A new home using antique logs
This home took great liberties with the use of an abundance of fine antique hewn logs and timbers to create a spectacular, though not historic accurat, interior.
Originally posted 2015-09-27 15:07:30.
Not just homes were made of logs
Remember the Sabbath… what a fine church!
Originally posted 2015-09-27 14:41:50.
Five essential first steps in building a dream cabin
Here’s a great start towards having a dream cabin…
1) A timeless design
2) Vintage logs
3) A properly built stone chimney
4) Wood shake roof (anything but asphalt shingles)
5) Great location
Originally posted 2015-09-26 20:57:57.
The beauty of aged wood
There a special warmth to the soul that one gets when living in a home built of aged wood.
It cannot be reproduced with new lumber.
But, it can be achieved in building a new home by using salvaged materials.
Originally posted 2015-09-26 15:45:33.
A cabin in the woods
There are many benefits of living in a cabin in the woods… one of them is Fall.
Originally posted 2015-09-25 12:44:31.
The best design class is an old house
An old home with lots of fine detailed features…
Originally posted 2015-09-25 12:36:31.
Barns and churches
For most of this country’s history our largest buildings were our churches and our barns.
Now we have Walmart and Target.
Originally posted 2015-09-25 12:06:08.
Fireplace cooking
Any well built masonry fireplace can be used for cooking. All that’s needed is the proper equipment.
There are few things finer than a meal cooked on an open fire.
Originally posted 2015-09-25 12:00:11.
No partitions in a log cabin!
A log cabin is at it’s best when it used as one single room… a room with four log walls.
One of the many flaws in cabins using “log cabin kits” is that these cabins are divided up into various rooms each having a wall or two which is log.
I prefer either a small log cabin with a lean-to addition where the cabin serves as living space with a bedroom above it.
Or, a larger home that has one of more log additions off of it where these cabins serve as… living rooms, dens, bedrooms, or dining rooms.
Originally posted 2015-09-24 19:39:40.
What will your legacy be?
Stone walls.
Stone roof.
Zero maintenance.
And a joy to look at!
What a charmer.
The life expectancy of such a structure (if it can avoid earthquakes and bulldozers)?… certainly hundreds of years… perhaps thousands of years.
What else can a person do during a lifetime that can impact and bless people that far into the future?
Originally posted 2015-09-24 16:18:32.