Jason's Log Furniture Reviews

I have a toddler in my house.  He has the tendency to be a very picky eater.  I am constantly on the lookout for new recipies that will whet his appetite while providing him with a healthy dose of fruits, vegetables, and lean meat.  Some concoctions are successful and he eats them almost as good as a bowl of mac ‘n cheese, but others cause him to turn his nose up and look away to instead point at the trucks going by the window.  It’s a frustrating process for me, as it is for most (if not all) parents of toddlers.

In order to bring some good times, fun, and happy smiles to the dinner table, I get the crayons and watercolors out for us to enjoy some art projects.  This eases the frustration he and I experience when seated at the table for mealtimes and makes happy memories that (hopefully) overshadow the more challenging times.  The dining room table is becoming the centerpiece of our family times together, which is exactly what I want to happen.  Once our youngest son is in his own high chair, all four of us will sit at the table together for meals and spend some quality time exchanging smiles and sorrow, laughter and tears.  Not only is it a place for meals but a gathering place for craft projects, creative outlets, and eventually homework central.

Our dining room table is currently a modern-looking piece with metal legs and a glass top.  I have been not-so-secretly wishing for something a bit more rustic and woodsy, but once my son starting using crayons I immediately discovered that glass is a godsend.  Colored wax, ink, and paint wipes right up off the glass and it looks as good as new after a damp paper towel or two.  I began to rethink the desire for a solid log dining table until I happened upon the Cedar Lake Cabin Log Dining Table.  This impressively sturdy table displays all of the natural beaty of cedar logs and will certainly stand up to the rigors of two little boys.  It is a fitting family centerpiece.  But, best of all for a mother like me, the top can be coated with a liquid glass finish that will essentially give this tabletop all the easy care qualities of the glass one I currently have.  The liquid glass evens out the wood and allows all it’s natural qualities to show through, including beetle tracks, hollowed-out ant colonies, and even the natural rot that was affecting the tree.  Such characteristics can become part of tabletop stories with us and the boys.  Now, if it could only get them to eat their vegetables.  I guess I’ll just have to keep searching for a solution to that dilemma.

It has been awhile since I have truly experienced an Iowa winter.  We have enjoyed the warmth of the South the past two years and the much-milder-than-the-Midwest winters of the southeast for the three years prior to that.  I had forgotten how raw and blustery the Iowa snowstorms could be.

Others who live in our immediate area warned us that the wind really howls through our neighborhood.  However, they assured us that we are on the leeward side of the snowdrifts.  This winter season has been unusually mild so, until very recently, we had to take our neighbors at their word.  With this last storm, we experienced some of what they were talking about.  Our front yard was relatively drift-free, except for one that wrapped around from the corner of the house right to the driver’s side door of our pickup truck parked in the driveway. Luckily this was a light snow; otherwise, we may have had to shovel the door of the truck out of a drift in order to get into it.

As with nearly any drifting situation, a barrier can be used to control that nasty little guy in our front yard.  By putting up a fence-like structure at the corner of our house, we can shorten the drift enough to keep it away from the truck.  However, actual snow fences can be quite unsightly, need to be put up every fall, taken down in the spring and then tucked away in storage during the warmer months.  Luckily there are other options.

Shrubs, grass, and trees present natural snow barricades, as well as provide habitat for birds and wildlife.  The right varieties can enhance your landscape dramatically, as well as provide assistance with any drainage issues you may have.  Be sure to plant perennial varieties to lessen the amount of maintenance you have to provide.

Another alternative is to install a structure that works to block wind.  Just like natural plantings, it can beautify your landscape as well as provide a visual breakup to your garden.  A trellis, expertly crafted from naturally insect and decay-resistant cedar, is a perfect way to accentuate your landscape and to block the breeze when the winter winds blow.  This rustic backdrop for climbing vines will virtually disappear into its surroundings while providing height to the garden ensemble.  Leave the vines attached to the trellis during the winter to further enhance its wind blocking capabilities.  Use several of these trellises together for areas that need a wider snow “fence”.  They are a beautiful, low maintenance, eco-friendly way to block the snow without installing an unsightly fence in your front yard.

Sure, we are supposed to eat meals together as a family around the dinner table.  Experts agree that a family that makes the time to gather around the table for at least one meal a day is often healthier and shares a stronger bond than those who do not.  Many busy families grab meals as they are able and eat anywhere from the front seat of the car while driving to some function or another to on their bed while they study for tomorrow’s test.

I also am a believer in eating around the dining room table together, but even though our kids are very young and not yet involved in activities, it can be very difficult to get everyone to the table at the same time for a meal.  I am not giving up hope, however.  I want to make it a practice that at least one or two nights a week we make it a priority to enjoy a meal together.  One such evening at our house occurs every Friday.  I make homemade pizza and we sit down together in front of the television to enjoy our pie and a movie.  Of course, this scenario does not facilitate much communication but at least we are enjoying an activity as a family and making it a tradition that we all expect and anticipate every week.

Eating in the living room can be a little messy, especially with young children.  Not all of our furniture has a table alongside on which to rest plate and drink.  Using TV trays is a solution, but with limited space in the living room, storing them between Fridays can be a hassle.  The  provides a handy surface for eating and makes storage a snap.  The sturdy tabletop elevates up to a 25” height, perfect for both the little and big people at my house.  When we are finished with the meal, the top lowers back onto the rustic coffee table, creating a seamless piece of living room furniture that offers both style and storage.  I think all would agree, this piece of log furniture is a great way to gather the family around for a meal yet offers flexibility for all of the other activities that go on in a busy household.

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Research has shown that families who share a meal around the table together are stronger and communicate with each other better.  From an early age, kids can take part in the fellowship at the table and feel a part of the family camaraderie.  Sitting at the table with adults makes children feel more grown-up and included, part of the conversation, and enables them to enjoy in any fun and frivolity that may be happening over the table top.

Pint-sized people don’t always have to sit at the adult table in order to engage in fellowship.  Child-sized furniture is perfect for small talk, snack time, and craft projects.  Your little people can gather around and enjoy each other’s company on a smaller scale.  The Aspen Mountain Kids’ Table Set brings the table top down to a more accessible level for children.  The Aspen log seats allow the kids to sit in any direction and get up and down quickly, as busy little people like to do.  The rustic design and natural character of the aspen furniture masks most of the scratches and marks that are inevitability going to mar the finish of kids’ furniture.

With the use of booster seats and high chairs, all of your family can still enjoy a meal together at the adult dining room table, but a kid-sized table and chairs are a great addition to the family’s eating and gathering space.  Even though it will take up some valuable real estate in the room, the kids will appreciate having their own place at which to sit.  That right-sized rustic furniture table set will provide a whole lot of fun for the little people in your house while encouraging together time for the entire family.

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Remodeling and rearranging can be a lot of work, but can also be a lot of fun!  How many times have you wanted a change and looked at a room in your home, only to start moving furniture around to get a fresh perspective on the world as you view it.  If you add a different color of paint to the walls, perhaps change up your window treatments and artwork in the room, it can completely change the space so that it looks entirely different from when you began.

The same can be true in the electronic world.  If you haven’t visited JHE’s Log Furniture Place’s website lately, you need to go and check it out.  It has been completely redone. The new website design has a sleek appearance that I think you will love.  Now, along with change can come some frustration.  You were probably accustomed to the old site, knowing exactly where to go to find what you wanted.  If you are one of these people, view this change as an opportunity.  There are many new products and you may not notice them if you always navigate the same way to your desired destination.

On the home page of JHE’s Log Furniture Place, try hovering over the two categories of rustic furniture: “indoor” and “outdoor”.  This brings up a menu that allows you to easily choose the more specific destination you are looking for.  If you like to shop by wood type, that is also a selection available on the home page.  Additionally, if you know what piece you’re looking for, search it and it will appear instantly.

Set up an account on the site so that you can easily checkout and track your shipments.  For those items you either want as gifts or to save for a rainy day, add them into your own wish list.  Send the link to your wish list to family and friends at Christmas and birthday time.  Visit the Frequently Asked Questions or Blog links for additional information about the furniture that is sold on the site.

Think about how much difference moving a few chairs and tables can make in the look of one of the rooms in your house.  Sometimes it can open up an area that had previously gone undetected.  Consider the redesigned JHE’s website a similar act of rearranging furniture.  Now you can find the treasures that you previously were unaware of or did not see. There are also some really smart looking new designs in rustic and log furniture to check out. I urge you to go out and explore the new site today!

Have you ever found that you move into a house and run out of storage space before even half of your boxes are unpacked?  Perhaps you have been living in your home for a good long while and you keep finding new places to stash things, maybe even purchasing shelf and cabinet units to hide away your treasures.

It seems that a person can never have enough storage space.  For many of us, when we first start out living on our own, we live in a small space like an apartment or rented room.  Our storage limits are very small and they seem quite sufficient at the time.  But with subsequent moves, we seem to find that we accumulate more and more “stuff”, things that we just can’t part with.  We have to have places to stash away our possessions.

Wall space is an often under-utilized storage area.  Some of the treasures we have hidden away can double nicely as wall décor, hanging out for visitors and family to see and admire.  Give that cherished chotchke a handsome place from which to suspend.  The Rustic Natural Cedar Wall Peg Rack comes in two different sizes and is attractive enough to hang in any part of your home.  You may wish to hang only home décor objects from its rustic wooden pegs, or you may opt to situate this rack so that it can function as an actual place to hang coats or apparel.  The wooden pegs are tenoned into the half log base, so this piece can hold quite a bit of weight without sagging or giving way.

Furniture with multiple uses is a great asset to a home.  A rustic log wall peg rack can function as a base for hanging decorative items or as a sturdy home for coats and apparel.  Whatever its purpose, the items hangin’ out on it will look much more attractive on the rustic decor.

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When it comes to outdoor decorating, some people get extremely creative.  One of my favorite things to do this time of year is to visit thrift stores and flea markets, even some garage sales, to find new and unusual ways to display plants and create extra seating in and around my flower gardens.  Some of my past finds include an old television stand and a wooden bucket.

The best pieces to add to the flower bed and rustic outdoor décor are those with multiple uses.  I have an old ottoman that can be used as a footrest, function as a resting place for a solar lantern, raise a potted plant higher off the ground, or hold a cold beverage between a couple of chairs.  Its small size and light weight makes it an ideal candidate when we need a little table somewhere around the yard.  It can even be transferred indoors for a party in a pinch.

Thrift store finds can make great multifunctional outdoor décor, but most of those pieces are only good for a season or two.  They aren’t typically suitable for the outdoor elements, so they end up falling apart and deteriorating.  I hate it when one of my favorite outdoor pieces is no longer useable.

A piece like the Groovy Stuff Teak Wood Campfire Stump Seat may not be something that you find in a thrift store, but it is definitely a piece that can serve many different functions in your yard and garden.  It has the added bonus of extreme durability. This could become your favorite piece of super versatile outdoor furniture, and is capable of remaining so for many years.  This stump of teak wood can be used inside or outside.  If it is left outside, it will grey with age but can be brightened with a yearly coat of Briwax.

Teak is among the most durable of woods so decay will not be a problem for this piece.  If you put a potted plant on top of it, feel free to water away.  If you place the stump out where the rain can reach it, there will be no problem.  Obviously it makes a good seat and it makes an equally good end table – on top of being an excellent plant or lantern stand.  This piece has so many uses that it won’t leave you stumped on how to make great use it next.

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Rustic Natural Cedar Deluxe Garden Double Glider, Model #805

What can be more enjoyable this time of year than the beauty of new spring blooms? After a long, bleak winter the bright and cheery colors of blossoms can bring quite a smile to our face. It’s a sure sign that summer is on its way and we can put the coats and sweaters away in the back corner of our closet, not to emerge until the autumn winds blow again.

Spring is a celebration. It’s like new life, every year. Baby animals are born, trees bud, grass greens, and flowers bloom. Like any celebration, we want to mark it with a party. A garden party is the perfect way to ring in the season. There is nothing like sharing a warm, sunny spring day in the midst of spring blooms with your best friends.

The Garden Double Glider by Cedar Looks is like a party in one package. With comfortable seating for four and a removable center table, it is perfect for a garden tea party. It even comes complete with a top canopy to shield you from the sun, if you so desire. Set in the midst your garden, with an arbor full of clematis blooms in the background and some planter boxes full of pansies nearby, along with a vase of freshly cut tulips on the center table, your friends will be completely impressed while they take in the scenery.

This spring, throw a garden party for your friends. Whether it’s to reminisce or to welcome the spring blooms in your flowerbed, there will be no better time spent with your loved ones. Think of how relaxing it will be, gliding away the day while chatting and sipping beverages. You will want to sit and celebrate until summer comes sliding in!

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Rustic Lakeland Log Living Room

Many of us are lovers of log furniture and, even though we understand that its price reflects the time, care, and workmanship that go into it, we still do not have the funds to purchase it for our home. We attend home shows and linger over the log furniture, running our hands over it and sitting on it, closing our eyes and dreaming of how it would look in our living room or bedroom. We buy log home magazines off the shelf just to admire the photos of beautiful homes inside, with artistic log furniture layouts and rustic accents at every turn. Pages that contain the arrangements we cherish the most get torn out of the magazine and placed into an “idea” or “dream home” file. We aren’t sure if we can ever afford to have those pieces for our home, but smile about at least having a dream to look forward to.

At JHE’s Log Furniture Place, your dream for log furniture, even if you are on a restricted budget, can be much closer to reality. JHE’s offers an entire line of quality log furniture that features budget pricing. Several different options and styles are available at a significantly reduced price. The pieces are of no less quality than the more expensive options, but you will need to plan on investing a little more time and effort into assembling the pieces once they arrive at your door. Free shipping is still offered on many of the budget pieces, but since they are shipped in a more disassembled state, it reduces the price to the supplier, which in turn lowers the price that you have to pay. It is a win-win situation for all involved.

If you are one of those people who yearn for log furniture but think you can’t afford it, take a look at the budget line of log furniture offered by JHE’s Furniture Place. You can completely outfit your living room or bedroom for much less than you might think. And, because the quality is the same as more expensive pieces, it won’t look like you paid less. You just have to be willing to invest some sweat up front when assembling your furniture. When that initial investment is through, you and your pocketbook can rest easy and enjoy your furniture for a very long time.

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Log quilt racks are made to satisfy your every home decoration needs. Perhaps you got different types of quilts but you do not know where to place them. Every home decoration needs everything to be detailed. There is nothing like decorating your home with all sorts of pieces. What if you wish to create a great place that looks classical and rustic? You may want a quilt rack to organize them. You can keep them in place and in order if you are going to get a quilt rack which is both functional and stylish.

For sure you want to keep your colorful quilts or blankets in order. They may be part of your collection or maybe an inheritance from your mother-in-law. Surely every woman deserves to have a great collection of quilts. But how do you keep them in order especially if you have playful kids in your place. They are sure to grab and get everything they find in your home. Do not worry for there are online stores to the rescue. If you are going to browse online, you will greatly be surprised to check on many online shops offering wonderful quilt racks for your picking.

Since the development of internet technology, shopping is made even easier. With online shopping you do not need to leave your space. You can go shopping anytime you want without the need to rush in your favorite department store during late hours. There are many online shops to offer you with great log quilt racks for your colorful and stylish quilts and blankets.

You can get yours at affordable prices. You may have notices that many products offered online are cheaper than the ones offered offline. Well, online shops do not need to setup their retail facilities. They do not also need to hire an extensive staff to look after their business. They are surely going to offer you with huge discounts, too. Some of them would even offer free shipping for your quilt rack. Depending on the style and design you wish to get, you can browse on different collections.

You will never run out of choices if you are going to choose your product online. Perhaps, you will not also regret your choice because your investment is worth it. Most of the online shops offer their wood products with high quality. Some of them have been around for many decades now. Quality is at hand if you are going to go for online shops. They are in full blast operation and competition. JHE’s Log Furniture will never fail your expectations.

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