The Carriage House Garage with Apartment in 3 Variations
January 3rd, 2025 - 4:20 pmThe Carriage House design on our website is a three-car garage with an apartment above it. At times homeowners choose to build a garage with an apartment and live in it while the main house is being built. At other times a garage and apartment are added onto an existing log home via a breezeway to comply with HOA covenants without the garage+apartment counting as a second house on the property. Here we will explore three different variations of the Carriage House. Carriage House #1 – Gable Dormer Variation The standard plan for the Carriage House is designed with four gable dormers, two per side. A dormer is located on the top floor of a structure and extends up into the roof line. A gable dormer is triangular in nature. There are two dormers facing the viewer on the garage. Gable dormers borrow a lot from the Cape Cod style […]
Bear Creek Handcrafted Log Home Photo Series
December 17th, 2024This photo series features the Bear Creek Plan in the handcrafted log style. This home was built in Gallatin Gateway, Montana. The wall logs are an average of 15 inches in diameter with a roof system of a larger diameter. […]
Prong Horn Log Home Photos
December 16th, 2024This is a series of photos of the Prong Horn Plan. There are about three versions of this home in existence today ranging as far north as British Columbia. This log home is built from 8″ Swedish Cope wall logs. […]
Sierra Log Home Variation Silver Gate
December 13th, 2024This log home is a variation of the Sierra plan and is located in Silver Gate, Montana. The snow load is about 150 pounds per foot and the job site location is at 7400 feet elevation and is at the […]
The Montana Log Home Plan Photo Series
December 12th, 2024This is a collection of pictures of the Montana Plan. The Montana is our flagship cabin, which has been featured on the header of our website for many years. Some of these photos were taken during construction, some after it […]
Bath House Small Cabin Photos
December 12th, 2024Here is a series of photos of the bath house, designed and built in Melrose, Montana. This design is very similar to many of our small single-level log cabin plans. The logs are an 8″ […]
Fairview 988 Sq. Ft.
September 30th, 2024The Fairview Plan (Please scroll down for Floor Plan) Dimensions: 44′ W x 32′ D Levels: 1 Square Footage: 988 Deck Square Footage: 420 Bedrooms: 2 Baths: 1 Large Open Deck, Optional Full Basement Click […]
Large Diameter Swedish Cope Logs – More Economic Alternative to Handcrafted Log Packages
August 27th, 2024One of the main attractions of handcrafted log homes is the large-diameter logs from which they are made. The typical handcrafted log home has a mean diameter of 13+ inches for the wall logs. This […]
Log Home Builders Availability
June 21st, 2024While choosing a log home plan is a major step in the design and building process, there is also the sometimes daunting task of locating a builder. Log homes are a unique type of construction […]
Madison II Plan 1,482 Sq. Ft.
March 15th, 2024The Madison II Plan (Scroll down for Floor Plan) Click Here for Printable Version of Madison II Plan Dimensions: 82′ W x 40′ D Levels: 2 Square Footage First Floor: 960 Square Footage Second Floor: […]
Mustang II Plan 1,002 Sq. Ft.
March 15th, 2024The Mustang II Plan (Scroll down for Floor Plan) Click Here for Printable Version of Mustang II Plan Dimensions: 36′ W x 36′ D Levels: 2 Square Footage First Floor: 672 Square Footage Second […]
Big Sky Plan 5,060 Sq. Ft.
March 10th, 2024The Big Sky Plan (Scroll Down for Floor Plans) Dimensions: 135′ W x 68′ D Levels: 3 Square Footage First Floor: 2,512 Square Footage Second Floor: 1,398 Square Footage Basement: 2,512 Square Footage Bonus Room: […]
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