Welcome to our Log Cabin Project! We are building a tiny log cabin from scratch using materials sourced from our land and ...

Designing a practical and usable log cabin isn’t easy. The planning stage of a log cabin build is the single most important stage. Spend enough time on this stage and your build will be successful.

In this episode, we complete the last saddle notches and finish hewing the two eave logs flat. We construct and install 8 ...

In the previous entry, we discussed debarking spuds and drawknives. We’re going to continue discussing other ways to prepare your logs for the next step in log cabin building. This time we’re going to ...

Building a house or even a small addition can be a surprisingly monumental and expensive endeavor. Putting up a shed or a modest cabin using a simple kit, however, can be much easier and cheaper. That ...

At the age of 81, Charles “Mac” McRaven still can swing a goosewing broadax with the authority of a young Abe Lincoln. Through the decades, the Albemarle County author and master craftsman has built ...