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.
You’ll spend your time enjoying the views from your waterfront log home — not worrying about maintenance — when you follow these tips for building on the water.
Save your “blank slates” for art and interior design projects. When it comes to landscaping a waterfront log home, starting fro...
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 na...
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...
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 ...
Enertia’s Building System uses solid wood walls to replace siding, framing, insulation and paneling. The air flow creates a min...
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 wo...
Voice-activated home systems are a tempting and fairly affordable luxury. But is smart-home tech a smart choice if you value pr...
Knowing when and how to prune trees and shrubs can be a mystery for the weekend gardener. Follow these tips to a happier, healt...
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, ...
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.
