The typical price range to build a log cabin runs from $50,000 to $150,000, with customers around the country paying an average of $75,000. Some of the main contributing factors in the final cost ...

The Finnish prefab builder uses locally sourced spruce and pine, touting them for their performance in a range of climates. Welcome to Prefab Profiles, an ongoing series of interviews with people ...

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AMAZONIA, Mo. -- For some people, the American Dream is a house in the suburbs with a two-car garage. For others, it's a little simpler. Verlin Jones of rural Amazonia is one who prefers the simple ...

HAMILTON, N.Y. – In 2006, David Dorrance’s mother-in-law made him an offer he and his wife, Sheree, could not refuse. They were looking for property to build on, something a little bit closer to ...

In the mid-1970s, when Susan and Larry Bamesberger decided to build a rustic getaway for their family, they didn’t go far from home. The family of five lived in Valparaiso, Ind., where Larry had a ...

In 1978, my lifelong friend and I decided we wanted to build a chinkless, scribed log building. Culturally there was a "back-to-the-land" movement going on, and I had 80 acres of land in the Hibbing, ...