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.
There are many benefits of living in a cabin in the woods… one of them is Fall.
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.
Fall, has arrived.
It’s a great time of year.
A log cabin sure does blend into the environment, doesn’t it?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
