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Groundhog Log Cabins and Treehouses

Tom — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:14:45 +0000

When you harvest standing dead trees and 'recycle' them to be used as thermal batteries in the walls of log homes, you're building using ecologically friendly and self-sustaining green methods. [...]

Indoor Firewood Rack Revisited

Tom — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:24:39 +0000

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 Directory Face Lift & New Features

Tom — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:48:55 +0000

The (NEW) Log Home Directory is now live! If you happen to own or work for a log home company, you will want to “Claim” your listing. The benefits of having an ACTIVE listing are many. [...]

Rebuilding the Log Home Directory

Tom — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:08:37 +0000

Log home company listings in the directory will now include a Google map to their location, links to their Facebook page, Twitter, YouTube, blog and every company will be able to modify their information and manage their listing. [...]

2012 Year of the Dragon

Tom — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:30:33 +0000

If building a log home has been your dream, but the events of these past few years have sidetracked your plans, maybe it's time to reevaluate. [...]

Merry Christmas

Tom — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:37:37 +0000

Christmas, it truly is the most wonderful time of the year. Even with all the distractions and troubles life keeps putting in our way, isn’t it great that when Christmas rolls around we tend to focus on what’s most important in our lives. In my mind that’s the magic of Christmas, it’s a feeling, [...]

Log Cabin Homes – Interview

Tom — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:27:24 +0000

Editor’s Note: Over the years we have published a number of interviews with owners and management from log home companies across the country. This month I had the pleasure of speaking with Steve Brumfield, National Director of Sales & Marketing for Log Cabin Homes of Rocky Mount, NC. I think you will enjoy reading about [...]

Properly Storing Your Log Furniture

Tom — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:29:03 +0000

If you live in north America you know that winter is around the corner…in some cases, it has already arrived. One of our annual preparations is to bring in the outdoor furniture and when that furniture is made of wood, storing it properly is a must. One of our readers sent me this article that [...]

Veterans Day 11-11-11

Tom — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:33:54 +0000

To all my fellow veterans I would like to say thank you for your service to this great country of ours.

There is a lot of buzz about today being significant because of the unique date, 11-11-11. It makes for an interesting discussion, but the real significance of today is that it is Veterans Day [...]

Log Homes to Log Furniture

Tom — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:41:29 +0000

I have been online since the late 80’s, yet I still marvel at what a remarkable resource this is that Al Gore invented for us common folk. Over the years the Internet has evolved and trends have burst on the scene and then fizzled out, but the one thing the Net has always been famous [...]