When Should You Finish The Wood For Your Log Home?... Before Or After It's Built?

Should you stain the logs or finish the wood for your log home before the home is completed or after? See the advantages to both methods.

Are Skylight Windows A Good Investment? Don't They All Leak At Some Point?

Allowing extra light into your home is an aesthetically pleasing thing. But at what cost? Is there a downside to installing skylights on your roof? Here are the pros and cons of installing skylights on your roof.

Dustless Hardwood Floor Refinishing - Pros & Cons

Dustless floor refinishing is a low-cost alternative to refinishing your hardwood floors. Here are the pros and cons of dustless floor refinishing for hardwood floors...

New Toilet Guide: Today's Choices In Modern Toilets

Aside from price and style, when you're buying a new toilet, you also need to consider things like water conservation, function, size, shape, cleanliness, and maybe even color. Following is a guide that will help you determine which toilet is the best toilet for your home. Plus, discussion of some of the most modern features in today's toilets.

How To Stay Organized & On Top Of Things When Your Log Cabin Is Your Second Home

Here are some tips for staying organized and saving time when your log cabin is your home away from home.

Reasons This Old House Is The Best Magazine For Log Home Owners

It's hard for me NOT to re-subscribe to the 3 log home magazines I've been subscribing to. I mean, we got so much great info from them during that first year of the subscription. But now, we're craving more than these magazines seem willing to provide. If you're contemplating resubscribing to a log home magazine, I'm here to tell you, you may want to check out This Old House magazine instead. Especially if you're already living in your log home... chances are, the log home magazines won't have much to offer you at all.

Log Home Landscape Ideas: Quick Tips Before You Start Landscaping!

Take it from us... prior to building a log home, it would be wise to have your contractor survey your lot ahead of time and remove any trees that could compromise your log home site. Several trees fell a little too close to our log home, and we were inches away from serious log home damage.

Log Home Staining Issues & Tips For Ongoing Log Home Maintenance

How often you need to stain your log home will depend on the color of stain you choose and how well you did the log staining prep work mentioned here. Lighter stains will need to be reapplied every 2-3 years. Darker stains can last 4-5 years. Here are more log home maintenance tips and things to watch for.

Before You Stain Your Log Home's Exterior: 4 Important Steps

Your log home is built, the weather is right, and now it's time for the exterior of your log home to be stained. For the record, they say that the best time to stain a log home is when the logs have a moisture content less than 19%. Here are the 4 necessary steps prior to staining a log home.

Looking For Green Log Home Products & Building Supplies?

Here's a great list of environmentally-friendly green log home products and suppliers. So, if you're trying to make your currently log home more green or you'll soon be building your very own green log home, here are some companies that will make your life easier!