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The Careful Art of Historic Log Home Restoration.

The story behind restoring a 130-year-old Colorado mountain cabin. High in the mountains near Nederland, Colorado, sits a small log cabin with a…

Contractor Corner

BTi Log Home Care: Unlocking the Secrets to Log Home Beauty and Durability.

If you hang around the log and timber frame restoration world long enough, you start to notice a pattern. The most successful contractors aren’t the…

Inspiration

Discover How Sashco Helped Revive a Beautiful Log Home in Japan.

Running a log-home restoration business? See how Log Masters Restorations built a standardized playbook from the field up—covering SOPs, crew onboarding, trouble-ticket prevention and growth strategy.

Contractor Corner

Building a Better Log Home Business: Lessons Log Masters Restorations

Running a log-home restoration business? See how Log Masters Restorations built a standardized playbook from the field up—covering SOPs, crew onboarding, trouble-ticket prevention and growth strategy.

SOP Example for Log Home Restoration Business
Maintenance Tips

Why Cold-Weather Chinking and Staining Can Cost You Big Time.

Running a log-home restoration business? See how Log Masters Restorations built a standardized playbook from the field up—covering SOPs, crew onboarding, trouble-ticket prevention and growth strategy.

Restoration

When Passion Meets the Pines: The Story Behind Elk Country Paints and the Alpine House Log Cabin Restoration 

Alex Bowman of Elk Country Paints tackles a remote 10,000-ft log cabin: roof rescue, log washing, sanding, rot repair, and a Cascade finish.

Elk County Paints Remote Log Cabin Restoration in Utah
Contractor Corner

A Log Home Story That Earned Its Happy Ending.

A log home rooted in history, love, and craftsmanship, carefully restored and finished to stand the test of time.

Choosing a Stain

Stain Ain’t Paint

Learn why stain ain’t paint. And how stain preserves wood grain, lets logs breathe, and prevents costly log rot repairs. Sample stain before you commit.

Log Rot on Log Homes Can Lead to Costly Repairs
Restoration

Restoration Possible: Log Home Restoration Costs, Mistakes, and Pro Tips

What do ladders, sandpaper, and love have in common? For Joseph Smidt and his family, they were the unlikely trio…

Joseph Smidt DIY Log Restoration Story - After
Restoration

Restoration Possible: Log Home Restoration Costs, Mistakes, and Pro Tips

What do ladders, sandpaper, and love have in common? For Joseph Smidt and his family, they were the unlikely trio…

Joseph Smidt DIY Log Restoration Story - After