Abraham Lincoln would be amazed to see today’s log cabin homes. Open floor plans, large windows, elaborate truss work and less maintenance are often featured. Log homes continue to evoke the beauty ...

February 17, 2005 Fancy a home for constructed from 100% sweat equity? The Log Home Builder's Association of North America offers a two-day class on building log homes from scratch. The next class ...

Settled logs that shrink can pose a problem for builders of log homes, as this calls for constant adjustments and maintenance. To counter the effect, architects and builders have come up with ...

“The lodgepole doesn’t make for a great log home; it makes for a great telephone pole,” he added with a chuckle. Architecture styles tend to come and go, but there are a handful of classic home ...

SAUGERTIES — ELogHomes.com, a manufacturer of log home packages and materials, has opened its log home sales center along the state Thruway in Saugerties. The North Carolina-based eLogHomes.com ...

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When Pete Holmberg set out to build on an empty lot on the corner of Cajed Lane and Smithtown Road in Shorewood in the mid-1980s, he knew he wanted a log house. Holmberg's search led him to a company ...

When the concept of log homes was introduced in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe over 200 years ago, it was initially viewed as a stale idea of building dwellings with rustic back woods. Over the years, ...