Log & Timber Home Living magazine is the ultimate guide to log, timber and hybrid homes. Expect expert advice on everything from floor plan design to materials and maintenance, as well as inspiring home tours, decorating ideas and more!
The word “cabin” conjures up a different image for everyone. For many, it immediately brings to mind a tiny retreat nestled in a forest. For others, it’s a sizeable lodge perched high on the slopes of a ski resort or along the shores of a great lake. Growing up, my family had “Camp Goldie,” a three-room riverside cottage just outside the tiny hamlet of Emlenton, Pennsylvania — a place I haven’t laid eyes on in nearly three decades but can picture vividly in my mind’s eye. It was our spot for large family reunions and spontaneous getaways with friends. We fished, hiked, told stories around the fire pit and encouraged my Uncle Bill to bang out tunes and church hymns on an upright piano that was painted bright hunter orange…
Stone in Love: A raised hearth brings this fieldstone-encased firebox to eye level when seated at the picnic table. Timber King: The setting of this log-and-timber pavilion, complete with cozy wood-burning hearth, feels like a park.…
REPLANTING OUR Who a mong u s d oesn’t l ove t rees? W hen J. Sterling Morton founded Arbor Day back in 1872, his idea was simple — set aside a special day for tree planting. This year, that date is April 28: National Arbor Day. If you’re a log home devotee, you love trees so much you’ve chosen to surround yourself with them. But if you think that the log home industry is depleting one of our nation’s greatest natural treasures, think again. Log home manufacturers are committed to the health of our forests and contribute to their wellbeing in a variety of ways, such as planting seven saplings for every mature tree they fell (like Pioneer Log Homes of British Columbia); harvesting standing-dead timbers (like Satterwhite Log…
Classic Read Log Cabins Past & Present Shelter is a necessity o_ li_e, and in their comprehensive book, authors Tommi Jamison (a _ormer log home industry pro) and Tina Skinner take us on a picturesque journey o_ the myriad ways log homes have le_t their legacy on housing in the United States. From the earliest rudimentary settlers’ cabins to the gorgeous technologically advanced log homes o_ today, each page showcases log home living in the traditional square-log-with-chinking style. You’re sure to _ind inspiration through the hundreds o_ glorious color photos and detailed, room-by-room descriptions that Tommi and Tina provide. Available at amazon.com Publisher: Schi er Publishing, 2008 [$34.95 hardback, 160 pages]…
At the 2017 International Builders’ Show (IBS), I had a chance to sit down with two of HGTV’s most popular and trusted real estate/renovation pros, Jonathan and Drew Scott (aka, the Property Brothers), and I had one burning question on my mind: What do they think of the “tiny house” movement? “Being human giants, almost every house feels tiny to us,” jokes Jonathan (he and his brother tower at 6'5"). “To see how tiny living feels, Drew and I filmed a digital piece called ‘Tiny House Arrest’ where we spent 24 hours in a tiny house with my two dogs, and we learned it’s really not realistic. It’s a fun craze that’s a novelty right now, but tiny houses are illegal in most jurisdictions because they don’t meet the minimum…
It’s finally here. That light at the end of that proverbial tunnel that we thought might never come. It’s the light that signals the project is on the downslope, and we can start uttering the words “we’re almost there.” While it always proves to be a bit farther away than it appears, that light on the horizon brings hope and comfort to weary travelers. Our journey has been no different. As Amanda and I transition from the “starting” into the “finishing” stage, we took some time to take stock of where we are with our finances and began to make some of the tougher decisions between “must haves” and “we don’t really need that.” It’s amazing how the financial well that seemed so deep at the beginning can begin to…
