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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.

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Red Lodge, Montana | Log Home Living's Best Places to Build | 2008
Red Lodge Montana, featured as one of Log Home Living's Best Places to Build a Log Home in 2008.
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Best Places to Build a Log Home in America | Log Home Living
These ten beautiful American towns just might inspire you to pull up stakes, move and build the log home of a lifetime.
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Natural Selection: An Environmentally Friendly Home
A Florida couple lets Mother Nature be their guide when building a cozy, environmentally friendly home.
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Designing a Pet-Friendly Home | 5 Tips for a Pet-Friendly Home Design
Here are some ways that you can create a log home that will thrill your dog, your cat — even you.
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Customizing a Stock Home Plan | From Standard Floor Plan to Cozy Chalet
Discover how Katahdin dealer Brian Shreve transformed a standard log home plan into a unique, cozy chalet.
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Customizing a Stock Floor Plan for a Unique Lakehouse
Turning a standard Katahdin log home plan into a unique, customized lakeside retreat.
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Customizing a Stock Log Home Plan
Don't want to get stuck with a standard log home plan? Then customize the plan to meet your needs specifically. Read on to learn …
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Photos of Washington Island, Wisconsin | Log Home Living's Great Places to Build a Log Home
As part of series on great places to build log homes, here are some photos of the beautiful Washington Island in Wisconsin.
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Great Places for Log Home Living | Living the Log Home Lifestyle Across America
Want to find a quaint town perfect for building log homes? How about finding the scene of an idyllic getaway? Read on for Log Hom…
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Great Places | Fair Isle | Washington Island, Wisconsin
It may be small in size, but Wisconsin's Washington Island is big on community and charm.
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Log Home Building Ideas: 3 Reasons to Stop Worrying and Start Building
Take advantage of the current housing market by building your log home now.
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Nature's Goodness: Planning an Earth-Friendly Log Home
Planning an earth friendly log home in the mountains of North Carolina. Featured in Log Home Design magazine.
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How to Plan a Mountainside Log Home
Two New Hampshire real-estate agents tackle the ultimate housing challenge — building their own mountainside log home.
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Homecoming Weekend: Planning a Waterfront Log Cabin
A Connecticut couple longs for the day when they can make their Upstate New York log home more than a weekend getaway.
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Building a Log Guesthouse Diary: Meet the Merrills
A behind-the-scenes look at the planning, designing and building of a Hearthstone Inc. log guesthouse.
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Budget Busters & The Benefits of Building With Oak
A chat with Lynn Gastineau, owner of Gastineau Log Homes, on budget-busters and the benefits of building with oak.
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5 Tips for Building a Log Home That Saves You Money
Incorporating these energy-efficient elements into your log home may be pricier upfront, but they'll end up costing you less in t…
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How To Build a Log Home Quickly Without Cutting Corners
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.
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How To Grow an Edible Garden
Skip the supermarket and farm stands, and grow your own edible garden with these 8 tips.
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Great Places: Rural Waters in Lake Anna, Virginia
Lake Anna’s waters may run hot and cold, but when it comes to getting away from it all, they're just right.
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Budget-Cutting Tips for Staining Log Homes
Save thousands by staining the interior logs of your home yourself. Here's everything you need to know for smooth, successful res…
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Community Spotlight: Copperleaf, Wyoming
Looking to move to a place that moves you? Welcome home to Copperleaf.
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Photos of Great Places - Brown County, Indiana
Peaceful allure, an artsy spirit and unspoiled natural beauty collide in a southern Indiana gem.
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Charm Town: Photos of Great Places - Brown County, Indiana
Peaceful allure, an artsy spirit and unspoiled natural beauty collide in a southern Indiana gem.
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Great Places | Brown County, Indiana | Charm Town
As part of our "Great Places" series, get a glimpse of what life is like in the charming southern town of Brown County, Indiana.
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Cabin Building Tips: Building a Cost-Effective Log Cabin
From choosing the perfect site to selecting finishing materials, this builder and home-decor guru give their best advice on how t…
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Astoria | 3rd Place | 10th Annual Floorplan Design Contest
The Astoria by The Log Connection, winner of 3rd place for log homes under 2,500 square feet in Log Home Living's 10th Annual Flo…
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Great Places | Nebraska City, NE | Birthplace of Arbor Day
Thanks to the efforts of a 19th-century conservationist, Nebraska City is an oasis of trees in a state typified by prairieland.

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