SOME SAY there's a "recipe" for cozy and comfortable family rooms. Of course, like apple pie, there are lots of different recipes - here's a basic recipe everyone is sure to enjoy. Bring out the blankets. Roll out the rugs. Light the fireplace and turn on soft lights....
A new hybrid timber-frame home was created to have classic old house appeal. Paul and his wife Nathalie purchased 45 acres of land (parts of it extending to the edge of a quiet lake in the Lachute region of the Laurentians in Quebec) with plans to subdivide it into...
A new log home replaces a small cottage, making the most of a 300-foot frontage on Lake of Bays, Ontario. When Rick and Danielle bought their property on Lake of Bays north of Toronto, Ontario, they knew the existing cottage would have to be remodeled. For one thing,...
A 2,000 square-foot Kentucky cabin is a throwback to the cabins built in the region hundreds of years ago. With generational roots reaching deep down into bluegrass country, one Kentucky descendant decided to build himself a log home on the family farm. He envisioned...
If Dr. Suess wrote a book about log homes it might read like this: Some houses are logs and some houses are timbers. The best are the ones with both logs AND timbers. No matter the house style, its size, or its shape log and timber houses are always great. The rhyme...
A Canadian couple worked countless hours to create a zen atmosphere in their beloved timber-frame home. Inspired by timber-frame Japanese temples and churches they visited in Japan in 1996, Hélène Séguin and her husband Vincent Lavoie fell in love with timber-frame...
Life is joyful for a retired couple who built and live in a stunning timber-frame home located on 2,500 acres rich in American history. The Hells Canyon Wilderness Area in Western Idaho and Eastern Oregon is known for its rugged terrain and rich history. Resting in...
With abundant lake activities and majestic views, Lake Barkley in Kentucky was the ideal spot for a retired couple to build a beautiful home designed for entertaining. When Jamie and Ann Buskill decided to build a vacation home on Lake Barkley in southwestern...
The airy feel of glass enhances the beauty of log and timber homes by providing a visual contrast to the logs and timbers, adding interest and personality to a home. Glass brings in natural light and offers views of the surrounding landscape, allowing nature to...
A lakefront home provides extraordinary living for this couple and their three children. Rob and Chris’s home on Whitefish Lake in Montana is not a place for mere residing. It’s a home made for laughing, loving, swimming, entertaining, relaxing, dancing, and playing....
The master bedroom is more than just a place to sleep—it’s your place to retreat from the world. In an ideal world, my master bedroom would be a sanctuary. A retreat from the stressors and demands of everyday life, it would be quiet and cozy with a massive closet to...
A West Virginia couple with vision and determination crafts an eco-friendly cabin in the Appalachian Mountains. Appalachian Log Homes, based in Knoxville, Tennessee, prides itself on providing unique character logs to their clients when requested. “I will never...
