American Heritage Contest

A Celebration of American Homes With three national magazines and two websites devoted to living the American dream in a beautiful log or timber home, we celebrate American Heritage every day. In honor of National Log Cabin Month this July, we’d like you to tell us about your great American log or timber frame home. In honor of National Log Cabin Month this July, we’re looking for stories that celebrate how you live in your great American log or timber home.

2 Easy Ways to Enter

What says “America” to you? Perhaps it’s the old-fashioned stone hearth in the great room of your modern log home, or the annual Thanksgiving meal prepared in your traditional timber frame kitchen. Let us know by uploading a video or writing an essay (100 words or less). The winning entry will receive a special all-American prize package! Contest ended 07/15/2011

Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Introduce us to your home, tell us why you chose to live in a log or timber frame home, and how your home ties you to your American Heritage.

Tell us how your log or timber home embodies the American spirit.

Paint a picture of day-to day life in your log or timber home.

Write about what being an American means to you and how your log or timber home plays a vital role.

Weave a personal story about how the history of America (or your own family history) has inspired you to own a log or timber frame home.

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