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Take a moment and imagine your ideal floor plan. What comes to mind? Maybe it’s a spacious great room centered around a soaring fireplace or perhaps it’s a cozy, eat-in kitchen. The details of your vision are clues that can lead you to the perfect home design — whether it’s a plan from our Premier Series, Cedar Valley Series or Camp Series (with your own modifications, of course!) or a completely custom design.

One of the best ways to narrow down a design plan is to start with questions about your lifestyle, lot and budget. When you team up with Ward Cedar to create your dream home, we will begin with an in-depth, personalized conversation that touches on each of these areas. But if you can’t wait to get started, here are five questions that will help you zero in on your ideal design:
 

While building a home is a unique journey personal to you and your family, there are often a few main reasons why folks choose to build a log, timber or hybrid home. A few things that might top your list: the warm and cozy look and feel of natural wood, the superior energy efficiency and the proven longevity of log and timber structures. But there may be one surprising benefit to building a house with Ward Cedar Log Homes that hasn’t crossed your radar. Living in a log home can be a boost to your health! Here are five ways living in a log home is good for your health.

If you love the look of logs but want something a little different than a traditional log home or cabin, Ward Cedar offers the perfect solution: the timber hybrid. Timber hybrids offer a number of benefits — from superb efficiency to creative design opportunities. Read on to discover the benefits of a hybrid home and see if this construction type is right for you.
 

Adding personality to your yard with special landscaping and hardscaping will add both value and beauty to your log or timber home’s surroundings. Follow these ideas to enhance your yard.