There are several key factors to consider before designing your home’s floor plan. You’ve seen it on TV—expansive windows, soaring ceilings, people chatting in every corner. Open floor plans, aka “great rooms,” can be fantastic for families with children and those who...
Consistency is the key to saving time and money. Once you complete your new log or timber frame home, you may anticipate that all the work is complete. However, since wood is an organic building material, one must not forget Mother Nature. Her damaging arsenal...
Experts give sage advice about comparing bids from different log & timber companies. The experience of building a log or timber home, making the vision become a reality, is extraordinary and may take place only once in a lifetime. The advantage of previous...
Saving the environment and your money begins in the design process. Saving energy is often a top concern of homeowners, whether driven by a desire to lower their utility expenses or tread lightly on the earth. Each year we see new technologies that help make saving...
Tips for a seamless journey to building and living in your new dream home. Producers of timber frame and log homes report that interest from homebuyers in 2021 is at unprecedented highs. Buyers are seeing the historically low interest rates and the absence of new...
A forward-thinking design approach about changes that living inevitably brings will make your home functional for years to come. An investment of any kind is best considered with a perspective on the future. Building a log or timber home is no different. Whether...
Assembling a team of experts to help you design and build your home is the key to fulfilling your needs and wants. Sam and Gale Easter, self-described “loggies,” are enthusiastic about living in the log home of their dreams. But during the planning stages for the...
Best Strategies to Make the Most of Your New Floor Plan Plenty of joy comes standard when making your dream home a reality. But it’s normal to have some anxieties as well. You don’t want a new floor plan that’s less than perfect. That’s why we contacted log and...
Careful thought and planning are essential before building a log and timber home. Look before leaping. Take stock of the situation and assess the needs and wants that are driving your urge to build a log and timber home. It’s good advice. Comprehensively consider...
Things to Remember Before Building a Log or Timber Home (Part Three of a Three-part Series) “Details are important for a custom home,” says Dorie Workman, vice president of advertising and marketing for Appalachian Log Structures in Ripley, West Virginia. “It is one...
Things to Remember When Building a Log or Timber Home You might have heard that old saying: “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Well, it certainly holds true with building a home! How many times have you said, “I wish I’d known” or “Next time I’ll …”? The good news...
Choosing the right building site makes all the difference in constructing a log & timber home. The adventure of building a log or timber home begins with an idea. Then comes the challenge of making the dream a reality, and the list of items to be completed is...
