Timber Frame Projects

Timber Frame Projects

Timber Frame Package Contents & Building System A timber frame home is a beautiful, economic and flexible choice for rustic living Timber Frame Homes For those with a deep desire for a rustic home, our Timber Frames have become a popular choice no matter if they...
Garden at Haven on the Hill

Garden at Haven on the Hill

The Garden at Haven on the Hill Honest Abe Log Homes homeowners Connie and Alex Diamond are reaping the harvest this summer of their labors in their new raised garden at their custom Honest Abe log home, Haven on the Hill. Here Connie shares with us how the garden...
Creative Carpentry

Creative Carpentry

Creative Carpentry Jimmy and Tabatha Clay realized their dream of having the log cabin they wanted by working with Honest Abe Log Homes’ design team and sales representative to create a plan from their original ideas. Like many homeowners, they wanted to finish...
Model Merriment

Model Merriment

Model Merriment  Visit our models during the holidays!   Murfreesboro Model Home   Honest Abe Log Homes invites you to visit its Murfreesboro Model Home on Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, and Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022, for a Christmas Open House to kick off the...
Mountain Homes

Mountain Homes

Mountain Log Homes With the season approaching its autumn glory, many people are heading to mountains for the turning leaves, cooler temperatures and prospect of a roaring fire in a cozy log cabin. While this is a temporary getaway for some, for others it’s a lifelong...
Elevate Your Laundry

Elevate Your Laundry

Laundry Room Planning Makes Task Easier by Claudia Johnson, Honest Abe Log Home Marketing Director Oh, the lonely laundry room. It’s often the least considered room in the house. That is until a few dirty clothes become mountains of “fragrant” laundry. At Honest Abe...
Log & Timber Home Living “Best Of” 2020 Winners

Log & Timber Home Living “Best Of” 2020 Winners

Honest Abe Wins in Every Category in Log and Timber Home Living “Best of” Competition Each year Log and Timber Home Living conducts a competition to determine the “Best Of” in the log and timber frame home categories of Best Home, Great Room,...
Joe’s Retirement

Joe’s Retirement

An interview with Joe Isenberg When did your association with Honest Abe begin and in what capacity?  My love for log homes began in July of 1980. I began working for Green Forest Wood Products. My first job was building a garage beside Doug and Janie Smith’s log...
7 Kitchen Concepts from Honest Abe Homeowners

7 Kitchen Concepts from Honest Abe Homeowners

7 Kitchen Concepts from Honest Abe Homeowners Jill and Mark Peter Since Heritage Lodge is not a primary residence, the kitchen is not huge. We have found it to be roomy enough for dinner parties and extra cooks. We decided on a color for the cabinets to contrast the...
Cookville Fall Home Tour 2018

Cookville Fall Home Tour 2018

Tour Seven Log and Timber Homes During the Fall Tour A variety of log and timber frame homes will be open to the public on Aug. 25 during a fall tour hosted by Honest Abe Log Homes Cookeville. “We believe the seven homes open for the tour are perfect to show visitors...
3D Video Tour of Cambridge Model

3D Video Tour of Cambridge Model

Crossville Model Becomes First 3D Honest Abe Home Tour The Crossville Model Home, built from Honest Abe’s award-winning Cambridge Plan, became the first of Honest Abe’s thousands of homes to be videotaped for a 3D Virtual Tour thanks to Brandon Malone of...
Honest Abe Log Homes Offers Gatlinburg Relief

Honest Abe Log Homes Offers Gatlinburg Relief

Gatlinburg Wildfires Honest Abe Owners Lose Second Home in Gatlinburg Wildfires To the victims of the Gatlinburg wildfires…   Above all else, I’d like to express my sympathy to you on the loss of your home. A home is more than just the materials from...
Gender Preferences in Log Home Design

Gender Preferences in Log Home Design

Experience proves that gender plays a role in design decisions. Bedrooms and Kitchens After 27 years of creating log custom log homes, we’ve noticed that gender plays a role in the design of log homes. It seems that women are usually much more concerned about...
Show Me Log Raising

Show Me Log Raising

Job Site Log Raising Event   Everyone can help with a log raising, including applying some of the caulking, illustrating how important but simple it is to properly install the materials in a log home package provided by Honest Abe. The customer wanted a really...
Honest Abe Kitchen Gallery

Honest Abe Kitchen Gallery

Kitchen Confidential: Expert Tips for Bringing Your Dream Kitchen to LifeNo matter the size of your log or timber home, the main level is definitely where you’ll do most of your living. And although you’ll spend plenty of time in the great room and living areas, don’t...