Log and Timber Home Living

Cabin Calling

hen a nearly 5-acre lot nestled in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge mountains came calling, then Florida retirees Mike Beauchemin, a long-time home designer/builder, and his wife, Pat, couldn’t wait to answer the bell. Over the decades, Mike had built scads of log homes for clients, but he never

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