Welcome to our Log Cabin Project! We are building a tiny log cabin from scratch using materials sourced from our land and relying entirely on hand tools (no chainsaw!). This off-grid cabin is ...

In this episode, we raise our walls higher by adding the next layer of logs, which require three notches due to the middle ...

Learn how to build a log cabin from trees on a budget using local materials, traditional hand tools, and hard work while embracing the land. Read more.

Log cabin construction loans are different from conventional home construction loans, says Michael Crossett, executive vice president at The Federal Savings Bank, based in Chicago.

In the 1960s, while in college, I read “Walden” by Henry David Thoreau. He built a log cabin, lived by himself in the woods and wrote. I always wanted to do the same thing.

The adjacent building that is now part of the log cabin will also be moved and located across from it in the Historic Chippewa Village. It will be used as an exhibit of an early day funeral home.