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When You Love Your Log Home So Much You Want More of It

When you just can’t get enough of your log home, it may be time to consider an addition or extension. Fortunately, there are almost as many ways to expand log homes as there are log homes. Homes can be expanded...

Estemerwalt Lumber Adds Kiln-Dried Decking and Deck Framing Products

KDAT Lumber is Lighter, Resists Warping and Can Be Stained or Painted Immediately HONESDALE, PA. (Sept. 24, 2024) – Estemerwalt Lumber Products now offers KDAT (kiln-dried after treatment) lumber, a lightweight, durable wood that retains its shape and size and...

Driveway Materials

The grand gateway to your beautiful new log home is your driveway – and, like your home, it too should reflect quality, beauty and functionality. Numerous creative driveway solutions are available that are welcoming, durable and represent a smart investment...

Add a Patio or Back Deck to Elevate Your Cozy Log Home’s Warmth and Comfort

A patio or back deck can be the perfect outdoor extension of your log home and the best way to enjoy natural surroundings: Fresh air and breezes. Birdsong. The rustling of critters in woods, or a brook babbling. A deck...

Foresight About Accessibility Benefits Everyone – Even the Pets

Designing your quality Estemerwalt log home as your “forever home” means making it easy for people with wheelchairs, walkers, canes or crutches to enter and navigate from room to room. Integrate those design features from the start and these features...

Finding the Perfect Spot: What You Need to Know

Now that you’re eager to build your perfect log home, do you know where you’ll put it? Do you have your eye on a corner of woods, lakefront or the edge of a meadow? Or are you still looking? Do...

Seeing the Light(ing)

Lighting fixtures do much more than light up your new Estemerwalt log home. They enhance the look, feel and comfort of the rooms where you live, dine, sleep, read and talk. Choose light carefully. The fixtures, lamps and other light...

Home Size

How Much House is Ideal? It’s the most basic question when you’re planning a new log home: How large should it be? That depends on your needs and preferences, but a good rule of thumb is 600 square feet per...

Design Your Dream Home

Your Log Home Will Be Just that – Your Log Home One of the greatest joys of having your own log home built is the opportunity to design it exactly the way you want. The possibilities are endless. Put the...