About the Country Home Journal

he Country Home Journal is a forum for sharing ideas on designing, building and maintaining a country place. It covers country homes, outbuildings and landscapes with a focus on using simple designs, building and living in harmony with nature, and on reducing costs in construction and maintenance.

You’ll find good advice from a variety of contributors, inspirational designs from the past and reviews of the best reference books, construction plans and how-to videos. The CHJ will keep you up-to-date about great web sites for your needs. And, our editor and contributors will scour the Internet and off-line sources for valuable resources.

There are comment boxes at each article. Please help us and other readers by sharing your ideas and experiences.

Email your questions and suggestions to: editor@countryhomejournal.com. We’ll try to find the answers that you need.

Caution

The ideas expressed on the Country Home Journal are simply the opinions of our editor and contributors. Although we try to present accurate information, we can’t guarantee that that’s always the case. The Country Home Journal, its editor and its contributors can not be responsible for the content of the various websites that we link to.

Since the CHJ focuses on construction, building design, plans, kits and prefabs, we have to remind you that it’s important to have all blueprints, building kits and products reviewed by your building department or by an experienced building professional who knows local conditions, before you purchase or start to build. Plans, products, kits and prefabricated buildings may have to be modified by a local professional to suit your building, health and zoning codes, your site’s conditions and your location’s weather requirements.

The Country Home Journal is sponsored by advertisers who appear on linked websites. Although we try to work only with the best companies, we can’t be responsible for other websites’ content, products or policies. Please report any problems you have with any of our advertisers and sponsors and we’ll try to help.

Articles on the Country Home Journal are not paid endorsements of any websites, products, books, advice or plans. Plans, products, websites, ptrefabs and guides are listed and reviewed on this site, for free, at the discretion of the editor, in the hope that the information about them is useful to readers.