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Building a custom log home is often a journey. For some, it takes years of dreaming and research. Others know exactly what they want and charge ahead. Then some, like

The log style you choose determines how you home will look. Here’s an overview of Honest Abe’s log styles to help you understand how various log systems work. To help

A timber frame home is a beautiful, economic and flexible choice Do you love the interior, natural look of wood but want a more traditional exterior or more decorative flexibility
Hi and welcome to “Getting Crafty with the Smith’s!” Fall is our favorite time of year and what better craft to make than a “Fall Wreath” to show off our

Now more than ever, porches, decks and outdoor living spaces are essential to new home construction. They provide superior protection to doors, windows and exterior walls. They help with a

Carpenter bees are a threat to wood, whether its a log or conventional home, a porch, wooden furniture, architectural details, etc. Two of Honest Abe’s owners, Shane Smith and Nick
Celebrating the Log Home Lifestyle Filed in Construction Industry, Councils & Committees on July 6, 2017 • 0 Comments Members of NAHB’s Log and Timber Homes Council (LTHC) are celebrating National Log Home

A log home is not an impulse buy. For some the decision to build a log home was made years before they actually began the process to make a long-held

Log Home Living‘s March 2018 issue featured a new log home in in Nebo, N.C., by Bear’s Den Log Homes, and independent dealer of Honest Abe Log Homes. To see

One very practical matter that must be considered regarding placement of a log or timber frame home can be summed up in four words: no perc, no house. “That’s why

These days, a family getaway often means a trip close to home. Heading into the countryside to visit historic towns and sites along the way, stopping for a country-cooked meal,

“I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree.” Most of us learned this poem as children, and as we’ve grown older, the truth of it