Meticulous design and construction result in a showcase cabin. When Bigfork, Montana, residents Doug and Marylee Syme take on a project, they are both all in. The husband-wife team are business partners and co-owners of Syme and Syme, Inc. The company melds Doug’s...
Gazing through the Glass Forest® of windows and flared-root cedar trees at this magnificent off-grid Idaho cabin brings the outside in and the inside out. The feeling of immersion within the natural surroundings of the Andert home is no accident but rather the...
Covid-19 changed the way we grocery shop, eat out and cook at home, resulting in some great new kitchen and pantry designs. If your home is anything like mine, the kitchen is where the action is. When my kids were young, it is where we shared family meals. As they...
An off-grid rustic post-and-beam cabin brings generations together on Vancouver Island. When Dave first broached the topic of purchasing a cabin on Horne Lake on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, his wife Cathy was slow to agree. “I thought he was crazy,” she...
Many people say the kitchen is the heart of a home. Memories are made in kitchens, from a peaceful morning cup of coffee with the sunrise peeking through the curtains, to sneaking a taste of mom’s legendary beef stew, to hours spent decorating holiday cookies...
Within 100 acres of forest, an Idaho couple create a magnificent home designed for entertaining. “I was a general contractor and have built my own houses in the past, but I always wanted to build a log home—it was my dream to do something like this,” says Art of the...
Inspired by famed-architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen’s architectural style, a connoisseur creates a timber home to capture views of magnificent twin waterfalls. Located in North Carolina’s Highlands region of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, the hamlet of Sapphire was...
A Vermont couple recall their year-long journey of building their dream home. When Dean and Deb Chase decided to build their dream home, they didn’t have to search far and wide for the perfect piece of property. The ideal location was right there in their own backyard...
The warmth of wood combined with the coolness of metal creates a beautiful, unique look and feel in a log or timber home. Copper, steel, brass, tin, iron, and other metals give the eyes a nice break from all the wood, yet the wood remains the star of the show....
This mountain retreat, lovingly called “Cloud 9”, was created after the original “Cloud 9” was destroyed in the Gatlinburg, Tennessee 2016 wildfires. It’s been almost a century since the tiny Appalachian community of White Oak Flats evolved into Gatlinburg, Tennessee,...
If you’ll have pets in your new log or timber home, you may want to consider their current and future needs when designing your home. Dogs are supposedly man’s best friend—and though I’d argue that our dog prefers me to my husband, I’m also a big fan of cats. Which...
A Montana home nearly swept the local Parade of Homes’ awards, winning 9 out of 10 categories, including People’s Choice, Judges’ Choice, and Best Craftsmanship. Tucked into the forested foothills of the Swan Mountain Range in Northwest Montana, Jeff and Cherie’s...
