The Log & Timber Home Design-Build EXPO is coming to the Ohio Expo Center (Rhodes Building). Discover Log Home, Log Cabin, and Timber Frame Home companies, builders, and suppliers.
What to see and do:
- Attend FREE seminars on the hour all weekend long on topics you want
- A great mix of Log Home and Timber Frame Companies
- Rustic One-of-a-Kind Furniture
- Suppliers including Care and Maintenance and Windows and Doors
You’ll find us in Columbus, just north of downtown on 17th Avenue off I-71. To reach us:
- From the North
Take I-71 South to 17th Avenue/Exit 111. Signs and parking attendants will direct guests to the proper parking areas.
- From the South
Take I-71 North to 17th Avenue/Exit 111. Signs and parking attendants will direct guests to the proper parking areas.
- From the West
Take I-70 East to I-71 North. Take I-71 North to 17th Avenue/Exit 111. Signs and parking attendants will direct guests to the proper parking areas.
- From the East
Take I-70 West to I-71 North. Take I-71 North to 17th Avenue/Exit 111. Signs and parking attendants will direct guests to the proper parking areas.
Parking:
Parking is $7
For a complete schedule of Seminars and a list of our attending Exhibitors, please visit our website at www.loghomeshows.com
Dates and Times:
January 30: 1 pm-7 pm
January 31: 10 am-6 pm
February 1: 10 am-4 pm
Where:
Ohio Expo Center-Rhodes Building
717 East 17th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43211
Admission: $10 online/$12 onsite/ FREE for 18 and under (tickets good all weekend)
Host Hotel: INFO SOON
Springhill Suites Columbus OSU
1421 Olentangy River Road
Columbus OH 4321
Rate:
Cutoff Date: Cutoff Date: 12/31/24
Booking Link: CLICK HERE
Phone: Phone: 614-297-9912
Hotel Description: *Free Full American and Buffet and Hot
Breakfast
Knowledge Is Power
Take in one of our hourly Seminars presented by industry pros. These education-based workshops cover everything from financing, design and construction of a timber frame home, log basics 101, to care and maintenance. These seminars are FREE and part of your admission. They are interactive and geared toward helping you down the path to building your dream home.
This is the schedule from last year; Look for the 2026 schedule as we get closer.
Friday’s Seminar Schedule
1:30pm- Planning Your Dream Home- Tailoring your home to meet your lifestyle.
Joni Miller, Oakbridge Timber Framing
2:30pm- Log Home Basics 101- Learn the basics about log types and log packages as they apply to the log home building process.
Dan Reeves, Hochstetler Log Homes
3:30pm- The Process to Planning & Building Your Timber Frame Home- An overview of the steps from floorplan design to the actual building of your Timber Frame home.
Dennis Sullivan, Cornerstone Timberframes
4:30pm- Dreams to Reality- Learn the steps to building a custom wood home that you need to take to go from dream to reality: from land to design, to builders, to choosing a log home company.
Lynn Gastineau, Gastineau Log Homes
5:30pm- Designing to Your Budget- Helping buyers understand the cost associated with one way vs. another and how to decide which way is best to set a realistic budget base on needs vs wants. Example: cost to build two story vs. one story; General contractor vs. owner build; basement vs. crawl space; block vs. poured wall, and so on.
Steve Chesser, Elite Crete Log & Timber Homes
Saturday’s Seminar Schedule
10:30am- Log Home Care & Maintenance- Learn what it takes to care for and maintain your log home.
Wayne Bell, Log Home Care
11:15am- The Process to Planning & Building Your Timber Frame Home– An overview of the steps from floorplan design to the actual building of your Timber Frame home.
Dennis Sullivan, Cornerstone Timberframes
12:15pm- Log Home Basics 101- Learn the basics about log types and log packages as they apply to the log home building process.
Dan Reeves, Hochstetler Log Homes
1:15pm- Designing to Your Budget- Helping buyers understand the cost associated with one way vs. another and how to decide which way is best to set a realistic budget base on needs vs wants. Example: cost to build two story vs. one story; General contractor vs. owner build; basement vs. crawl space; block vs. poured wall, and so on.
Steve Chesser, Elite Crete Log & Timber Homes
2:15pm- Planning Your Dream Timber Frame Home- Tailoring your home to meet your lifestyle.
Joni Miller, Oakbridge Timber Framing
3:15pm- Dreams to Reality- Learn the steps to building a custom wood home that you need to take to go from dream to reality: from land to design, to builders, to choosing a log home company.
Lynn Gastineau, Gastineau Log Homes
4:15pm- Panel Discussion with Industry Pros- The audience steers this interactive panel discussion, and Q&A with industry professionals covering the topics you need to know and answering your questions. Topics can include: design and budgets, floor plan design, finding a builder etc.
Sunday’s Seminar Schedule
10:45am- Panel Discussion with Industry Pros- The audience steers this interactive panel discussion, and Q&A with industry professionals covering the topics you need to know and answering your questions. Topics can include: design and budgets, floor plan design, finding a builder etc.
11:30am- Designing to Your Budget- Helping buyers understand the cost associated with one way vs. another and how to decide which way is best to set a realistic budget base on needs vs wants. Example: cost to build two story vs. one story; General contractor vs. owner build; basement vs. crawl space; block vs. poured wall, and so on.
Steve Chesser, Elite Crete Log & Timber Homes
12:30pm- The Process to Planning & Building Your Timber Frame Home- An overview of the steps from floorplan design to the actual building of your Timber Frame home. Dennis Sullivan, Cornerstone Timberframes
1:30pm- Dreams to Reality- Learn the steps to building a custom wood home that you need to take to go from dream to reality: from land to design, to builders, to choosing a log home company.
Lynn Gastineau, Gastineau Log Homes
2:30pm- Log Home Care & Maintenance- Learn what it takes to care for and maintain your log home.
Wayne Bell, Log Home Care
