SEARCHMOUNTAIN HOME BLOG
DIY Furniture Ideas
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Log Homes
|Josh Horner
Oh the Things You Can Do!
DIY projects involving the making, modifying or refurbishing of furniture is quickly becoming a passion for many who have discovered the therapy involved with creating one’s own pieces of furniture, not to mention the amount of money one can save! Repurposing pieces of unlikely candidates such as pallets into intriguing pieces for your home or ...
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Decorating Outdoors
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Log Homes
|Leroy Walker
Hanging Gardens Exude Their Own Personality!
Are you looking for ways of adding eye-catching flowers and foliage to your home’s porch, patio, shed, deck or garden area that won’t take up ground-space? If you are thinking of incorporating any kind of hanging garden to any outside areas of your home, you may have already discovered that the choices are limitless. Hanging ...
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Patio Decorating Ideas
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Log Homes
|Leroy Walker
Let Your Patio Area Shine!
If you are like many Americans, the patio area of your home might still be an untapped ‘resource’ in terms of providing added beauty for your home and offering enhanced entertainment potential for family and friends. So often, a slab of backyard concrete languishes for years without being allowed to ‘strut its stuff’ and become the outside a...
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Ten Creative Ways To Use Logs
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Log Homes
|Josh Horner
You’ll Love These Ideas!
Logs---they represent the epitome of nature: their aromas, their textures, their grains, their colors and their versatilities. Reclaimed-wood lends warmth to any room and infuses a space with a sense of organic charm. Everything from log-homes to furniture to a source of fuel for a fireplace are all relished thanks to the different ways in whi...
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Log Home Lighting Tips
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log homes
|Josh Horner
Create The Mood And Show Off Your Home!
When one talks about how lighting should be used in your log home, it presents an interesting topic of discussion, especially with log homes since that type of home interior will absorb up to 50% of the light emanating from your lighting systems. That’s what darker-colored logs do—they absorb light. What it boils down to, actually...
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Financing A Log Home - What You Need To Know!
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log homes
|Josh Horner
Ah, yes—being an informed consumer is so important, isn’t it? And when it comes financing a log home, there are a few things any potential log-home buyer should know, which is what we will discuss here.
Interestingly and traditionally, lending officers haven’t been as well-versed with log-home construction loans as they have been with traditional home-construction loans...
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How To Decorate Your Log Home For Less - Five Fabulous Insights!
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log homes
|Leroy Walker
You have built the home of your dreams—a log home with rustic structuring, warm woods and a feeling of serenity and hospitality you knew you absolutely would not be able to acquire with any other style of home. Logs homes are unsurpassed in their ability to exude an emotional calm that has to be experienced to be believed and understood.
Let’s suppose for a moment you r...
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5 Questions To Ask Before Constructing A Log Home
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log homes
|Josh Horner
The thought of building your beautiful log home is an exciting one—the warmth, the charm and the rustic ambiance of log homes are alluring and welcoming. Your log home will be your oasis—an escape from the rest of the world where you can enjoy family, solitude, a crackling fire or a cozy den nestled in the loft. You want your log home to last for generations and become ...
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What's The Best Time To Buy Furnishings For Your Log Home?
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log homes
|Josh Horner
If you’re like most everyone, you get a tad excited about saving money whenever the opportunity presents itself; and this would certainly apply to purchasing furniture for your log-home! Believe it or not, furniture is marked up by as much as 500%, so buying when the ‘buying is good’ is the name of the game! “But when IS the buying good?” you might ask; and the answer t...
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6 Tips To Make Your Log Home Last and Last
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log homes
|Josh Horner
Did you know that if a log home is well taken care of, it can last for centuries? Yes, it’s true! And let’s face it, you’ve invested a lot of hard-earned money into your log home and keeping it in pristine condition should be at the top of your priority list. Log home maintenance doesn’t have to be stressful as long as you follow regularly-scheduled preventative measure...
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Types of Bugs That Prey On Log Homes- And How To Stop Them!
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log homes
|Leroy Walker
There’s no doubt about it—you absolutely love your log home; but, unfortunately, there are others that love your home as much as you do—insects! These pesky vermin represent a real threat to the structural integrity of your home-sweet-home; and knowing how to deal with them is crucial.
Both seasoned, dry wood and wet, rotting wood are vulnerable to wood-eating or wood-d...
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Log Home Staining Preparation - What To Do
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Log Home Stain
|Leroy Walker
Getting your log home prepped prior to staining is a big deal but that doesn’t mean the preparation will necessarily be difficult! Carefully scrutinizing your log’s exterior walls is crucial; and using professional products recommended by builders or industry professionals is more important than most realize. For those who choose to select short-cuts and lower-end maint...
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