Act as your own General Contractor (we can walk you through the process and always available for questions).  And the nice thing is - WE CALL BACK!

Pull your own permits and work with the County on codes (if your area requires inspections).

Subcontract out ALL of the work OR do some of the work yourself OR ask friends or family that might have TRADES that they could assist you with like electrical, plumbing, trim work, painting, staining the log siding, soffit or facia

Hire a crew to dry-in (framed up to the black paper on the roof and windows and doors installed - the interior remains DRY from the elements) your home.

Consider using scissor trusses rather than a stick-built roof.  You can save a lot of $$ on labor with scissor trusses and the look is just every bit as breath-taking.

Do you want a tongue & groove ceiling?  Buy your lumber in quantity, polyurathane and hang on the scissor trusses with a trimnailer.  It's a snap and easy!

Check your local custom cabinetmakers.  Honest to goodness, you can save at least a couple of thousand dollars over your local lumber supply retailer.  And what do you get knock -down GORGEOUS cabinets!

Ask your plumber to plumb to the site and YOU set your sinks and install your faucets.  Some subcontractors will give you a discount if you pay CASH and not a check - like 10%.  What is 10% of $4000 - $400 you can use some place else!!

Do you think you just have to have GRANITE countertops - PRICEY - go with the GRANITE TILE at a fraction of the cost.

Do you not like the light fixtures you are finding or are they too SPENDY?  MAKE them from a 2x6, stencil it or stain it and poly it, then buy an inexpensive unit for say $25, take out the fixture, globes and wiring, route out a back section of your piece of lumber, install the fixtures & wiring into your 2x6 or even a 2x8 piece of lumber and hang it.  Then folks ask you where in the world did you BUY your fixtures!

Can you hang drywall?  If so, hang it - then hire the subcontractors to tape and mud, then you can paint it yourself.  Unless you're a good drywall finisher....that is!!

Finish your own tongue and groove for the walls using stain and polyurathane or just polyurathane before it's installed.  I have a fast process if your interested - slick as a whistle!