Lifestyle & Benefits

Health Benefits of living in a Log Home

Log homes are awesome and have many perks for those who live in them. Other than being beautiful, log homes actually have positive health benefits for those who live in them! What can a log home d...

July is National Log Cabin Month - Celebrate in Style!

In 2012, the House of Representatives formally recognized the log cabin industry. This means a lot of things, like the acknowledgement of the beauty of log homes, but it also means that we get to ...

LEED Certified Log Homes

What is LEED certified? LEED stands for “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.” It is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practice...

The Need to Knows of Owning a Log Home

Are you looking to buy or build a log home? Did you recently purchase a log home? We’ve got everything that you’ll need to know about log homes right here to make sure you have all the information...

Why Log Homes are environmentally friendly

In the past few years, protecting the environment by “going green” has become an important issue in society. With so many people educating themselves about how to protect the environment, it’s sur...

Use our guides to improve and protect your wood home

Nothing says coziness like a wood home. To enjoy a wood home for a long time, it's good to know how and why to care for it. The How-To Guides found here will do that, and the reader will find inf...

Why your next home should be a log home

Log homes have come a long way in the past forty years. The seasonal use of a fifteen hundred square foot cabin has become permanent residency in a twenty four hundred square foot luxury home. Oh,...

Your Design Style - Quiz

We all know log homes are the ultimate all-American housing choice. But within those log walls, virtually anything goes. Take the style quiz to help you determine where your decorating sense lie...

Why Picking the Perfect Sander is Important

Sanding is an important process in any lumber project because it prepares the wood by opening it's natural pores to accept finishes and stains. It also removes any residue left over from planer bla...

The Dynamics of Weathering

Many log home owners are under the impression that the winter months are hard on their logs and finishes. To some extent that's true in cold climates where the exterior log surfaces may be covered ...