Log and Timber Home Living

Log & Timber Home Living magazine is the ultimate guide to log, timber and hybrid homes. Expect expert advice on everything from floor plan design to materials and maintenance, as well as inspiring home tours, decorating ideas and more!

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Log and Timber Home Living

Log and Timber Home Living

raise to the occasion • Nope — the title doesn’t have a typo. Raising and building a timber frame home is an event worth celebrating, and the pages that follow will get you ever closer to throwing that housewarming party.

plan it • Every dream begins with a plan. Here’s how to take the first steps toward a successful timber home build.

Take it from the Top • Building a timber frame home is a journey. Here’s how to take those first steps to crafting a home that’s perfect for your family.

Welcome to the C.I.A. • No, we are not referring to THAT agency. These are our Crucial Inquiries to Ask. And while engaging in a little interrogation makes a lot of homebuyers uneasy, getting answers to these questions is essential to the process.

Where Do You Stand on Land? • Maybe you already have the exact spot where you plan to place your home. (You’re lucky!) But if you don’t, there are 13 questions to answer while you shop for property.

THE MORE YOU KNOW

grounded in good decisions • Make sure to uncover any hidden costs or terrain challenges that may arise before you invest in land.

truss traits • Trusses are as much a design element as they are the fundamental structural support of your home. A triangle is the simplest, but its use is limited to smaller buildings. Adding a king post in the center allows for a wider span. Queen-post trusses look like a rectangle within a triangle, and the dramatic hammer-beam can span large interior spaces and enable ceilings to soar.

A Look at the Wood

A Swift Build with SIPs

design it • Craft the perfect layout to suit your lifestyle with our comprehensive guides.

Go with the Flow • Arrange your spaces to create an atmosphere of ease. Here’s how.

Perfectly Placed • Arrange furnishings with finesse using these time-tested techniques.

Happily Ever After • Universal design principles make the idea of a “forever home” more than just a fairy tale. Here are a few tips to make sure your home is as perfect as Prince Charming — now and well into the future.

Room with a View

icons of style • These five architectural varieties are sure to shine when paired with timber framing.

build it • In the construction phase, all your hopes and dreams for your home begin to take tangible form. Here’s what to expect.

Who Builds Your Home?

The Building Agenda • Timber home builds follow a fairly standard order of operations. Here’s how yours is likely to play out.

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parts of a frame • Timber frame homes are complex structures made of vertical posts and horizontal beams that form crosssections called bents. Combined with other members that provide support, bracing and structure to the frame, they support the weight of the house. The main members are shown in the illustration below.

Built-in Savings • Smart spending is the key to an affordable home — both during and after construction.

Nature: Friend or Foe?

finish it • Top to bottom, inside and out — from floors and doors to windows and more, these are the final details that bring your home together.

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ELEVATED ACCENTS • One of the increasingly popular aesthetics we hear about from designers and architects is “mountain modern.” But how do you decorate for this motif? These furnishings and finds conjure the right...