Thoughts & Musings

Lift Your Spirit

December 3, 2025

modern mountain log home with elevatorOnce, a home elevator was a big, clunky add-on, often requiring a shaft, a noisy hydraulic motor, and a house architectural overhaul. These days, the picture is very different. Thanks to smarter engineering, new materials, and shifts in homeowner tastes, lifts are becoming sleek, subtle, and something that almost blends in with our home styles. And for many people, that makes them practical exceptions, not just for our log lodges and mansions, but for smaller multi-story homes or even for retrofitting one of our older log or timber homes.

So if you’re picturing a glorified freight-elevator, think again. Here’s what’s up…so to speak…
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What, Were You Born in a Barn?

November 3, 2025

Barn door separating a main living room from a family room

There’s just something about sliding barn doors that hits the perfect mix of cozy and cool. Maybe it’s the farmhouse nostalgia. Maybe it’s the satisfying glide along that metal track. Or maybe it’s simply that barn doors make any room feel like it got a personality upgrade overnight. Whatever it is, we (and Pinterest-addicts) are not letting barn doors go anytime soon. Read more

Whatever Floats Your Boat (Plane)…

October 7, 2025

If you’ve ever visited a lakeside community where the hum of a floaWhite and blue floatplane in front of a cedar cabintplane echoes across the water, you already know—there’s a certain kind of magic in places where log and timber homes meet aviation.

There’s something timeless about log and timber homes. They fit naturally into forested shorelines, mountain valleys, and tucked-away coves. They feel permanent and strong—like they’ve grown right out of the land they sit on. Now add a float plane tied up at the dock out front, and suddenly that picture of rustic charm gets a thrilling twist of freedom. Read more

Does this color suit me?

September 22, 2025

One of the most exciting (and honestly, kind of intimidating) parts of building or refreshing a log home for our clients is choosing the color. Unlike slapping a coat of paint on drywall, a log home has personality, history, and texture built right into it. The color you choose doesn’t just sit on the surface—it becomes part of the vibe of the whole property.

So, what’s trending right now in log home colors? Read more

Invitation to the Party

August 8, 2025

invitation being handed to someoneWe often talk about the TEAM, the CORE GROUP or the COLLABORATIVE we are made up of and what it takes to be invited into this circle — that 110%, overachiever, extra mile attitude thing. I’m not referring to just our Town + Country family, but all involved in the journey of handing over the keys to your dream. Every aspect, every level, at every step of the process, at every intersection. These are all the people that really make it happen …or not. Read more

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