How Using An Electric Blanket Can Lower Your Heating Bills
Reasons to use an electric blanket... plus the best electric blankets to choose from.
Read morePictures of Log Home Kitchens
Following are a wide variety of photos taken inside log homes. This set of photographs will give you some design and decorating ideas for your own log home kitchen.
Read moreWildwood Furniture Company
Several pieces of furniture which appear in the HGTV Dream Home Of The Year for 2007 were actually created by Wildwood Furniture Company. They offer handcrafted mountain and cabin custom furnishings. All furniture is designed and built in the heart of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
Read moreWhere Should You Put Your Light Switches?
Wondering where to place all of your light switches in your new home? Light switch placement is determined by a lot of things. Here's what you should know about placing light switching inside your home.
Read moreKitchen Design & Remodeling: What’s Most Important
Considering these kitchen design issues on the front-end -- before you build -- could prevent you from having to make big changes later on down the line.
Read moreHow Log Home Windows & Porches Increase Energy Efficiency
Log home energy efficiency... how Low-E windows and porches work together to utilize passive solar energy in log homes.
Read moreThe Best Hardwood Floors If You Have Dogs
We have two 80-lb dogs AND we're building a new log home. You can bet we've done some homework about hardwood flooring at this point! Here's what we've learned about dogs and hardwood floors.
Read moreTips For Dog Owners With Hardwood Floors
In the process of trying to find 'the perfect' hardwood floor for our new log home, I found the following tips and opinions helpful.
Read moreHow We Decided On Dale Hollow Lake (& Swan Ridge) As The Place To Build Our Log Home
Word of mouth. That's how we found this beautiful property on Dale Hollow Lake. Here's how we discovered Swan Ridge Lake Resort near Cookeville, Tennessee.
Read more2007 HGTV Dream Home… Check Out The Rustic, Timber Frame Accents!
The 2007 HGTV Dream Home will be featured on television January 1st, following the Rose Day Parade. 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.
Read moreCarpets Of Dalton & The Designer Dream Home In Georgia
The carpet outlet itself actually features 4 different major interior stores -- side by side -- for a total of 750,000 square feet of showroom! This means you have a wide selection of flooring, furniture, and home products right at your fingertips. My favorites are: Carpets of Dalton and the Designer Dream Home. Here are highlights...
Read moreHow We Designed Our Custom Log Home
First we found a floorplan that came close to what we wanted. Then we modified that plan to incorporate our own wants & needs. Then we got estimates from log home builders. Next, we met with designers and contractors to finalize our dream home. Here's how it went for us...
Read moreWicker Furniture That Doubles As Pet Furniture
Check out this dog crate that's disguised as a fashionable piece of furniture! Got cats?... There's a matching kitty litter box table, too!
Read moreLittle Tikes Log Cabin
Without a doubt, one of the hottest items for kids this year is the Little Tikes Log Cabin! But everywhere you look, this log home playhouse for kids is 'out of stock'. GOOD NEWS: I found it online. But it won't last for long... so get yours now!
Read moreYour Dog Wants A Log Home, Too!
Many log home owners are dog owners, like us. But, one thing that's different is this: Many of log home owners are not including their pets in their log home design & decorating plans. We are actually incorporating a handful of 'design features' that will simplify things a bit -- for ourselves and for our dogs.
Read moreLog Home Magazines… Which Are The Best?
Here's a complete list of magazines that would be of interest to log home and timber frame home builders. Which one should you choose to subscribe to? Here's my opinion...
Read moreHome Design Tip: How To Determine What You Want & Need In Your New House
Here's how to determine exactly what you want (and need!) in your soon-to-be-built log home. There are 7 simple steps that we used to determine our list of wants and needs. Here's exactly how we fine-tuned the process and ultimately designed our dream log home.
Read moreOur ‘Wants’ And ‘Needs’ Which Ultimately Dictated The Design Of Our Log Home
Here's how we ultimately designed our log home: We started with a list of things we knew we WANTED... and a list of features we knew we NEEDED in our next home. We whittled the list down to our top things, and we incorporated those things in our log home design.
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