Honest Abe Living, June 2019
Log Home Summer Tour Features Five Homes
Five custom homes by Honest Abe Log Homes will be open to visitors on June 15 in Rutherford County, TN during the Honest Abe Log Homes Summer 2019. Each home, designed and manufactured by Honest Abe Log Homes, reflect a variety of log styles. The tour offers a chance to see a small custom log cabin to a large family home in progress.
Begin the day with refreshments. A map and directions are presented to registered participants at 9 a.m. The free self-guided tour from 10 a.m. til 3 p.m includes stops at several finished homes as well as a construction site.
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1982 Honest Abe Home on Summer Tour
Barry and Carol Lowe’s 37-year-old home will be open to visitors on the Summer Log Home tour as will the construction site for their son’s new Honest Abe Log Home.
Honest Abe Components Enhance Remodel
A Kentucky couple used materials custom manufactured by Honest Abe to add rustic touches to a remodeling project for their existing farmhouse.
Visit Rock Hill road Farm During Summer Tour
A small traditional log cabin and a large custom log home are featured on the 2019 Home Tour June 15. Both homes are of square, dovetailed, chinked logs.
New Log Lodge Open for Season at Holmes Bend
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Healthy Veggie Lasagna
Amanda Hatcher prepares hearty and delicious meals for guests at McFarland Creek Outdoors, a hunting preserve owned by Shane Smith, one of Honest Abe’s owners. Here Amanda shares a guest favorite, Healthy Veggie Lasagna.
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