Log Homes

Some companies websites are amazing. Deep Creek Log Homes is no exception. This about page inspired me to want a log home, and to want to have these caring artisans craft it for me. Unfortunately for me they are located in North Carolina.

The foundation of Deep Creek Log Homes begins with hands on, log home construction experience. The most accurate information you could read about log homes comes from contractors who have hands on experience actually constructing log homes for people. People like you who carried the dream of log home living for years and then went through the emotional and financial investment of building a log home.

Being a log home builder since 1976 and working with many types of systems will teach you things about log homes that cannot be taught in a school or workshop. Our approach is to combine this field experience with proven engineering principles to create the ultimate log home package based on what really works! At the end of the day the final quality of your log home will be largely determined by 3 things:

1. Proper design of your home using sound engineering principles
2. Use of quality materials in every aspect of your home
3. Proper installation of these materials

Welcome to this weeks edition of Cabin Critiques, the column that takes you inside a cabin and gives you the in’s and out’s of it’s design. This week we are traveling way up to Okanagan Falls, British Columbia Canada to take a look at a showcase home built by Ramussen Log Homes. The guys at Ramussen take pride in a number of things, but at the top of their list is the fact that each one of the logs that pass through their site are hand peeled and fully scribed (contours are the same on sides of the log). Let’s have a look at some of their expert handy work:

In case you missed it a couple weeks ago we featured a couple of posts all about unique staircases and how much we loved them. Sure enough the cabin above is a perfect example of how a great set of stairs can add some flourish to a room. Just look at the way is curves and directs you to the alcove. Speaking of the alcove I’m kind of torn as to whether I like it or not. On one hand it’s a great design and reminds me of those “hidden lairs” we all played in as a kid, but on the other hand that very same idea of being hidden and confined comes off as dark and non-welcoming here. The best thing you can do to a cabin is add natural light and the alcove zaps some of the WOW!! off the gorgeous logs that line the room.

There are some good choices in furniture here with the couch being the perfect color and that leather chair just begging to be sat in. The piano in the corner is a nice touch as well, but the most spectacular part of this entire room is the look of the logs themselves. Each one looks hand crafted, have a great color to them, and really turn this cabin into something that everyone cabin lover would enjoy owning.

What do you guys think? Is the alcove a nice touch? Do the logs need to be another shape?

I’m finally back from a short break. I think I spent half my time stuck in the lodge at a ski resort in Kalispell. While sitting in the lodge I had plenty of time to check out log homes and lodges on the wifi while I watched my boyfriend make a fool of himself attempting to show off at snowboarding.

Here’s one of the classic homes that makes you feel like you are ushered into an entirely different era and age and puts you directly into a classic American movie.

This cabin setting next to a pond was built by Hearthstone Log and Timber Frame Homes, one of our premier Log Home Builders from Tennessee.

Named the Yoder Cabin, This cabin was a special project for a father and two sons. The project guided one son into an architectural career. This home was featured on the cover of Log Home Design magazine on September 2007 .

Coventry Log Homes Tradesman Series offers any newbie to the Log Home adventure a great starter house. Here’s one of my favorites.

Floor Plan: The Franklin

With a complete package at under 50,000 this is a great deal for your first home, or your first retirement home on the lake somewhere. Yet it’s roomy enough and has 3 bedrooms one of which can double as an office.

Contact Coventry Log Homes Today and Let em know the good folks over at Log Homes Journal sent ya.

from the HGTV archives: A Log Home Tour from Costa Rica. This is amazing and just what I’m dreaming.