A Log Cabin for Favorite Things and People North Carolina homeowners Watt and Debbie Smith built the lakeside home of their dreams right in the middle of a global pandemic. Honest Abe interviewed the Smiths about their experience, and the Smiths shared photos of their...
By David L. Butler, Honest Abe Log Homes customer and owner and partner with Kelly Caldwell of Holmes Bend Marina and Resort and Holmes Bend Rentals We have been in the marina business here for many years. As part of our business we also have 12 log cabins and newly...
Honeymoon Dreams By Claudia Kay Johnson A honeymoon is that time of marriage overflowing with joy and replete with opportunities. Dreams woven. Secrets spoken. Plans laid. It was no different for Mike and Maria Alderson during their short but sweet honeymoon at Petit...
 Miller Home on Lake Malone A home for all seasons. Jim and Kathy Miller moved into their new Honest Abe Log Homes custom designed cabin in midsummer 2020. Covering the 13-room D-log cabin is a heavy timber roofing systems under a metal roof. On the main floor...
Wanted: A View of the Lake Hideaway in the Tennessee Woods by Claudia Johnson This couple knew exactly what they wanted, and they feel very blessed to have found it. They wanted a vacation home on the water, and now they have far more than they had even imagined....
Overlooking Tennessee’s Center Hill Lake, the D-Log home of John and Cindy Fitzmartin designed and manufactured by Honest Abe Log Homes has 4,340 square feet of indoor living space, 3,172 square feet of porches and a 1,440-square-foot detached garage with a studio and...
Smith Mountain Lake Log Home is Perfect for Retired Couple Ready for Fun and Family Interview by Claudia Johnson, Honest Abe Log Homes’ Director of Marketing Linda & Chuck Howlett completed their new 10-room Honest Abe log home on Smith Mountain Lake near...
The Copper Home Download a .pdf of the Coppers' story from Log Home Living Home with a Lake View is Couple’s Second Honest Abe HomeLog home lovers Jim and Diana built their second Honest Abe Log Home on Tennessee’s Majestic Highland Rim Overlooking Dale...
Bailey High Forest Hideout is Dream Log Cabin in the Indiana Woods By Claudia Johnson, Honest Abe Log Homes Director of Marketing Some dreams are too strong to let go, and that’s why Chuck Bailey never gave up on his hope for a hideout in the woods. “I lived at my...
A Lakeside Life A working retirement home in Tennessee is adapted to the terrain. By Ronda Mollica, Country’s Best Log Homes (now Country’s Best Cabins), July 2008 When retirement appeared on the horizon for Herb and Barb Marshall, they began to make plans for...
One Father’s Legacy A nice mixture of rustic appeal with modern amenities. Nearly 50 years ago, the father of George Busch purchased a small lot on Nolin Lake in Kentucky. On it, he built a quaint three-room cottage as was typical in the community. At that...
Log Home Lake House Overlooking the waters of Center Hill sits a log home owned by Mike and Christine Cornett. Life on the lake is different. It isn’t fast paced, and there are great neighbors who are willing to help. To Mike and Christine, who have been married for...
Elegant Camping A couple trade their tent and camper for a log cabin home after years of getting to know their land. Story by Debra Grahl Looking for Lakeside Property Coincidentally, or perhaps not, for this couple it’s a four-and-a-half hour drive to arrive at their...
Log Home On Lake GastonSelected for Cover of New Honest Abe Floor Plan Catalog The beautiful Joyce home in Virginia graces the cover of Honest Abe’s recently published floor plan catalog, which can be downloaded here. The beginning of a dream Keith and...
