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The owners of this lakeside property near Walker set the logs themselves and completed all the interior work, creating a home that emphasizes both privacy and craftsmanship on more than 11 acres.

There’s no denying that modern conventional homes are better than ever before – they’re much more energy efficient, for example, than their predecessors. But for some homeowners, thinking outside the ...

Both Wiley and Johnson said that handcrafted homes, as opposed to kit homes with machined, uniform logs, retain the character of individual logs. When properly built, log structures are sturdy, can be ...

John Heintz's dream is coming true. The Frostproof resident is building a log home -- something he's wanted for many years. But this isn't your average, every-day log home. It's handcrafted from ...

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 ...

FROSTPROOF -- John Heintz's dream is coming true. The Frostproof resident is building a log home -- something he's wanted for many years. But this isn't your average, every-day log home. It's ...