and paneling. The air flow creates a minia…
3 IN 1 ROOF offers a dual solution for anyone hesitant to purchase solar panels: They won’t stand out on your roof, and they won’…
Voice-activated home systems are a tempting and fairly affordable luxury. But is smart-home tech a smart choice if you value priv…
Knowing when and how to prune trees and shrubs can be a mystery for the weekend gardener. Follow these tips to a happier, healthi…
A reader writes in with concerns about their new liquid-propane heater.
Going small–really small–has been a huge trend, but there's a big difference between having a "tiny house" and owning a solid, sm…
It’s your right to know the answers to these “tough” questions. Don’t feel awkward about asking them.
When it comes to logs, size matters.
And why you shouldn't be.
