| Log cabins have long been breaking new | | | | without altering, modifying, or changing any |
| grounds as an enigmatic emblem of an American | | | | of its features. Handcrafted log cabins |
| character. The very first log cabins were | | | | usually create an impression of a more |
| introduced in the 1600s by Scandinavians. | | | | rustic, rugged-looking cabin. This is because |
| These earliest forms of log cabins were | | | | logs used in making this particular log cabin |
| constructed like wooden fences. Before, they | | | | style have form that is more irregular. |
| use logs with different sizes set | | | | However, with some special devices and |
| perpendicularly in a gutter to produce the | | | | expertise, most handcrafters would |
| walls of the cabin. Today, log cabins are | | | | painstakingly peel off the bark from the logs |
| more meticulously crafted, with logs placed | | | | and match each log into the right place to |
| parallel to each other and connected on the | | | | form the wall. Since handcrafted log cabins |
| last part with "notches." Log cabins have | | | | are more laborious than manufactured log |
| been very popular in the United States | | | | cabins, the length of time needed to finish |
| because of the amount of trees that are of | | | | handcrafted log cabins would be longer. |
| great quantity. For this reason, building log | | | | What's more, the production of handcrafted |
| cabins had been the cheapest and the most | | | | log cabins would normally costs more than the |
| affordable homes that can easily be built by | | | | manufactured log cabins because the work is |
| any American. In spite of its similarities on | | | | arduously made by hands only. Handcrafted log |
| designs and use of materials, log cabins are | | | | cabins were first constructed in Eastern |
| not created on the same level. Log cabins may | | | | Europe, Russia, and Scandinavia. In fact, it |
| vary according to the styles they were built. | | | | was the Scandinavians that introduced log |
| Generally, there are two kinds of log cabins | | | | cabins to the United States. Between these |
| according to styles. To know more about this | | | | two styles of log cabins, manufactured or |
| matter, here is a comprehensive and detailed | | | | milled log cabins are much preferred by many |
| explanation about the difference between the | | | | people. This is because manufactured or |
| two log cabin styles: 1. Manufactured or | | | | milled log cabins are more affordable and |
| milled log cabins As its name suggests, | | | | easier to build than the handcrafted log |
| manufactured log cabins use logs that are | | | | cabins. This is because with manufactured log |
| "milled" or sometimes known as | | | | cabins, machines do the work; hence, the job |
| "machine-profiled." Logs used in this | | | | is easily drawn to a close without much |
| particular style of log cabin have undergone | | | | difficulty. Moreover, manufacturers of milled |
| through a manufacturing procedure. This is | | | | logs have more skills in marketing their |
| usually done to remove the inherent features | | | | products and elaborating the benefits of |
| of the logs as well as well as its flaws or | | | | opting for a manufactured log cabin style. In |
| defects. After which, these types of logs are | | | | this way, more and more people are enticed to |
| changed into good lumbers that have | | | | resort to manufactured log cabins than the |
| proportionate sizes and shapes. Hence, you | | | | handcrafted log cabin styles. Whatever style |
| can expect that a manufactured log cabin | | | | you want to employ when building your log |
| style use only logs that are standardized and | | | | cabin, it is very worthy to note that log |
| unvarying when it comes to sizes and shapes. | | | | cabins had tremendously grown form the |
| In this case, when building manufactured log | | | | typical rustic kind of homes built far from |
| cabins, it is important to note that the | | | | the city. With the many benefits of log |
| dimensions of the whole cabin are directly | | | | cabins, most of the Americans build these |
| proportional to each other. There would not | | | | types of houses not just as a vacation home |
| be much difficulty in identifying these | | | | but more of a residential. In fact, surveys |
| things because logs are of the same sizes. | | | | show that many homeowners have preferred to |
| Hence, with manufactured log cabins, you can | | | | adorn their log cabins with more |
| expect that the length of a certain log would | | | | embellishments making it more costly than the |
| naturally be the total length of one | | | | typical homes. That, indeed, makes log cabins |
| partition or fence of a log cabin. 2. | | | | definite part of the conventional type of |
| Handcrafted log cabins This particular style | | | | American dwelling. |
| of log cabin is characteristically made from | | | | |
| logs that were stripped off with their bark. | | | | Time-tested log cabin styles come to life at |
| However, their natural characteristics as | | | | written by Charles H. Smith . |
| trees were retained on its natural condition, | | | | |