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