Log home owners with dogs may be interested in incorporating some "log" features into your dog's lifestyle too. For example, outdoor dog houses, porches, barns, and beds for dogs.

Check 'em out...

If you've got a log home and a dog, then you might be interested in some fun furniture and accessories that both you and your dog will enjoy.

Here are some indoor pieces...

As you know, I'm a dog person. We currently have one dog (a Black Lab), and we are finding that we've had to rethink a few things in our new log home in order to accommodate our dog. Just small things... like ways to incorporate his food & water station, types of hardwood to use on the flooring, and the easiest way to bathe him.

The aim is for the dog to have a place in the house (just like he does now), while not wrecking all of our favorite features of a log home. (He's a very big, very active dog.)

Anyway, here are some fun ways that I've found to include dog-friendly features into your new log home.

I think I've finally found my "porch pig"!...

You may recall that I've had my eye out for that perfect one-of-a-kind figurine or statue to grace the front porch of our new log home.

Since I don't want anything too "tacky", I honestly didn't think I'd ever be able to find something cute, fun, and classy. But alas, I may have finally found it.

But wait, there's more!...

This has been one of the hardest decisions for us to make...

We have dogs. And we know that we want hardwood floors in our log home. But dogs can ruin beautiful hardwood flooring in no time.

We know... Been there done that!

In the process of trying to find "the perfect" hardwood floor for our new log home, I found the following tips and opinions helpful... especially if you have dogs.

The 2007 HGTV Dream Home will be featured for the first time on television January 1st, following the Rose Parade.

See future air dates & times here.

The interesting part to me:
While not exactly a "log home"... it's a rustic lodge home, with a number of heavy timber accents and timber frame characteristics.

Check it out!...