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Country's Best Log Homes 2009 Annual Buyer's Guide
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Item No. #CB1108
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Contents
Biggest issue of the year, 80+ floor plans
Comprehensive directories and the largest issue of the log-homes industry for 2008
Budgeting secrets and all you need to know to begin planning your dream home
- Building your dream home: Everything you need to know to get started on your log home,
including a guide to wood species and corner styles.
- Comparing log-home kits: What to look for in your package of log construction materials.
- The log siding makeover: A New Jersey couple turns their stick-built home into a log home with log siding.
- Creating an idea book: The basics on how to build a binder with all your log-home ideas, sketches, and pictures.
- Ten mistakes to avoid: Save money with smart design and advance problem-solving.
- Refuge in the wilderness: A retirement home in Montana mirrors the landscape.
- Dream fulfillment: A log home Maryland incorporates everything from an ambitious wish list.
- Log home lineage: A North Carolina couple uses a lifetime of experience to built a classic log home.
- A bigger "wow" factor: A owner's second log home in Arkansas is twice as big as the first.
- A natural fit: All members of the family pitch in to help plan a Tennessee home.
- How To: 10 steps to creating your log home: Proper planning will help you net your ultimate log home.
- Money Matters Budgeting basics: How much of your budget gets allocated to each phase?
- Retrospective: Ten years later A cabin project featured in Country's Best 10 years ago has seen major changes. BONUS: Sage advice from a half-dozen log owners whose log homes had been featured in past issues.
- Construction: A retirement masterpiece: A Chicago couple builds a retirement log home in North Carolina.
- The Green Life: Riding the green wave
Getting the most savings from energy-efficient log homes.
- Communities: Is life in a log-home community for you?
- 2009 maintenance guide: What you need to know — and whom to contact — to take care of your log home.
- 2009 directory of cabin producers: Plans, pricing, and ideas from cabin producers. BONUS: Designing a high-tech cabin.
- 2009 internet directory: Online research is more critical than ever. Here's where to surf, what keywords to use, and how to find the information you need.
- 2009 décor directory: A comprehensive guide to suppliers of furniture, doors, lighting, accents, and more — all specialists in log homes.
- 2009 log-home producer directory: Log-home producers offer wood species, log profiles, and available corner styles for comparison.
- 2009 model home directory: A state-by-state listing of log home dealerships
across America.
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