In the snowy woods of a valley west of this college town, John and Mary Beth Cook have taken up a version of mountain living amended for the modern world. Last year, they completed and moved into a ...

TRUNK ROAD -- Forget the air compressor. Leave the cordless drill at home. All you really need to build a good quality, ultra-efficient heat-retaining log building is a muscular chain saw, a few hand ...

The astounding multibuilding compound was built in 2017 and has never been on the market before.

FAIRMOUNT, Ill. (AP) -- Log cabins have come a long way from their simple, primitive past. Long gone are the days when a log cabin had a single room, one door and inside walls chinked with clay or ...

They say they did it on a budget and did much of the work themselves — including designing the home. But to look at the finished product, no one would guess there were any budget concerns or the home ...

Who is Extreme Log Homes LLC.? We are a family owned construction company from the Western Slope. We do all phases of construction, depending on what each owner wants their dream cabin to become. We ...

Settled logs that shrink can pose a problem for builders of log homes, as this calls for constant adjustments and maintenance. To counter the effect, architects and builders have come up with ...

If diversity has been key to surviving the recent recession for many in the construction industry, log home maker Katahdin Cedar Log Homes in Oakfield offers a compelling case in point. “When we ...

We confess. We are guilty. Think of the gorgeous log and timber frame homes that are featured in newspapers, magazines and all those home and garden TV shows. The log homes are usually huge, accented ...

Log homes are much beloved for their nostalgic appeal but one downside is that they typically form leaks between the timbers. Luckily, True North Log Homes has come up with a couple of nice tricks to ...

Dan McKenna, president of Hilltop Log and Timber Homes, admits that growing his company in the midst of an economic downslide seems risky — especially when that downslide includes the faltering ...