Honest Abe Living

Honest Abe Living Magazine is Filled with Engaging Content

Honest Abe Log Homes, the designer and manufacturer of cabins and timber frames sold and built by Huckleberry Log Cabins, publishes its free magazine, Honest Abe Living, online monthly.

The interactive publication is filled with stories, photos, interviews, news, announcements and product information. Click on this link at the first of each month to see the new issue.

You’ll be able to watch videos, download articles and tip sheets, take 3-D tours and more.

You can share it with others via email or social media. You may also download, print or read online issues of magazine to your computer or mobile device. 

Check back regularly for new issues, and enjoy the library that includes many years of Honest Abe publications and magazines by clicking the magazine cover.

Below you may read some examples of the kinds of materials in Honest Abe Living.  Be sure to visit Honest Abe Living regularly for each month’s new articles.

Dale Hollow Eagle Cam Entertains and Educates

Dale Hollow Eagle Cam Entertains and Educates

Dale Hollow Lake has become a nesting spot for American Bald Eagles as they return each year to build or refurbish their nests, lay eggs and watch over their eaglets. One such quiet spot was noticed in 2016, and soon a group of volunteers took action to share the...

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Homeowner Responsibilities

Homeowner Responsibilities

What is there to do other than the assembly of my home package? These items will need to be accomplished by the homeowner – with most of these items being handled by the homeowner's builder or general contractor –  before arrival of the customized log or timber home...

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Fall in Love with Porchsitting

Fall in Love with Porchsitting

The porch is an important element of a home’s design and functionality, but it’s also part of American culture. On social media porches have been honored with their own hashtag – #porchsitting. Dan Stevens, who played Matthew Crawley on "Downton Abbey," made a very...

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Marvelous Great Rooms

Marvelous Great Rooms

9 Benefits of a Log or Timber Frame Great Room   Over the last 40 years Honest Abe has designed and manufactured thousands of log and timber frame homes that feature a great room. Great rooms are great by both definitions of the word. Not only are they big, they...

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The Beauty of Chink

The Beauty of Chink

WHAT IS LOG CABIN CHINKING? Chinking is the the flexible sealant used during your log home’s construction or maintenance to seal joins between the logs, gaps, holes and checking. Chinking fits between the imperfect joints of logs to ensure a “seal” from external...

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Roof Coverings

Roof Coverings

When you order your log or timber frame home package directly from Honest Abe Log Homes or one of its Independent Dealers, included in the package is the roofing system you select. These may be a heavy timber, a conventional rafter or a conventional truss...

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Planning a Log Home Fireplace

Planning a Log Home Fireplace

Molly Cooper of Cooper & Co. Interior Design offers advice for planning a log home fireplace and presents a gallery below to show how several Honest Abe customers have designed their own fireplaces. Q. How do you determine the right fireplace size for the room or...

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Essential Tips For Small Home Success

Essential Tips For Small Home Success

Follow these tips, tricks and ideas to create home that’s sweet and petite. Contributed by Donna Peak, editor, Log and Timber Home Living If you’re thinking about building a custom timber home, there are a lot of good reasons to go small. From reducing your...

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