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...
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 good lighting plan can take your home from dark to dramatic, highlight key architectural elements, and illuminate work spaces. Warm reading light in a cozy den, bright task light over kitchen counters, strategically placed walkway lights along a garden path:...
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,...
The Pros and Cons of Building vs. Buying a Previously Owned Log or Timber Home. After months of a hot real estate market, where sellers were fielding multiple offers and deals were happening within hours, the sudden uptick in interest rates froze the real estate...
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...
Experienced log and timber frame home builders provide valuable information on designing a home that you’ll love. It’s no surprise your log or timber frame home builder seems to know just the right place to put that reading nook you wanted, or the perfect way to...
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...
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...
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...
Savings can be found in every aspect of log home construction. Global thinking, seeing the project in its entirety, is critical to cost-effective log home construction. Every aspect of a log home project requires planning and foresight and an eye for the practical and...
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...
