Honest Abe Living

a digital publication of Honest Abe Log Homes

March 2019 Edition

New Log Homes Open During Spring Tour on March 23

     For a very personal look at building a log or timber home, plan to attend a free Spring Home Tour on March 23 hosted by Honest Abe’s National Headquarters in Moss, Tennessee. The self-guided tour includes stops at two finished homes, with homeowners welcoming guests between 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Homeowners will answer visitors’ questions about their experiences in designing and building their homes.
     The tour begins with refreshments at the model, where a map and directions are presented to registered participants beginning at 9 a.m. Honest Abe’s newly remodeled National Headquarters is open to guests year-round Monday-Saturday excluding major holidays. On the day of the tour Honest Abe’s in-house interior designer, Molly Cooper, will be available to answer questions about how she transformed the 35-year-old log commercial structure using modern decorating techniques.
     Three additional tours are scheduled for 2019. Summer is celebrated with a tour hosted by Honest Abe Murfreesboro on June 15.  Honest Abe Cookeville hosts the Fall Tour on Aug. 24, and Honest Abe Crossville celebrates with a holiday tour on Dec. 7.
       To register for the Spring Tour, email info@honestabe.com or call 800-231-3695.

Sellers Home

The first tour stop is a 1,768-square-foot, dovetailed square log cabin near crafted using the Clayton Plan. Read here interview with the owners here.

Apple Home

The second featured home is an 8″x8″ D-Log home using a customized version of the Westfield Plan. Read an interview with the homeowners and see a gallery of photos by clicking here.

Harnessing the power of the sun to keep your home warm has many benefits.

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Honest Abe’s Douglas Fir timbers are beautiful, strong and economical.

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Honest Abe on PBS

A tour of Honest Abe Log Homes was featured on PBS.  Watch it here at the 7 minute mark.

Shades of gray were used in every room in this new log home in the North Carolina mountains.

Register for Our April 6 Log Raising

 

Families are welcome to attend the free log raising event, which includes lunch and a tour of the mill.

 

Join us April 6 for the second of five 2019 Log Raisings at Honest Abe’s National Headquarters in Moss, Tennessee. Log Raisings are family-friendly events held in the company’s climate-controlled events building.

Honest Abe staff members build a small cabin during the three-hour experience, which begins at 9 a.m. with coffee and snacks and ends at noon with lunch and a tour of the manufacturing facility.

Log Raisings are free, but space is limited. Registration is required and may be made by arrangement with a company sales representative, an independent dealer or by calling 800-231-3695.

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Celebrating 40 years in 2019 –Stories from our Blog

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French Onion Soup Made Easy

Honest Abe’s Director of Marketing, who is also editor of Honest Abe Living, shares her favorite recipe, onion soup, which takes an elegant classic and makes it an any day favorite.

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The Hickory Hollow Plan

Honest Abe’s Hickory Hollow floor plan from the Legacy Collection is 2,204 square feet of living space on two floors. The plan was designed to allow a homeowner to enjoy the outdoors and to experience it in different ways. The abundance of windows throughout the house allows natural sunlight to flood each room.

A spacious climate controlled sun room is attached directly to the living room. The screened-in porch is the perfect place to enjoy an evening meal or read a good book while protected from unwanted pests. A gable front porch supported by heavy posts on stone pylons appeals to a revived interest in mixing stone, logs and timbers to recreate an early 20th century yet modern look.

The Hickory Hollow incorporates two bedrooms and baths with an optional multipurpose room or game room. The home was designed to be constructed with a conventionally vaulted roof system. However, Honest Abe’s Heavy Timber Roof System could easily be applied to the design, adding exposed beams and rafters to the roof system. The plan can be modified for by Honest Abe’s design team for manufacturing from either our log or timber frame system.

Download the plan here…