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Organize Your Log Home Ideas
There are so many great ideas for homes available, from storage hacks to kitchen layouts. One very smart thing to do is gather these inspiring details together in one place when you’re considering what you’ll want to include in your Katahdin Cedar Log Home. Take it Old School For many years, customers developed scrap books… Read more »
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Sunday Squared Open House Event Set for Sunday, June 6
If you’ve been missing the in-person log home experience since the pandemic started last year, here’s a chance to walk inside four beautiful Katahdin Cedar Log Homes! Our Sunday Squared Open House Event is set for Sunday, June 6, 2021 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Sunday River area near Bethel, ME. Exponential… Read more »
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Design Trend: Floating Stairs
Floating stairs provide an elegant focal point for your two-story Katahdin Cedar Log Home or Arborwall Solid Cedar Home. Using a central fabricated steel stringer, hefty blocks of solid wood and either cable or glass rails, ViewRail floating stairs may be just what your more contemporary log home needs to make it your own. Steel… Read more »
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Green Tip: Column Refrigerators
Column refrigeration offer new design flexibility combined with precision, energy efficient refrigeration and freezing capacity. Column refrigeration offers cooling modules in various widths and depths to allow you to configure your built-in refrigeration to suit your desires. We take a look at a few of the new options available. And Now, Something Completely Different Jennair’s… Read more »
Plan Now for Beautiful Spring Shrubs
If you’ve ever spent springtime driving through some of the older neighborhoods in cities and towns, you’ll notice the abundance of flowering trees and bushes that were popular garden additions in those days. If you love these showy harbingers of spring and warmer temperatures, now is the time to plan for the spring gardens surrounding… Read more »
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What’s the Log Home Plan?
Plans are an essential part of designing and building your Katahdin Cedar Log Home. They are also a topic of some confusion among our customers. What many folks don’t realize is there are three types of plans that arise when developing your log home. We’ve gathered together the basics on these plan types so that… Read more »
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Log Home Shows, Open Houses & Mill Tours Update
With the one-year mark of the pandemic passing this month, it seemed like a good time to take stock of changes in the way Katahdin Cedar Log Homes and log home show events are evolving. Log home events were such an integral part of connecting manufacturers, builders, dealers and other log home suppliers before Covid-19,… Read more »
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Green Tip: Airflow Can Destroy COVID
We’ve covered the highly efficient Haiku ceiling fans in previous issues for their clean good looks, remote operation and quiet, energy efficient design. Their parent company, Big Ass Fans, has developed technology to upgrade their fans with UV lighting that can eliminate bacteria, fumes and viruses, including the COVID -19 virus. UV-C Light Disinfection UV-C… Read more »
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Indoor Air Quality: Why It Matters Now
With the past year’s pandemic, indoor air quality has become the focus of attention for homeowners who wish to protect their health. Designing your new Katahdin Cedar Log Home offers the opportunity to take advantage of modern home performance science and to protect your family’s health from viruses, mold, and other indoor pollutants. Growing Attention… Read more »
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Managing a Building Supplies Shortage
You may have heard talk of the building supplies shortage resulting from the current construction boom. While supply chains have been strained for dimensional lumber (like 2 x 4s) and some supplies due to the pandemic and increased demand, your plans for construction with Katahdin Cedar Log Homes are better situated than traditional framed construction… Read more »
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Design Trends: Beyond the Pale Wood
New pale wood finishes are all the rage as a sharp contrast to the dark wood finishes of recent years. Pale wood surfaces can work well in Katahdin Cedar Log Homes to provide a clean light approach to interiors. Contrast with Log Wall Finishes Your log walls will be the palette base color, so select… Read more »
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Green Tip: Air Filtration to Battle Covid
Since the coronavirus Covid -19 arrived in the US, manufacturers have been scrambling to provide effective indoor air quality and air filtration. One HVAC manufacturer, Carrier, has developed “Capture & Kill” technology that inactivates 99% of select airborne pathogens, including those that cause coronavirus, strep throat, influenza and the common cold. Carrier’s Infinity® Air Purifier… Read more »