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Article #66: Building a Log Home

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Although living may be a bit more and cheaper construction methods grew and
efficient *inside* in traditional the log cabin was replaced with stone,
housing, a modern home with all of mud, and brick type homes.
today's conventional trimmings doesn't Current Usage
quite allow us to enjoy nature the way Today, very few homes are built with
that log homes do. Modern homes are logs. In fact, it's a real treat to even
really built for communal living - find one. Still, they haven't lost their
complete with a residential plumbing appeal because more and more people are
sewer system, paved streets, shopping building homes in this style.
centers, and a piece of the electrical In fact, modern versions of log homes
grid. But in order to function the way can be quite surprising. They certainly
that they're built to function, nature offer more than the one-room houses
sometimes becomes an inconvenience and is available in the early 15th to 17th
often cleared away to accommodate for century. Today's log homes are built with
easy travel. multiple rooms, attics, high porches,
Some people try to incorporate nature large glass windows, and more. Because
into modern living with things like they fit into the 'natural' decor of
gardens, plants, and animal features. And rural living, they demand a lifestyle
this is fine for environments that that appreciates a little bit of 'living
provide ample space for this kind of in the rough' or those who just want to
lifestyle. However to return to nature - get away from suburban and city life.
true nature that is - there's nothing If you enjoy having access to nature's
like a log home plotted in the midst of a own live entertainment, mountain views,
deep wooded area. and expansive lakes, then perhaps a log
Log homes completely assimilate nature home is appropriate for you.
into one complete lifestyle without the Application
need to artificially grow plant life or Your construction company can help you
attract animals. Log homes put the design a log cabin that works with you,
homeowner in the unique position of your family, and the environment in which
enjoying these things right from the you want to live. The important thing to
living room window. remember is that you want to create a
Definition balance between your dependency upon
A log home is a house built of wood - modern conveniences and the natural gifts
usually in a wooded area. Distinguishing that surround you. You don't want to
a clear out a plot of wild land for example
log home from the many different types just for the sake of having a twenty-foot
of others is that it's constructed with driveway. On the other hand, you don't
actual tree logs. Like traditional homes, want to build a log home in an area
a log home is built from a foundation and that's hard to access without a backpack
it's built with walls, doors, and a roof. or mountain picks either!
All that's needed to start is a After you and your construction company
constructor well skilled in home design a log home that works for you, the
construction and logging! both of you can start discussing the type
History of wood that's appropriate and whether
Log homes are synonymous with colonial you want the wood exposed in the home's
living, but some groups of Native interior (which by the way adds
Americans built log homes long before tremendous appeal).
Columbus set foot on North American land. Construction of your home will begin
They were used for the same reasons that with pre-milled logs or actual tree
colonial families built them, however trunks placed atop a perimeter of rocks.
unlike the log homes of the past that (The rocks prevent the logs from rotting
we're familiar with, Native American log on the ground.) And construction ends
homes housed several families at one time with stuffing gaps within the stacked
- even housing an entire community in logs with smaller pieces of wood and then
some cases. As the European population Plastering the home's interior. Welcome
increased, the need for faster, easier, home.






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