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Should You Remove Snow From Your Roof Or Not?

So, do you really have to remove snow from the roof of your log home? Do some roofs fare better with the snow than others? For example: metal roofs vs shingle roofs. You may think those icicles hanging from your roof are pretty but they are actually a symptom of a potentially damaging problem for your home. As snow melts from you roof either by the sun or heat escaping from the home it tends to refreeze at the edges and other juncture points of your roof. The refreezing of water has a damming … [Read more...]

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Top 10 Most Expensive Houses For Sale In The U.S. (2 Are Log Homes For Sale!)

Check this out: 10 of the most expensive homes for sale in the U.S. -- according to Zillow. Two of them are log homes with strikingly different characteristics and a 53,000-square-foot difference between them!   Jackson Hole, Wyoming Log Home For Sale: 4 bedrooms 4.5 bathrooms 2,400 square feet 3,016 acres $69,500,000 View all photos of this Wyoming log home for sale.   Pagosa Springs, Colorado Log Home For Sale: 27 bedrooms 31 bathrooms … [Read more...]

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Share Your Own Log Home Stories Here…

Are you in the process of building a log home? Or maybe you recently built or moved into a log cabin and would be interested in sharing some unique or interesting stories about your log home experiences... Our log home construction plans got pushed back (again!), and we are in a holding pattern right now. If all goes well, we will break ground this winter. Until then (and maybe even after then), we would like to include your log home stories here at The Fun Times Guide to Log … [Read more...]

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Log Cabins On U.S. Pennies And Stamps

I found this interesting... Despite the fact that the Log Cabin Society of Michigan has been trying (for the past 10 years!) to get a log cabin featured on a U.S. postage stamp -- no no avail -- the U.S. Mint has decided to put a log cabin on the U.S. penny! … [Read more...]

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Celebrity Log Homes: Pictures Of Log Cabins Owned By Celebrities

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I've always wondered which celebrities owned log homes. So I did a little digging and found some interesting ones. Some of the following celebrity log homes are considered vacation homes or part-time residences. … [Read more...]

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Abraham Lincoln’s Log Cabin And Farm Land For Sale

Abraham Lincoln's farm land is up for sale to raise money for a new log cabin and visitor's center. Small parcels of the 4-acre tract will be sold to the general public. We're talking really small... something like 1-inch square pieces. These are souvenir land deeds only. While they are not sure exactly how many parcels of land will eventually be sold, there are more than 6 million square inches in an acre -- in case you were wondering. It will include a deed that can be recorded with the … [Read more...]

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Who’s Nashville Log Home Is That On CMT’s ‘Gone Country’?

If you caught the first episode of Gone Country last night (it's a new reality TV series on CMT that follows 7 celebrities as they try to make their break in the Country music industry), then you may be wondering whose log home that is and where it's located. It's definitely a looker... Jim and I were at the final taping of Gone Country back in October, and we've wondered ever since which house the celebs stayed in while the filming was taking place in Nashville. But it wasn't until we saw … [Read more...]

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FREE Subscription To Log Homes Illustrated Magazine

I wrote earlier about how you can get a free 1-year subscription to Log Home Living magazine. I've already received mine, and I enjoy that magazine very much. Good news... now, you can get a free subscription to Log Homes Illustrated, too! … [Read more...]

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Log Home Matchups: Online Polls About Log Homes

Log homes are becoming more and more mainstream. (Thank goodness...) Here are some interesting "match ups" I found on eBay regarding log homes. … [Read more...]

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Creative Ideas From Lowe’s: 3 Great (…and FREE!) Magazine Subscriptions

I've had a subscription to Creative Ideas from Lowe's for years now. Today I saw a commercial on TV where they were talking about how you can get a subscription to this magazine. It's a great freebie for anyone building, redecorating or remodeling a home -- log or not. … [Read more...]

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