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Designing a Custom Log Home: Where to Start (Coming Soon)
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Designing a Custom Log Home: Where to Start

Most clients walk in with a Pinterest board and no idea where to start. Lia Jackson is putting the finishing touches on the real first steps to designing your dream log home: lifestyle, site, team, budget, and the pitfalls she's seen too many times. Stay tuned.

Lia Jackson Coming Soon
Thermal Mass, R-Value, and U-Value: Why Log Homes Defy the Insulation Rulebook
Log Home Tips

Thermal Mass, R-Value, and U-Value: Why Log Homes Defy the Insulation Rulebook

Why log walls outperform their R-value numbers. Amanda French explains thermal mass, R-value, and U-value in Eastern White Pine.

Amanda French April 29, 2026
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