How To Feng Shui Your Home... Room By Room

Here's how to incorporate feng shui in the rooms of your home.

Bathroom Door Dilemmas... Pocket Doors To The Rescue!

The number and placement of bathroom doors is one thing that people tend to overlook -- until it's too late. I've learned a few things that might save you some headaches later on, if you're able to address these things before you build.

How To Choose The Right Doors For Your Home

A collection of facts about doors that will come in handy when choosing the placement of your interior and exterior doors, plus tips that should help when deciding which type of doors to buy.

Fun Decorating Ideas For You AND Your Dog In Your New Log Home

We're always looking for more fun gadgets and features that can be incorporated into our log home that will appeal to our dog -- and us. Here are some fun ways to incorporate dog-friendly things into your own log home.

Important Tips Before Placing Rugs On Hardwood Floors

What type of floor coverings should be used in front of doors on pine floors? Here are some thoughts...

The Exterior Doors We Chose For Our Log Home

We recently picked out 7 exterior doors for our new log home. Here are the ones we selected...

Exterior Doors: Should You Buy Paint Grade Or Stain Grade Doors?

It didn't make sense to me why our decision to paint vs stain the exterior doors couldn't be made after-the-fact -- after we had installed the doors -- and why it would affect the price of the doors anyway. But after a conversation with a contractor about this, I learned that we should always say we want a stain-grade door, rather than a paint-grade door. Here's why...

See How We Incorporated The Craftsman / Arts & Crafts Style Into Our Log Home Bungalow

Without a doubt, our log home will be more like a bungalow with some interesting angles, curves & unique hardware, rather than purely straight lines and squares. But it wasn't until we started fine-tuning the details like a big wooden speakeasy door with a dentil shelf -- Arts & Crafts; prairie style windows -- Craftsman; tapered columns and wide steps on the porches -- bungalow that we even realized we were gravitating toward the Craftsman style of home architecture and decor which encompasses all of these things, and more.

Unique Features & Design Elements Found In An Arts & Crafts Style Home Or Craftsman Bungalow

Here are some easy ways to spot a Craftsman style home... What to look for and what to include if you wish to build a Craftsman style home or an Arts & Crafts style log home.

Knowledge Is Power!

I went to the Nashville Home and Remodeling Show this weekend. While it's not a log home show, it had all of the key vendors I was most interested in seeing. Here's what I've learned about going to shows like this...