Log Home Maintenance - Doors

Water Damage to Log Homes & Doors

When you live in a log home you quickly discover that things like caulking and repairing wood damaged by the elements is priority numero uno.  A small breach left untended can grow into a minor emergency requiring logs to be repaired, replaced or worse.  Unlike most other building materials [...]

Indoor Firewood Rack

Mission Style Indoor Firewood Rack

Many of you may recall a DIY project of mine, which I dubbed the “Ultimate Indoor Firewood Rack“. Although I built this a few years ago for our log home, I still get comments and questions from people. A couple people asked to buy one and one fellow asked to [...]

Log Home Projects

Do you live in a log home?  Or, are you one of those people who live the log home experience as a hands-on DIY type?  When minor repairs are needed, do you call for help, or try to fix the problem yourself?

I’m more of the DIY kind of guy.  Like anyone else I like [...]

Does your log home have a name?

What’s your sign?

No, I’m not talking about your Astrological sign (I’m a Scorpio), I’m referring to the name you have given to your log home or cabin.  Have you posted a sign to prove it?

DIY Log Home Sign – have you named yours?

By some people’s standards, our home is located in [...]

DIY Rustic Log Furniture Project

A reader of this blog, Robert W. asked…

Didn’t you have some information about a handmade china closet where you gave plans and pictures? I have been looking for such a winter project to work on…

Guilty as charged, Robert.  Sorry you couldn’t find the information you were looking for and that’s probably because I’ve [...]