If you are looking to add something unique, artisitic, lovely, and fuctional, consider adding a post and beam log gazebo to your log home. Some of our standard handcrafted log home floor plans such as the Columbia and Newell include gazebos. Also the Banff is a post and beam design with a two story log turret on the corner. Any of our other plans can also be expanded to include a log gazebo. For one client who desired a private room for her music studio, a five sided log gazebo was added to the corner of her handcrafted log home. This gave ample room for her spacious music room and also enough area to provide for a grand piano, consol piano, and music stands for other instruments. At times the exterior of the log gazebo will be finished in stone, as shown below, log siding, cedar shakes, brick, or stucco. Whatever your choice and whatever matches your home’s exterior design and flavor can be utilized. Sky lights are also a popular addition to a gazebo.

The five sided gazebos are a nice addition instead of opting for a prowled end or front. With five sides to let the light, views, and outdoors into the home, it sometimes surpasses the prowled fronts. Also more square footage is gained. Prowl are expensive home upgrades because of the extensive logs and engineering that are required to make them structurally sound. So when choosing, consider the log gazebo as a viable option.

Another creative way to include a log gazebo is to incorporate one on the edge of a deck. Offering a lovely place to relax, even including one on a pool side adds so much to a home’s exterior. To make sure that the log gazebo matches the home, it is a great idea to incorporate these ideas into the drafts of the home and also include the gazebo in the log home order.

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