Home Maintenance
Home maintenance will keep your cabin in top shape throughout the different seasons. Learn how to keep your septic running, restore an old cabin, and stain your log home to have it looking like new.

This guide will help you diagnose and solve eight common maintenance issues with your cabin to keep it in good condition.
The good news is that composting toilets are affordable, easy to install, quite pleasant to use, and designed for small spaces.
As all cabin owners know, pests and local wildlife can be some of the most difficult challenges associated with owning a cabin,...
The holiday season is for visiting loved ones, eating delicious food and snuggling up by the fire in your cabin. Emergency plumbing or water heater disasters are not included in the festivities.
One idea to save you money this season may be unexpected: your home’s windows.
With housing and historic preservation shifting in one of Wyoming's prized mountain towns, resident Esther Judge-Lennox is on a...
Buying, restoring and preserving an old cabin can be incredibly rewarding. But it's not without its pitfalls. Here's what to co...
The Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1st and runs through November 30th. Ready your cabin with these tips.
After a long winter, spring is the season of new life for our cabins. This checklist gives our cabins the care they need to rep...
It Started with a Dream. A young boy and his dad. Hours spent tucked away together fishing the trout streams of New Hampshire’s...
Megan Schetzsle of The Cabin Diary shares with us her insider tips for choosing the right firewood for your wood stove.
I am building a shower with two walls made of logs. How should I protect those logs?
I just bought a log home that belonged to a smoker and smells like it. Is there any way to get rid of the smell? I’m replacing ...
Should I wash my home periodically? If so, how often and what should I use?
Keep cabin pests from making themselves at home with The Cabin Diary's tried-and-true tips:
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