Design Your Own “Historic” Home

Design Your Own “Historic” Home

How Chinking and Square Logs Can Be Manufactured, Stained and Constructed to Create a Home That Looks Like It Has Been Around for a Century or More For those who love the charm of historic log homes, modern construction techniques allow for the creation of new homes...
Designing a Floor Plan for Aging in Place

Designing a Floor Plan for Aging in Place

Designing a log or timber home with aging in place in mind requires thoughtful planning to ensure comfort, safety, and long-term accessibility. Whether building a dream home for retirement or simply preparing for future needs, incorporating aging-in-place principles...
Price Match Guaranteed

Price Match Guaranteed

Honest Abe Honest Value Guarantee Let us compare quotes and match pricing. Let Honest Abe Compare Home Package Quotes for Best Price Serenity Log Homes and Honest Abe is so confident about package prices for log and timber frame homes, our prices are backed up by the...
What’s Included in a Log Home Package?

What’s Included in a Log Home Package?

Log Home Package Contents What's in your log home package? Log Package Contents Review log package contents for an Honest Abe designed and milled log home or log cabin custom made and shipped directly from our family-owned plant since 1979. Subfloor System  Foundation...
What Species do We Use?

What Species do We Use?

Wood Species Eastern White Pine and Douglas Fir make a great combination. View Photos of Homes Designed and Manufactured by Honest Abe Here’s why we use Eastern White Pine for wall logs, log sidings, support posts, blocking, porch posts, porch plates, porch rafters,...
Choose Your Log Profile & Corner

Choose Your Log Profile & Corner

Log Profiles How do you want your log home to look? Your Project Can Look Like You Imagined The log style you choose determines how you home or building will look. Here’s an overview of the log styles offered by Serenity Log Homes to help you understand how various...
Download Floor Plan Catalog

Download Floor Plan Catalog

Floor Plan Catalog View online or order our floor plan catalog and the companion planning guide. Click the Floor Plan Catalog Above to Read for Full Screen View or Download the PDF Helpful Booklets, Studies and Brochures Click These Titles to Download 10 Steps to...
Why Kiln Dry the Logs & Timbers?

Why Kiln Dry the Logs & Timbers?

Kiln Drying Stability and many other benefits result from kiln drying. Why does Honest Abe kiln dry the logs (and every other piece of wood) used in your wood building?   Uniformity and stability. Kiln-dried logs are “pre-shrunk” before milling to a final...