Stories About Log Homes, Log Cabins & Timber Frame Homes
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Your Responsibilities
What is there to do other than the assembly of my home package? One of the most common questions asked of Honest Abe Sales Representatives and Independent Dealers regarding the log home design, purchase and construction process is “What are my responsibilities?” We’ve...
A Place for Mother
Honest Abe Log Homes customer, Denise, and her husband, Peter, changed their lives dramatically when they moved from Rhode Island to the Appalachian mountains of Upper East Tennessee in 2007. Denise’s mother, Rita, who is now 88 and pictured above, did not want to...
Porch Sitting
By Claudia Johnson The porch is an important element of a home’s design and functionality, but it’s also part of American culture. On social media porches have been honored with their own hashtag – #porchsitting. Dan Stevens, who played Matthew Crawley on "Downton...
Wood Flooring
by Claudia Johnson, Director of Marketing, Honest Abe Log Homes If you take a stroll through our galleries, you’ll notice that most of Honest Abe Log Homes’ customers have chosen real wood flooring for their log cabin or timber frame home. The formal definition of...
Tips for Buying Land
Outstanding Great Rooms
9 Benefits of a Log or Timber Frame Great Room By Claudia Johnson, Honest Abe Log Homes Director of Marketing Over the last 40 years Honest Abe has designed and manufactured thousands of log and timber frame homes that feature a great room. Great rooms are great by...
Choosing a Roof System
Log Homes Can Have Different Types of Roof Systems A home designed and manufactured by Honest Abe Log Homes can have a one of three types of roof systems or a combination of systems depending on what is desired by the homeowner. Heavy Timber Heavy Timber Rafters...
Building a Greenhouse
by Danny Nichols In the late summer of 2017 my wife and I decided to move forward with our long-desired goal of owning a greenhouse. After extensive review of the products available and reading customer reviews, we selected a 6 X 8 ft Palram greenhouse from Home...
Mix and Match Style
Combining architectural elements and materials creates a stunning and personal home. Honest Abe Log Homes has attracted some very creative homeowners in the last 40 years. Though traditional log homes are most in demand, it’s clear that mixing textures, materials and...
Creating a Modern Bathroom
An interview with Molly Cooper, Cooper & Co. Design, a division of Honest Abe Log HomesWhat did the homeowner give you as far as initial guidance so that you could work toward the design they wanted? For this particular master bath, the homeowners had some "must...
Office Designs
Home Offices…creating a space just for you by Molly Cooper, Design Coordinator for Cooper & Co By now you realize you either have an awesome home office, or it is the most unfriendly, blah space you’ve ever had to set in for eight straight hours, or you're like me...
Types of Lighting
Choose the type of lighting for your log or timber home to meet lighting needs. In many log or timber frame homes, you'll most likely see track lighting in one place or another. While that is absolutely okay, why not take some risks with your log home lighting?...
Farmhouse Kitchen
“Modern farmhouse at its best.” At the grand opening of the new 10” Round log home of Nick and April Patterson, those words were among the many used to describe this dream kitchen. From top to bottom this kitchen is unique, with different colors and textures, but in...
Dining Al Fresco
The concept of open air dining is brought to log and timber home living in a variety of designs. The traditional American picnic has met its match with today’s concepts of dining in the fresh air. Gone are the days of a cooler filled with Tupperware encased foods to...
Our log and timber frame homes are manufactured in the U.S.A. & have been since 1979.
