Honest Abe Blog
Stories about Honest Log Homes, Log Cabins & Timber Frames Homes
The Honest Abe Log Home Blog shares stories from Honest Abe Living Magazine and other sources of interest to log home enthusiasts. Check event schedules. Read company news, announcements and industry news. Find out about new products. Browse photos from new construction and new house plans. Also featured on the Honest Abe Log Home Blog are recipes from our friends Southern Grace Farmhouse, McFarland Creek Outdoors and Lodge Cast Iron.
Tammy’s Place at Baskins Creek
Following the devastating 2016 fires at Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Honest Abe Log Homes was chosen by Tammy Dollish and her family, with the help of Greg and Melissa Watson of Honest Abe Cookeville, to recreate the family's mountain cabin. Tammy's Facebook page...
Rain Barrel: Inexpensive, Yet Valuable to Homeowners
Hey, hey, little playmate, come out and play with me And bring your dollies three. Climb up my apple tree, holler down my rain barrel, Slide down my cellar door, and we'll be jolly friends forever more. Most of us sang the nursery song without giving a thought to...
Enjoy Honest Abe Living’s Holiday Issue
We are so honored to bring you the December 2019 Honest Abe Living – honored because it showcases the ongoing relationships we maintain with homeowners who chose Honest Abe to create their forever home. This month you’ll see photos of and read about four houses...
The most wonderful time of year…
Most see the holiday season as the most wonderful time of year, but let’s just be honest for a minute. For those of us who are the shopper, the chef, the decorator and not to mention all of life’s normal jobs we carry all year long, this time of year is a lot. Ladies...
New Log Cabin on Christmas Tour
The Godseys’ Dream Home Featured on Christmas Log Home Tour Rick and Dany Godsey’s new log cabin will be open to registered visitors during the 2019 Honest Abe Christmas Log Home Tour hosted by Honest Abe Crossville. Register here. The Godsey home is located near the...
November 2019 Honest Abe Living
The November 2019 issue of Honest Abe Living features an interview with the owners of a new 15-room log home in the Virginia Mountains along with photos from their personal album and more about the floorpan they used. Read how an Honest Abe homeowner brought the...
Add Live Boards to Your Decor
Live edge boards can create an one-of-a-kind gift with Valentine's, Mother's Day and wedding season on the horizon, and Honest Abe is your connection for these beautiful boards available in a variety of hardwoods through our sister company, GF Hardwoods. What is a...
Fireplaces…the must haves and have to haves
Fireplaces are increasingly becoming a must-have for home buyers. Whether your home already has a fireplace or you're looking to have one added into your space, it's vital to know that there are different types to choose from. Whether you love an indoor fireplace over...
Honest Abe Homeowners Featured in Two Publications
Currently on the newsstands are nationally-distributed magazines featuring the new houses of two customers of Honest Abe Log Homes. The Teslia timber frame in Fentress County, Tennessee, is featured in the Nov. 2019 Timber Home Living magazine in a...
Dumas Walker Memorialized in Intriguing Hit Song
This article was published in Larry's Country Diner and Country Family Reunion Magazine about a Moss, Tennessee, (where Honest Abe Log Homes' headquarters is located) resident whose story inspired a hit song. By Claudia Johnson, CFR News Columnist “Well, let’s all go...
Kenny and Wanda Rogers’ Chili
2 lb. turkey meat or lean ground beef, browned and drained 1 large yellow pepper 1 large red pepper 1 med. onion 2pkgs. McCormick Chili mix 2 large cans or 4 small Italian recipe style tomatoes 1 8 oz. can tomato paste 2 large cans kidney beans Add to taste: sugar,...
Loretta Lynn’s Ole Fashioned Apple Pie
Winesap or any sour apple makes a better pie. Pie Filling Mix the following and put into the prepared crust. 5 or 6 apples, sliced thin 1 t. cinnamon 1 T. butter 2 T. all-purpose flour dash of ground nutmeg My Pie Crust (one top and one bottom) 2 1/2 c. all-purpose...
Five Employees Who Share Honest Abe’s History
By Rick Denton As Honest Abe celebrates its 40th year of business, I can’t help but think of the people who have helped guide the company through the years. The five I want to concentrate on for this article are Jackie Cherry, Thomas Dulworth, Jimmy Scott, Anna...
The 6th Annual Doug Smith Memorial 5K Fun Run and Walk
On Sat., Oct. 28, 2019, 135 participants and other supporters gathered at Dale Hollow Dam Campground and ran or walked for a cure. The course was a nice flat course through the beautiful campground and walking trail just below Dale Hollow Dam. The runners and walkers...
Honest Abe Living October 2019
October’s Honest Abe Living online interactive magazine features an interview with the owner of a new lakeside log cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains and download the plan. Enjoy colorful photos of a custom log cabin in rural Kentucky. Download a...
Gaining Living Space
How to gain more square footage with what you already have It is officially fall and with that we can finally get out of the house and enjoy the crisp air that the new season brings. Enjoying time outdoors, relaxing or entertaining, is one of my most favorite things,...
Faith Hill’s Coca Cola Cake
Recipe for Coca Cola Cake Sift together: 2 c. unsifted flour 2 c. sugar Heat to boiling the pour over the flour mixture: 2 sticks butter 2 T. cocoa 1 c. Coke Add: 1/2 c buttermilk 1 t. baking soda 2 eggs, beaten 1 T. vanilla 1 1/2 c. mini marshmallows The batter will...
Commercial Structures
Log or Timber Frame construction makes durable, beautiful commercial buildings. Honest Abe Log Homes is not just a designer, manufacturer and builder of log and timber residential properties. Over the past 40 years, we’ve helped numerous organizations, governmental...
September 2019 issue of Honest Abe Living
The September 2019 issue of Honest Abe Living showcases the homes of two couples who chose Honest Abe Log Homes to design and manufacture their log homes. One couple in Tennessee are finally home in the hills overlooking Center Hill Lake, having moved 11...
Designing a Kitchen-Centric Great Room
Honest Abe homeowner Sondra DuBose and husband Lennard designed their own timber frame home.The center of the 3,200 SF home is an open floor plan with a smooth flow through the kitchen, dining and living spaces. "A kitchen-centric great room is perfect for today’s...
Featured Home
37-Year-Old Honest Abe Home Still Brings Joy
Carol & Barry Lowe built their Honest Abe Log Home 37 years ago, and they are still as pleased with their decision as they were when they moved in as a young married couple in 1982. Process Of Building Our Log Home "Barry and I became engaged in December of 1981...
