In-house Floor Plan Design and Drafting

When you begin thinking timber frame or log home design in building your new home, it’s nice to know that you don’t have to start from scratch. It’s also nice to know that you aren’t alone. Honest Abe Log Homes offers many choices in log home packages. These selections make the planning and building process more understandable and less stressful for the first-time homebuilder.

“Here at Honest Abe, we strive to have the best quality in every process from log manufacturing to providing blueprints and construction guides,” said Fred Kendall, the design manager and a 30+ year employee at Honest Abe’s headquarters in Moss, Tenn. “Honest Abe offers more complete packages than many companies. When comparing price, it becomes clear that we have a larger quantity and more quality materials to include in our packages.”

Like any future homeowner, first establish some basic guidelines. The budget is probably the most important. Find a price range you’re comfortable with to help narrow down the selection. Next, decide on the total square footage for your log home. Lastly, choose a log profile. The profile is the determining factor in the overall look and feel of your new home.

Now you’re ready to choose or design your floor plan and begin looking at different packages. Honest Abe Log Homes is dedicated to working with you through every step to achieve your desired home.

“The customer usually comes to us with ideas on how they want to finish their homes and where on the property they want their home placed,” said Kendall. “Our representatives are here ready to advise on things related to what the customer wants in a particular package and how Honest Abe can provide those materials.”

Like other high-end purchases, log home packages are specific to your wants and desires. Honest Abe makes you the top priority when planning each step of a log home design. From logs only to a completed outside shell structure, the decision is up to each customer as to what type and how many materials Honest Abe provides.

Since 1979, Honest Abe has been there to support its customers in creating their dream homes. Whether it’s a modest cabin or a palatial retreat, Honest Abe turns visions of a fantasy home into a tangible reality. Let us do that for you.

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Fred Kendall, head of the drafting department, says the customer usually comes to us with ideas on how they want to finish their homes and where on the property they want their home placed.

“We are here ready to advise on things related to what the customer wants in a particular package and how Honest Abe can provide those materials,” said Fred, who started with the company in the early 1980s.

Michael Hix has designed Honest Abe homes for more than 20 years.

He knows that an Honest Abe log home package is more than just a group of building materials – that each one is someone’s dream and distinctive in its contents.

Michael’s design of the Cambridge plan won a national award for 2016. Click here to read about it.

Melissa Copas has been a designer at Honest Abe for nearly three decades and has helped hundreds of homeowners create the home they imagined in their dreams.

She’s taken on numerous projects, including magnificent lakeside mansions, mid-sized family homes and tiny homes. Many of her designs have been recognized with national awards.