The list below is just a collection of the hundreds of tutorials and ideas out there. We hope they inspire you to go searching in the back yard, woods or parks to find those great versatile logs.

Giant Wooden Trivet – This brilliant trivet would add style to any kitchen or dining table.

Log Book Ends – These book ends are simple to make and make a real natural earthy statement to your book shelf.

Log Slice Chalkboard Ornaments – This cute garland allows you to decorate the circles in any way you want may that be a ‘happy birthday’ lettering or Christmas drawings.

Log Handrail – So this DIY may be slightly extreme but looks simple and effortless connecting inside with outside.

Log Lounge Chair – A lounge chair made from logs? Yes this is a great weekend project to get your teeth stuck into.

Ombre Log Table – Add a colourful inexpensive table to your patio and brighten up the garden no matter what size.

Log Planters – A long lasting log planter could be filled with naturally log friendly plants like ferns and ivies.

Log Chalkboard – Get looking in the log pile for a perfect sized log, add some chalkboard paint and voilà.

Log Fairy Lights – Wrap any lights around a rustic log and you create a great lighting for inside or out.

Garden Path Made From Logs – This tutorial is simple to make and helps identify various garden areas in a stylish way.

Log Clock – You can turn almost anything into a clock, and this DIY turns a log into one – a great wall feature.

Rustic Pencil Holder – This pencil holder is a cheap and fun way to store your pencils whilst brightening your room at the same time.

Woody Mirror – With lots of log slices and an old or new mirror, you too can make a really pretty mirror.

Panton Log Chair – With the right log, tools and vision you can create a copy cat chair inspired by Verner Panton. Simply follow this video tutorial.

Rustic Table Centerpiece – This great video tutorial shows you how to make a wonderful centrepiece whether that be for a wedding, a formal occasion or even Christmas.

Faux Stacked Logs Fireplace – Stacked logs are so fashionable right now. If you want the look  but not the actual logs and fuss then this is the DIY for you.

Log Candle Holder – It is very likely you have these materials lying around the house, if so…then this DIY is completely free!

One Log Rocket Stove – With a few basic skills you could make this outside stove cheaply and quickly. Outside cooking is the best!

Rustic Log Cake Stand – This beautiful cake stand would be perfect for an outdoor wedding, combing style and nature to make a real feature.

Easy Log Coasters – An inexpensive DIY, these could make great gifts, why not get the kids involved to paint some funky patterns and designs.

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A practical, sustainable lifestyle can be centered around a beautiful and affordable log cabin when you use one of these 10 ideas for building your own cabin in the woods.

Hardy Cabin

The picture most people have in mind when thinking of a log cabin, this Hardy Cabin design is the ideal design. Beautiful, functional, energy efficient and inexpensive to build and maintain.

Big and Beautiful

This log cabin can house a large family comfortably while blending in with the natural surroundings. These step-by-step log cabin plans will have you living stress-free with plenty of room to grow.

Keops Log Cabin

Style, function and beauty meet on this video which details how to build a log cabin the Keops way. These log cabin floor plans on video are easy to follow for any DIYer.

Alaska Style

Use these plans for log home living Alaska style. Cut down the trees on your own land and use them to build this lovely wood cabin. Nothing from the tree goes to waste when building an Alaska style cabin.

Handsome and Sturdy

Built to last, these DIY plans will provide log home living for generations. A solid rock foundation supports hewn logs to create a handsome and sturdy cabin, complete with a covered front and potential basement.

Cheap Log Cabin

If you want to go cheap, these DIY plans are for you. Build a comfy log cabin for $100 using the Norwegian stabbur design. Built on rock pillars with a wide roof overhang, small door and windows, this log house plan is cheap to build, energy efficient and easy to maintain.

Dovetail Notches

Nail-free and built to stand the test of time, these log home plans utilize dovetail notches. Harvest timber from your own property, then create DIY a dovetail jog (plans included on this site) and you’ll be able to cut logs that will fit perfectly together like a jigsaw puzzle.

A-Frame

The A-frame is a basic cabin design that stands up to the elements well and is cheap to build. For under $6,000, these DIY plans will enable you to build a rustic A-frame cabin complete with covered front porch and plenty of interior loft space for sleeping or storage space.

Cedar Log Homes

Use this information provided by three different families who have already built their own log homes to help you decide what is right for your own DIY cabin. Wood choices, such as cedar, cabin size and usage are all things to consider prior to building.

Reclaimed Log Cabin

You don’t have to start from scratch to have a rustic, log cabin lifestyle. Recycle an old homestead by re-claiming logs and fireplace bricks with these plans. Abandoned log cabins that have endured the elements for decades may not be livable as-is or in the location you want it to be, but those are just minor details which can be overcome. The logs and other materials can be re-claimed, dismantled, moved and reassembled and given new life as your new reclaimed log home.

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Check out these ideas and plans for homemade firewood processors so you can build your own homemade wood splitter and save yourself a lot of time and money.

Hydraulic Wood Splitter

Keep your wood box full without a lot of effort with this DIY hydraulic system that will split wood with ease and help keep your home warm all winter.

Small and Portable

A homemade log splitter can be both powerful and small. And the portability of this log splitter plan makes this one a winner for anyone wishing to heat their home with wood.

30-Ton Powerhouse

It’s easy to turn large trees into stacks of firewood with this 30-ton powerhouse log splitter. Follow this YouTube instructional video on how to build a log splitter so you can turn large trees into small pieces of wood ready for the fireplace.

Two-Way Log Splitter

Use these step-by-step instructions on how to make a log splitter and you’ll be able to build a powerful wood splitter that can cut both large and small pieces of wood quickly and easily.

No Lifting Wood Splitter

Here’s a wood splitter that will lift the wood for you and put it into place on the machine. Follow these detailed instructions for a DIY machine that will split your wood and save your back.

Unicorn Wood Splitter

This DIY wood splitter takes a different approach to the task by using a sharp-ended auger style splitter instead of a blunt edge.

Homemade Portability

Sometimes it’s easier to take the log splitter to the wood instead of bringing the wood to the splitter. These DIY plans will enable you to build a strong and portable wood splitter very inexpensively.

Scrap Metal Log Splitter

A little scrap metal laying around your home can be transformed into a homemade firewood processor with this simple building plan.

Manual Log Splitter

Easy to follow diagram will enable you to build this manual log splitter with very little out-of-pocket expense. This one requires some elbow grease to use, but still makes splitting wood a lot easier and quicker than just using an ax.

Flywheel Wood Splitter

Scrap parts and a little ingenuity created this flywheel wood splitter, and now you can build your own by following this instructional video.

Quick Working Log Splitter

Turn a pile of felled trees into neat stacks of ready-to-burn wood for the wood heater or fireplace in no-time with this quick working log splitter design.

Foot Power Design

This easy-to-build DIY log splitter does its work with foot power. Easy to build and easy to to use, just step down on the pedal to split the log.

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