Design Your Log Home
Here you'll find Log Home Living's best advice on designing your log home or log cabin--both inside and out. Get tips for every room in your house, including inspiration for your log home's furniture, windows, fireplaces, lighting fixtures, furniture, decks, flooring and more.
The Virtual Log & Timber Home Show Is Back For Fall 2020
Attend a Log & Timber Home Show from VIRTUALLY ANYWHERE!
Your Guide to Wood (and Wood-Look!) Flooring
What’s new — and tried-and-true — in the world of wood and wood-look flooring.
Steal a Few Design Tips From This Great Room
This majestic log home's great room boasts more than a few good design ideas.
The Importance of Log Profiles in Design
Shape and corner systems are not only essential to log home construction; they make a design statement.
Containers for Edible Gardens of Any Size
A few of our favorite containers that can bring a little green to any size space, from windowsills to backyard hobby farms:
21 Ways to Add Country Charm to Your Home
21 resourceful ways to infuse your home with a healthy dose of rugged-meets-refined style.
Using Moss for Low-Maintenance Landscaping
Humble yet lush, low maintenance with high reward, let moss take charge of your yard.
Why You Should Give Square Foot Gardening a Try
Short on garden space? Square-foot gardening can give you prolific results without eating up a lot of acreage.
Our Best Log Home Deck Design Tips
Looking to take full advantage of outdoor living? A safe, secure and spectacular deck is the way to go.
Lighting Finds for All Log Home Styles
The right light fixtures can add megawatts of personality to a log home. From table lamps to chandeliers to outdoor lighting, let…
5 Stylishly Small Log Homes
These spaces prove scaling down the square footage of a log home doesn’t require skimping on comfort or charisma.
How to Turn Your Vision Into a Floor Plan
How to turn a good idea into a great floor plan.
Design a Home to Suit Your Life Now AND in the Future
Your log or timber home’s layout should take your entire family’s present and future needs into account.
Fresh + Frugal Ideas for Little Log Homes
Whether you’re creating cabin memories or keeping within the confines of a budget, we offer 10 excellent small log home solutions.
Red Decor for Log Homes
Whether it’s signaling passion or power, red always brings a jolt of energy to a space. Add a crimson hue (or two) to your log ho…
Wood-Look Products for Your Hardest-Working Spaces
These products boast the look of rustic wood and the durability of concrete, perfect for log homes.
The Secrets to Growing Strong Trees
Put a little effort into tree care today, and it will pay off for decades to come.
Four Log Homes Designed for Different Climates
Log homes are designed to take the worst Mother Nature can throw at them — and do it with beauty and grace.
Design Tips for Log Home Laundry Rooms
Use these tips to make the laundry room a space you'll actually enjoy.
If You're Building in Bear Country, This Door Is for You
This high-tech solution outsmarts nature’s crafty intruders once and for all.
Log Home Accessories Perfect for the Holidays
Log homes have a warm, welcoming feel any time of year, but these furnishings and accessories are sure to make your season bright.
Toasty Log Home Fireplace Inspiration
There’s only one solution to dropping temperatures and whipping winter winds: Snuggle sessions in front of a toasty fireplace.
Finish Strong
Selecting the interior finishes for your home is about more than covering a surface. It's about crafting a home that's an express…
Rustic Decor Finds That Are Perfect for Log Homes
10 must-have pieces from our favorite online resources:
Our Best Room-by-Room Design Secrets
Follow these design guidelines as you plan your log home to create a space that's just right for you.
7 Smart Strategies to Design the Perfect Floor Plan
Designing your log home is not only one of the most crucial phases of the process, it’s also the most fun! Our 7 smart strategies…
How to Build a Low-Maintenance Log Home, Starting with Its Design