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Coop It Up

With hobby farming making a comeback, here are 3 musts for starting your own backyard chicken flock.

The Quest For H2O

A combination of research, technology and planning will help you tap into your subterranean water source.

Out Of The Woods

Furniture maker Bob Brown has a unique approach to his craft — he lets the wood tell him what it wants to be.

Second Nature

A young family builds their all-natural vacation retreat in the lush forests of Ohio’s Hocking Hills.

From Missiles To Muses

This self-taught woodcarver used to design warheads for a living. Now his attention has turned to more tranquil and inspiring projects.

Living On The (Modern) Edge

Living On The (Modern) Edge

Build It Yourself: Double Porch Rocker

With its solid construction and classic design, this rocker is sure to be the most relaxing project you have ever built.

Metal Roof Maintenance

Here’s the down-and-dirty scoop on cleaning and maintaining a metal roof.

Secret Stash

Storage is at a premium in any home, no matter its size. But the smaller a house is, the more efficiently it has to perform. If your big dream is for a little log cabin, here are 11 unexpected ways you can boost its storage space without upping its square footage.

Nature's Course

Golf legend Arnold Palmer’s family gives new life to a vintage barn.

Home (Be)Coming

The Murphy family has reached their destination! After years of planning and months of construction, they’ve finally moved into their dream hybrid log home.

The Evolution Of Home

What began as a DIY log home kit in the 1970s grew with this Canadian couple as their needs changed. Forty years later, it’s still at the heart of family gatherings.

The Solid Treatment

Pairing new innovation with a timeless style, Better Than Logs brings concrete siding to the masses.

Perfect Pitch

The key to a top-notch roof isn’t about how it looks, it’s how it works that counts.

30 Secrets Of An Affordable Log Home

In order to get the log home of your dreams, you sometimes need a healthy dose of reality. Use these cost-cutting tips to eliminate unnecessary spending from your budget while still maintaining the vision of your perfect log home.

Small Talk With HGTV's Property Brothers

At the 2017 International Builders’ Show (IBS), I had a chance to sit down with two of HGTV’s most popular and trusted real estate/renovation pros, Jonathan and Drew Scott (aka, the Property Brothers), and I had one burning question on my mind: What do they think of the “tiny house” movement?

Sweat Equity

Sean and Amanda catch a glimpse of the finish line and decide it’s time to invest some of their own labor and talents to the construction of their New Jersey log home.

living the lake life

a couple trades an oversized city home for a cozy log cottage along wisconsin’s north lake.

Preserving Our Million Dollar View

With 170 acres of rolling western Pennsylvania farmland on which to build their log home, the Saymanskys can’t lose.

Act Your Age

With a little constructive forethought and a few aging-in-place strategies, your log home can grow stylishly older right along with you.

Hardscaping Made Easy

Working with your property’s natural features can make hardscape strategies more appealing and affordable.

Single Level Living

Ranch-style homes eliminate the ups and downs of everyday life.

Why A Log Home Was Just Right

The log home journey begins for Gary and Becky Saymansky! Come along with us as they plan, build and achieve their dream log home in the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania.

Get Grounded

There are plenty of advantages—and (and one major potential drawback—to drawback) to using using groundcover on on your property.

The Goodness of Grain

Stroll through the aisles of nearly any grocery store and you’re bound to spy a sack of flour, a package of pasta or a box of cereal from Hodgson Mill.

Silver Linings

When disaster struck, plans to convert this Montana vacation retreat to a fulltime residence were put on fast forward, but resulted in a stunning, modern interpretation of log home living.

Perfect Harmony

Bickering over differing design ideas? Conversation and compromise go a long way toward creating a log home floor plan you’ll both love.

Great Panes

Great Panes 3 common questions (and answers) about log home window replacement.

Celebrate Our Log Home Heritage In July

The members of NAHB’s Log and Timber Homes Council host buyer events all month long.

Crash & Learn

DIY guru and “Yard Crashers” host Matt Blashaw shares his expert tips to creating the best back yard you can get.