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$15.99

9 3/4 X 9 3/4 In, 128 Pp, 125 color photos, 30 floor plans. Thirty fabulous log home plans-the favorites of builders and designers, selected form across the united states. More than just renderings, each floor plan is illustrated with beautiful color photographs of the landscaped exterior and fully styled interior. Weaving pictures and plans together are valuable information, advice, and planning tips from the people who design and build log homes. Ranging in size and accommodations, they include: *Cabins, Bungalows & Small Abodes. *Family homes, cottages & moderate residences. *Havens, Retreats & Grand Estates.*

The Log Home Maintenance Guide: A Field Guide for Identifying, Preventing, and Repairing Problems

$15.99

The first and only complete guide to the unique maintenance issues faced by log home owners. America has hundreds of thousands of log homes from the Great Lakes region to the West, from the Great North Woods to the Deep South. Indeed, several national magazines cater to the log home crowd for design and decorating ideas. Now Gary Schroeder offers this world the first guide to the unique maintenance issues these homes present. Many log home owners do further damage to their expensive homes by incorrectly treating their problems. No more. With detailed full-color photos and clear instructions, The Log Home Maintenance Guide will help you identify, diagnose, and resolve problems ranging from dry rot to carpenter ants. The Log Home Maintenance Guide is an investment that will protect your investment. No home repair section should be without it.

The Holiday Yule Log: Includes Gift Book, DVD with Classic Holiday Carols, and Lyric Books - Everything You Need to Enjoy Home, Hearth, and

$8.99

Nothing brings Christmas to life more than the sight and sound of a crackling fire in the hearth. But what if there''s no fireplace? What''s a person to do? Simply slip the disk from this joyful Noel package into the DVD slot and watch the warm seasonal glow! This book brings magic into every home, apartment, or even dorm room. The kit contains a soundtrack of festive carols and four sing-along lyric booklets to hand out, so that everyone can join in. The book itself includes an array of classic Christmas tales, as well as the history of the Yule Log and Christmas recipes.

The Best of Today's Log Homes

$13.52

Here''s a wonderful opportunity to tour 28 beautiful new log homes without leaving your lounge chair. Sumptuous photographs bring the houses to life, while floor plans act as your guide to every part of the home. This is a tool for anyone who dreams of bui

Small Log Homes: Storybook Plans & Advice

$14.94

Whether it's for a starter home or lifelong retreat, this is an indispensable guide for planning, building and outfitting a cabin in the woods or prairie. Fifteen plans are included and designed to help builders create their own style and vision. Color photographs.

Log Homes Made Easy, Third Edition

$12.47

Log Homes Made Easy

Log Home Project Planner

$16.99

The only complete workbook with instructions, forms and worksheets for managing any log home project from start to finish. The Log Home Project Planner includes forms and worksheets for requesting bids, preparing a detailed cost estimate, and scheduling construction activities. Forms and worksheets are designed to be reproduced and accompanied by instructions for owner-builders and those with limited construction management experience. Following the organized approach of the Project Planner can save tens of thousands of dollars in construction costs. Written by Jim Cooper, general contractor, consultant and author of best-selling construction book, Log Homes Made Easy.

Log Home Inspirations

$16.91

Log Home Inspirations

Log Home Care and Maintenance: Everything You Need to Know to Buy, Maintain, and Enjoy Your Log Home

$12.99

The fruit of three decades of hard-won wisdom, this book is sure to become the go-to reference for log home owners for years to come. Davis offers a complete and easy-to-follow plan of regular maintenance plus chapters on repairs, dealing with contractors, and more. Photos & illustrations.

Log and Timber Home Building: The Modular Method: Building Your Home as You Can Afford It

$16.46

The Craft of Modular Post & Beam

Inside Log Homes: The Art & Spirit of Home Decor

$16.46

Now in paperback! From the biggest notions of carefully styled rooms to the smallest comforts and delights of accessorizing a home with your favorite things, Inside Log Homes offers suggestions, understanding, and inspiration regarding the intensely personal and expressive world of log-cabin living. Author Cindy Thiede peeks through doors into hundreds of uniquely styled and personally appointed spaces. Sometimes comfortably familiar, other times surprising and unexpected, each room may plant the seed of possibility for your own emerging vision of home and hearth. Cindy Thiede has spent twenty years photographing and writing about log-home architecture in the United States. Additional titles by Ms. Thiede include Hands-On Log Homes: Cabins Built on Dreams, The Log Home Book: Design, Past and Present, American Log Homes.

How to Afford a Log Home: Save 25 Percent Without Lifting a Log

$12.99

Use this book to avoid a down payment, lower the amount of mortgage, or get a larger home than budgeted for, and save 25% off the construction and site-preparation costs. Included are a list of log home manufacturers and suppliers, a glossary of construction terms, and sample forms and contracts.

Crafting Log Homes Solar Style: An Inspiring Guide to Self-Sufficiency

$16.49

A down-to-earth guide to building solar-powered log homes, complete with how-to illustrations and photos, plus enlightening stories from log home owners across the country. Follow the authors? journey of handcrafting an off-the-grid log home in the Colorado Rockies and discover how renewable energy is a perfect match for modern log home living, from small weekend cabins to expansive year-round homes.

Complete Guide to Building Log Homes

$12.99

From buying land and drawing floor plans to choosing log styles and joinery, every phase of construction is covered in over 800 photos and drawings, with complete how-to instructions. From the experts at Popular Science. Whether you need to know about slab walls or building that first fire in your new home's fireplace, the Guide covers it. -- Country Journal.

Building the Alaska Log Home (New Edition)

$20.99

Building the Alaska Log Home (New Edition)

Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home

$12.99

You''ll learn: -- How to shape logs, make corner joints, erect walls, fit joists, add decks and porches, and much more. -- How manufacturers'' kit homes differ, illustrated by many photographs and detailed drawings. -- How to pick the best site for a house and plan your foundation, driveway and landscaping. -- What the manufacturer of a kit log house can do for you -- and how to be sure you get what you want. -- The secrets of how to save the most on building your log home -- what you can do best yourself and when to get professional help. -- Tools you''ll need and ways to simplify hard jobs like raising logs and planning for chimneys. This is the basic book for the log house builder, with those special tips that come only with much experience.

A Home from the Woods: Adventures and Methods Restoring and Building Authentic Log Cabins

$15.99

A Home from the Woods: Adventures and Methods Restoring and Building Authentic Log Cabins

100 Best Log Home Floor Plans

$16.48

? Surveys show log home floor plans are the favorite sections of industry-leading magazines including Country's Best Log Homes, Luxury Log Homes, Timber Frames, Log Homes Illustrated, and Timber Homes Illustrated