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.
What can a lotus plant or pine tree teach us? Plenty—including the elements of smart log home design.
See photos from the final installment of the Merrill family's log home diary.
Planning a landscape for your log home has never been easier, thanks to these log home gardening tips from Julie Moir Messervy.
Designing a shade garden for the area outside your log home is a breeze with these professional tips.
Get answers to the most common questions about building a log home on a sloped site, plus, seven quick tips for success.
Achieve your "green" house goals with the most energy-efficient products and building materials.
Task at hand: Building and construction of our new log guesthouse.
Environmental activist and actor Ed Begley, Jr. talks to Log Home Design about eco-friendly home designs.
Want a simple log cabin to call home? Follow this advice for building no-frills log homes.
Take advantage of the current housing market by building your log home now.
Planning an earth friendly log home in the mountains of North Carolina. Featured in Log Home Design magazine.
A behind-the-scenes look at the planning, designing and building of a Hearthstone Inc. log guesthouse.
Entry 1 in Log Home Design's Log Home Diary series.
With the floor plan for our Appalachian-style guesthouse drawn, we get started on construction.
With the end in sight, Kent and Midge Merrill add the finishing touches to their tiny log cabin in their Tennessee back yard.
A chat with Lynn Gastineau, owner of Gastineau Log Homes, on budget-busters and the benefits of building with oak.
Incorporating these energy-efficient elements into your log home may be pricier upfront, but they'll end up costing you less in t…
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.
Learn about glass with energy-efficient coatings for windows that can both insulate the room and block out the sun.
Skip the supermarket and farm stands, and grow your own edible garden with these 8 tips.
From choosing the perfect site to selecting finishing materials, this builder and home-decor guru give their best advice on how t…
One couple gets help from Barna Log Homes in designing a log home legacy alongside a cherished lake in the Adirondack Mountains.
Thinking about acting as the general contractor for your own homebuilding project? Here are a few things to consider before you dive in.
Use these questions to interview any log-home company you are interested in working with to build the log home of your dreams.
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 …
Seven ways to create a functional and affordable basement for your log home.
Use these tips before you select a handcrafter to build your dream log home.
From the motorized tools used to the shape of logs, learn more about some of the defining characteristics of handcrafted log home…
