Log and Timber Home Living

The nation’s premier log home magazine, Log Home Living encourages the dream of log home ownership. Each issue celebrates the log home lifestyle, provides practical advice, and offers photo tours of the nation’s most beautiful log homes.

First-Person Perspective

Log and Timber Home Living

Why a Log Home? • When your job is to learn and relay all the amazing attributes log homes have to offer, it’s easy to understand all their advantages. However, nothing can compare with the joy of owning one of these incredible places to live. So, we went to the source — actual log homeowners — to share why planning, designing and building a log home just feels right.

Site it Right • Up high or down low? Sloping mountain lots and sprawling flatlands each come with their own perks and challenges. Here’s what you should know about both property types.

IT’S BEAUTIFUL… BUT IS IT BUILDABLE?

HOW LOG HOME CONSTRUCTION LOANS DIFFER

Getting a Loan for Your Log Home • A construction-to-permanent loan provides a path to financing your custom-home construction, but the process looks a little different than traditional options. Here’s what to know.

WHAT YOU NEED TO GET APPROVED

LOG HOME APPRAISALS

GETTING YOUR DOCS IN A ROW

where the money goes • Trying to balance your log home budget while getting all the features you want and need? Apply these percentages to your log home plans and stay on top of your expenses.

REST INSURED • Obtaining the right insurance policies for a log home build can be a bit of a head-scratcher. Log home insurance specialist Fred Roberts answers the most common questions, so you can have proper coverage and peace of mind.

How Log Homes are Made • Building your dream home begins with building a dream team. To find the right company, you’ll want to start with an understanding of milled and handcrafted homes.

MILLED LOG HOME

HANDCRAFTED LOG HOME

ENGINEERED LOG HOME

SELECTING A SPECIES

HALF-LOG HOME

PAYING FOR YOUR LOGS

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PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

DRAFT YOUR DREAM TEAM: PICKING THE RIGHT PROVIDER • The log home industry abounds with experts who produce beautiful homes that last a lifetime. These 8 pointers will help you pick the right partner for your project.

THE WOOD YOU CHOOSE

Want to save money? (WE KNOW YOU DO.) • Regardless of how much money a person has, everyone loves a good bargain. These four concepts will put you on the path to savings without sacrifice.

Living on the Edge • This cliff-hanger of a house promises incredible views and an abundance of inviting spaces to take them all in.

Decisions, Decisions! • Distill your design with these 6 questions to help you decide on a plan–and customizations–that will work for you now and well into the future.

PROTECTED PLANS

Q&A

DO I NEED AN INTERIOR DESIGNER? • These certified professionals offer valuable insight.

INSIDE THE MIND OF AN INTERIOR DESIGNER

The Space Race • Along the way, you’ll be asked, “How many square feet do you want?” But is this an easy question to answer? How much is enough … or even too much? Let us put a bit of context around this arbitrary concept.

FLOOR PLAN FLEXIBILITY • From adorable cabins to rambling ranches to stately lodges, if you can dream it, a log home can be it. Let these plans serve as the launch pad to your piece of log home heaven.

MAKE IT YOURS • Want to jump-start your dream log home? Use these guidelines to personalize a stock floor plan.

Hire the Right Builder • Pose these 7 questions as you search for the perfect person to build your log home.

TURNING LOGS INTO WALLS • This process is undeniably one of the most exciting steps in...