HACKENSACK, N.J. — Tony DiOrio wanted a rustic home, but his heart sank when his real-estate agent drove him up to a West Milford, N.J., log house in 1999. “It was not really what I was thinking of,” ...

THE rustic appeal of log construction never goes away. It embraces a sense of fitting into the natural landscape while providing a feeling of security and strength that is unique. Robin Obomsawin has ...

There is a romantic notion of a log cabin in the woods that lives in the mind of many Canadians. It’s a picture of rough-hewn wood, stacked to form a building. The setting is secluded, serene, ...

A few weeks back, we chopped up a few of the grandest log cabins currently for sale across the country. Those luxury cabins (or log homes) gave us a snapshot of the most awesome of American ...

Abraham Lincoln would be amazed to see today’s log cabin homes. Open floor plans, large windows, elaborate truss work and less maintenance are often featured. Log homes continue to evoke the beauty ...

In the dense woods outside Brook Park, Minnesota-about an hour north of the Twin Cities-the local architecture typically ...

Nostalgia is built into new log homes, but they aren't the drafty cabins Abe Lincoln would recognize. Some of these dwellings are enormous -- one Gold Beach waterfront estate tops out at 10,000 square ...

Two years ago, Anthony Rauseo began searching for the perfect log home. His plan was similar to that of many people: to build a rustic vacation spot in Maine, where Rauseo's been a summer resident ...

A two-storey log house sits majestically among the trees as if in its own natural habitat. Adjacent to it is another residential home made from logs — houses that stand apart from the many ...

When the concept of log homes was introduced in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe over 200 years ago, it was initially viewed as a stale idea of building dwellings with rustic back woods. Over the years, ...