Craft Your Legacy: Explore the Beauty and Strength of Log Homes
At New World Custom Homes, we understand the enduring appeal of log homes. These timeless structures offer a unique combination of rustic charm, natural beauty, and enduring strength.
Whether you’re envisioning a cozy cabin or a grand family home, we’re here to guide you through every step of the process, from land acquisition and design consultations to expert construction.
Click the light blue links for educational resources to help you in your quest for designing and building the perfect log home.
Embrace the Possibilities
Explore Financing Options: We partner with trusted lenders to help you find the perfect financing solution for your dream log home.
Competitive Package Pricing: We’re confident in our competitive pricing and are committed to matching or beating competitor package prices.
Compare Log and Timber Frame Packages: Choose from comprehensive log or timber frame packages, each with detailed inclusions and clear comparisons.
Delve Deeper
Wood Species and Kiln Drying: Learn about the various wood species available and the benefits of kiln drying for superior stability and longevity.
Manufacturing Expertise: Discover the craftsmanship behind your log home with insights into the manufacturing process at Honest Abe Log Homes, a trusted American company with a rich heritage.
Log Homes are Quiet: Download a study about sound transmission in log homes.
Energy Efficient: Read a study by Oak Ridge National Laboratories about the energy efficiency of log homes.
Home Project Timeline: Find out more about the timeline for completing a log home.
Floor Plans
Floor Plans Most people who want a log or timber frame home have been envisioning how they want their house to look from the outside for a long time before they actually have a plan for building it. They also have a sense of what they want and need on the inside, but...
Photo Galleries
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words In Honest Abe‘s decades of designing and manufacturing log and timber frame homes, the company has served more nearly 10,000 customers. Below you’ll find examples of homes in a variety of styles, designs and sizes. You’ll also be...
Why is New World an Honest Abe Log Homes Dealer?
A Partnership Built on Quality and Expertise At New World Custom Homes, we're committed to providing our clients with the finest log and timber frame homes possible. That's why we've chosen to partner with Honest Abe Log Homes as our trusted manufacturer....
What’s in a Log Package?
Review log package contents for a log home or cabin sold and built by New World Custom Homes and designed and custom-milled by our supplier, Honest Abe Log Homes. Subfloor System Foundation – By Owner Treated Sill with Termite Shield & Sill Seal Joists, 2″x10″...
Homeowners’ Responsibilities During the Build
Plan for Your Role in Building Your Custom Home One of the most common questions New World Custom Homes is asked regarding the log home design, purchase and construction process is “What are my responsibilities?” We’ve developed a quick reference guide to answer these...
Species
Eastern White Pine Here’s why New World Custom Homes’ manufacturer, Honest Abe Log Homes, selected Eastern White Pine as the species used for wall logs, log sidings, support posts, blocking, porch posts, porch plates, porch rafters and railings. Least resinous of all...
How to Select Land for a Log Home
Tips for Choosing Land We hope this downloadable resource from Honest Abe Log Homes will help you in choosing the right land for a log or timber frame home.
Price Match Guarantee
New World Custom Homes and Honest Abe is so confident about package prices for log and timber frame homes, our prices are backed up by the Honest Abe Honest Value Guarantee. Working through or manufacturer Honest Abe, New World...
Honest Abe Living Magazine
Honest Abe Log Homes, the designer and manufacturer of cabins and timber frames sold and built by New World Custom Homes, publishes its free magazine, Honest Abe Living, online monthly. The interactive publication is filled with stories, photos, interviews, news,...
Builder’s Risk Insurance
Peace of Mind During Construction: Builder's Risk Insurance Explained At New World Custom Homes, we understand the excitement and anticipation that comes with building your dream home. However, the construction process also involves unforeseen circumstances....
Choosing a Log Profile
Log Profiles Your Project Can Look Like You Imagined. Just Choose the Right Profile. The log style you choose determines how you home or building will look. Here’s an overview of the log styles offered by New World Custom Homes to help you understand how various log...
What’s the Manufacturing Process?
On the surface, you would think all log home companies manufacture home packages in their own facilities. Unfortunately, that’s not the case. New World Custom Homes chose to be a dealer of Honest Abe Log Homes for many reasons, but one of them is that the company is a...
Need Help Financing Your Log Home?
Advice from New World Custom Homes Log Homes on Preparing for a Loan Unless you won the Powerball or inherited a fortune from a long-lost relative, you’re probably going to need a loan to build you log or timber home. Hopefully, you’ve already taken steps to...
Log & Timber Frame Introduction
Get an overview of our manufacturer, Honest Abe Log Homes, by downloading or reading online this company introduction. We are proud to be be Independent Dealers for this family-owned company founded in 1979
Kiln Drying Is Imperative
Why is Kiln Drying Important? Uniformity and stability. Kiln-dried logs are “pre-shrunk” before milling to a final profile to create a uniform and stable log wall system with less settling and tighter joints. In fact, throughout much of the United States, our log wall...
Designing a Log or Timber Home
Watch a video explaining the design process for a home bought from New World Custom Homes and manufactured by Honest Abe Log Homes
Log & Timber Planning Guide
We know you have many questions about how to prepare a plan for building your log or timber frame home. Download this guide and watch a video with Honest Abe's VP of Sales, who has been helping homeowners have the homes they wanted for almost 30 years.
3-D Tours of Three Model Homes Built by Honest Abe Log Homes
These three 3-D videos presented below enable you to not only see a video tour of the property, if you click the little row of tools on the bottom left side you are able to interact with the video in another way altogether. It “explodes” the floor plan so that you can see it from multiple angles, give you measurements, shows cutaways and more. These homes exist in three Tennessee towns and serve as models for our manufacturer, Honest Abe Log Homes. Call us at New World Custom Homes, and we will arrange an in-person visit to any or all these homes. We can also register you for log raisings and other special events or schedule you for a tour of the manufacturing facility where your home will be custom milled.