November 2024 Log Home Living is Now Online

 November 2024 issue

Log Home Living is Now Online

https://www.honestabe.com/honest-abe-living/honest-abe-living-november-2024/

Features include:

[] A Timeless Christmas – galleries of customers' homes decorated for the holidays

[] Christmas Tree Design Tips – a video with Molly Cooper, interior designer, discussing Christmas trees for log homes

[] Coatings – a video interview with Paul Peebles from Sashco about wood coatings

[] Nice & Quiet – download info about sound transmission in log homes

[] Happy Veteran's Day – take a video tour of a house festooned for a patriotic holiday

[] HAL in the Kitchen – April Patterson makes hot chocolate in the crockpot

[] Algood Model Home Tour – take a video tour of Honest Abe's Algood Model at Cookeville

Floor Plan – download the Algood Floor Plan

[] Events – mark your calendars for 2025

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The Blog for LogHomesByJack is called News From Jack. It can be found at LogHomesByJack.com by clicking on the upper left corner. News from Jack contains many posts related to log and timber frame homes, stains, suggestions and Q&As. Also posted are all of our monthly e-magazines from Honest Abe Living as well as photos, floor plans and stain info. Contact Jack with your comments, questions or to set up a meeting. HutslarJack@gmail.com or 336-407-2157.

Honest Abe Living . October 2024

October 2024 issue of Honest Abe Living 

Now available online

https://www.honestabe.com/honest-abe-living/honest-abe-living-october-2024 and includes the following content:

Harbor Rest – see photos of a new SIP and Timber Frame home and read an interview with the owners.

What does an Honest Abe dealer do? A video interview with longtime dealer Dallas Powers and VP of Sales Jeff Clements

Get decorating and interior design advice from Molly Cooper of Cooper & Co.

Rick Webb of Perma-Chink Systems discusses their offerings and the company’s longterm relationship with Honest Abe in a new video

Honest Abe’s first president, Rick Denton, talks to videographer Allison Deckard about the early years

Take the ultimate Cloud 9 video tour of a Gatlinburg log mansion available to rent for fall vacations

Get ready for Thanksgiving with Honest Abe owners Janie Smith and April Smith Patterson as they demonstrate how to make Southern Cornbread Dressing

Download the custom Pleacher Plan and read a story and see photos of a home one couple waiting a lifetime to design

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Jack - Your Authorized Honest Abe Dealer

The Blog for LogHomesByJack is News From Jack. It can be found at LogHomesByJack.com by clicking on the upper left corner. News from Jack contains many posts related to log and timber frame homes, stains, suggestions and Q&As. Also posted are all of our monthly e-magazines from Honest Abe Living as well as photos, floor plans and stain info. 

Contact Jack with your comments, questions or to set up a meeting. HutslarJack@gmail.com or 336-407-2157.

Sansin.com Enviro Stains is what we offer

 Sansin.com Enviro Stains is what we offer

These water based wood stains allow the wood to breathe. Used for hundreds of years in old Northern Europe. Will not blister~peal~scratch. 100 colors. No fillers that turn dark. Safe. No dangerous or harsh odors. Water clean up. Nationwide service. Free shipping on large orders.

SDF for exteriors.

Purity for interiors.

SDF Floors.

DEC for porches and decks.

Firestop flame retardant.

*** See LogHomesByJack on Facebook and on line. 336-407-2157

Your Log Home Profile

Your Log Home Profile

We can assist you in the process of selecting your log, eco-panel or timber frame home to meet your specifications. 

Copy and paste this information into an email and send it to Jack@LogHomesByJack.com

Your Name:
Street Address:
City - State - Zip Code:

Your preferred email address:

Best telephone number:
Best time and day of the week to contact you:

Where do you plan to build:
When do you wish to begin: Month / Day / Year

Approximate square footage _____________ Budget Range ________________ 

1/1.5/2 story home ___ Log ___ Timber frame __ Eco-Panel ___ Log Siding __

Number of bedrooms ___ Number of bathrooms ____ 

Open KI-DR-LR ___ Distinct rooms ___ Porches ___

WICs ___ Pantry ___ Mud room ___

Cathedral / Heavy Timber ceiling ___ Loft ___ Prow  ___  Window wall ___

Basement ___ Walk out basement ___ Crawl space ___ Slab ___ Garage ____

Garage under ____ Garage attached ____ Carport ____ FROG Garage with apartment over ___

Have land ____ Have financing ____ DIY Self-builder ____ 

Shell dry in only needed ____ Turnkey needed ____

We are full time Independent Dealers for Honest Abe Log Homes based in Virginia and serving NC and any underserved area. 

Always available by appointment.

Just call Jack at 336-407-2157 [m] or 800-767-4916 to set up an appointment. Let me know when it is convenient to talk or meet, review your property situation, and go over your questions, ideas, floor plans and timetable.

We can meet with you anywhere, at the Lake, restaurant, on your property or in-between. I prefer any sit down place. By phone. On computer.

There is an extensive Photo Gallery here on this blog. See also the Floor Plan catalog.

See LogHomesByJack.com and also on Facebook as well as Jack Hutslar.

Independent Dealers for Honest Abe Log Homes = http://www.HonestAbe.com

September 2024 Honest Abe Living [with LogHomesByJack]

The September 2024 Honest Abe Living [with LogHomesByJack] Now Available online and contains the following stories:

[ ] Inspired by Childhood – HALH VP of Sales, Jeff Clements, shares his log home

[ ]How to Decorate a Rec Room That Appeals to All Ages and Interests - advice from designer Molly Cooper

[ ] Home Construction – learn more about our in-house construction options

[ ] Shavings Transformation – watch a video about Honest Abe's commitment to the environment

[ ] Register for the last log raising of 2024

[ ] Take a video tour of Settler's View Lodge

[ ] Honest Abe Living in the Kitchen –Lil’ Piggies in a Blanket

[ ] The Rivergate Floor Plan – a medium-sized plan with timeless appeal

Find the magazine here

https://www.honestabe.com/honest-abe-living/honest-abe-living-september-2024/

Brought to you by Jack Hutslar, your Virginia and North Carolina log home dealer for Honest Abe Log Homes. We also assist people in underserved areas. I have been a log home dealer since 2001. It would be good to meet with you and go over your plans, ideas, questions, budget and timetable plus construction needs.

Find the most up to date information on Facebook at LogHomesByJack.com and at Jack Hutslar.

Contact Jack@LogHomesByJack.com at 800-767-4916 or 336-407-2157 [m]

Random DIY Cabinet Color Tip from Jack

 Random DIY Cabinet Color Tip from Jack

It is common to see an eventual need to brighten your kitchen cabinets. It/They tend to darken over time. This “look” might also extend to interior doors, windows and trim.

When the wood or metal has been painted one or more times, just select a lighter color of paint and have at it. Easy done if you like that look.

Staining wood cabinets is a slightly different situation. Generally cabinets cannot be made lighter by applying a lighter color of stain over a darker stain. However, they can be made darker. Ditto for the outside. 

Note: this is big: Water based stains will not penetrate oil based stains. It will lay on the surface like water on a nice tabletop.

Sanding down the top coats of stain or paint to make your cabinets lighter is likely to be the necessary step. There are companies that do this. Be aware that interior cabinet stains can be oil based or water based. Not so much with water based stains.

To lighten your cabins, doors, windows and trim, a water based stain like Sansin provides comes in 100 colors. It will allow the wood to breathe. It will not be as shiny as the oil based stains. No heavy odors. Low VOCs. Easy to do touch ups. Water clean up. Safe.

Purity is the indoor stain that Sansin offers for log walls, cabinets, trim and other exposed beam roofing materials found inside new construction.

To learn more about this, go to Sansin.com. Look at the color and data sheets for Purity for interiors, DEC for porches and SDF for exteriors.

See LogHomesByJack or Jack Hutslar on Facebook.

Questions? Contact Jack@LogHomesByJack.com at 336-407-2157

You are welcome . . . jack

Sansin Enviro Stains

Jack Hutslar, Authorized Dealer

Ask Jack about Sansin Enviro Stains for your wood projects. 

Water based. Low VOCs. Breathable. Many colors. Nationwide service. 

SDF for exteriors. Purity for interiors. Floors. DEC for porches and decks. Firestop flame retardant. Sansin.com

LogHomesByJack on Facebook. 336-407-2157. Jack@LogHomesByJack.com