What is your opinion of the paint finish seen in this photo?
A) I love it just like it is
B) I’d put a fresh coat of paint on everything
C) I’d remove all the paint and have a clean natural wood finish.
Originally posted 2015-09-22 21:42:19.
Here’s proof that a brick chimney can look good on a log cabin… it’s tough to do, most that attempt it, fail.
It’s an unspoken rule that log cabins must have a stone chimney, I’ve never built anything but stone on the cabins that I have built, but here is a photo that shows there are no absolute rules with cabins.
Originally posted 2015-09-22 21:36:53.
I do like this cabin.
I’m one of those who likes nice painted wood on a cabin as much as I do their more rustic natural wood cousins.
But, I’m a little confused why the preservationists of this cabin started their siding as low on the house as they did… I would have started it higher up where the triangular gable end of the cabin began.
Originally posted 2015-09-22 21:20:57.
Here’s a bright and cheerful cabin.
She has been through several phases in her life so far… likely a rustic cabin when first built… then later on she was whitewashed… and later covered over with siding (when everyone lived in log houses, no one wanted to live in a log house).
Today the cabin’s owners have removed the siding on the front of the home to show those pretty logs to the world once more.
Originally posted 2015-09-21 13:37:01.
It’s a question worthy of thinking about… just think about living in a home built directly from items provided in nature… located in a natural environment. I’ve done it myself, trust me, it’s life changing.
Originally posted 2015-09-20 17:39:35.
Here we have a refined arched window on a rustic log cabin.
I know that I am not supposed to like it.
It’s certainly not traditional, and yet, for some reason I can’t stop looking at this image.
It’s a a bold move to do something like this… sometimes… bold moves can really work out.
Originally posted 2015-09-20 15:15:40.
A hewn cabin compliments the landscape, unlike so many other structures.
Originally posted 2015-09-19 16:58:20.
A whitewashed cabin… oh my… she is so fine.
Most people love wood so much that they just can’t ever bring themselves to painting it. I’m often torn myself… but I can say that I’ve never seen painted wood that looked bad.
Originally posted 2015-09-18 17:26:18.
“I’ve got an idea! Let’s put the staircase on the outside of the cabin… think of all the room that we would save!”
Great idea on a pleasant Spring day… mighty miserable the night a freezing rain sets in.
Originally posted 2015-09-18 17:15:01.
Now here is a cabin that REALLY impresses.
And, why is that?
It’s because she is just SO tall.
Log cabins by their very nature often look low and “squatty”.
Logs are heavy so builders tend to stop laying log courses quickly as the height of each hoist increases.
Also, all those horizontal lines found in a cabin tend to create a visual effect of shortness.
I have never seen a cabin that I felt was too tall. When the time comes to build your dream cabin… once you think the cabin is tall enough… add two more courses. Once it’s completed you’ll be tempted to send me a thank you card for how well it looks.
Originally posted 2015-09-17 15:59:23.
