Through the years we’ve learned to give all of our customers this piece of advice: what you build always seems to cost more than you thought it would.

It’s the log home version of Murphy’s Law of the Buffet Line (you know, you always seem to pile on a lot more food than you can eat?).

So we suggest that you make a working budget that’s 5-10% less than your maximum budget. That will leave you a little wiggle room to add things you might want or need during the project.

And, hey, if you finish under budget, you can buy all those plastic flamingos you wanted to finish off your front yard.