Room Sizes of Luxury Log Home Plans

Sue | July 8th, 2014 - 5:11 am
Room Sizes of Luxury Log Home Plans

Luxury log home floor plans need to contain the areas you desire, in the size that fits your needs. Sometimes when you roll out a set of blueprints you see numbers staring at you from the page, almost daring you to try to comprehend exactly how they will define the parameters of your new log […]

For the Love of Log Homes

Sue | April 3rd, 2014 - 5:29 am
For the Love of Log Homes

More and more it seems that there are two types of people that we personally encounter: those who love log homes and those that do not. If you are one who has a passion for log, then you are probably not satisfied with a conventionally built home. The log home love affair may bite you […]

Handcrafted Log Homes and Dutch Doors

Sue | March 14th, 2014 - 2:34 pm
Handcrafted Log Homes and Dutch Doors

Handcrafted log homes and specialty wood doors are both the same vintage– fully custom. The love of wood and rustic amenities often encourage homeowners to invest in carved wood doors, stained glass inserts, or even Dutch doors. The Dutch style of the doors can be used for both interior and exterior locations. Dutch Doors Design […]

Reasons to Build New Montana Log Homes

Sue | March 13th, 2014 - 6:39 am
Reasons to Build New Montana Log Homes

If you are relocating to Montana and desire a log home there are two choices: purchase an existing log home or build a new log home. For many, moving here is a life long dream that has been saved and planned for accordingly. Buying a home is quicker than building a new one, but here […]

Choosing Solid Wood Interior Doors

Sue | March 11th, 2014 - 6:42 am
Choosing Solid Wood Interior Doors

For most log home owners the love of wood and the rustic feel go beyond just the stacked logs or timber beams that provide the overall substance of the home. There is also a desire to have tongue and groove wood ceilings, hardwood flooring, and wooden doors. High cathedral ceilings and taller walls are also […]

Understanding Pricing for Milled Log Homes

Sue | February 11th, 2014 - 3:41 pm
Understanding Pricing for Milled Log Homes

In response to feedback from our previous article, “Understanding Pricing for Handcrafted Log Homes”, we would like to share a companion article to the first. This time our focus is on Milled Log Homes– often just referred to as “Log Homes”. Milled log homes are built with a consistent diameter from one end of the […]

Wooden Doors for Log Homes

Sue | January 22nd, 2014 - 7:15 am
Wooden Doors for Log Homes

For log cabin owners the love of wood usually doesn’t end with the log walls. It resonates throughout the home touching the owner’s selection of flooring choices, cabinets, doors, and even sometimes the interior wall finishes. Some of the loveliest log homes have hardwood flooring throughout, special order or custom built hickory cabinets, wooden doors, […]

Cost of Timber Frame Homes Verses a Log Homes

Sue | January 17th, 2014 - 1:11 pm
Cost of Timber Frame Homes Verses a Log Homes

The three key factors that go into planning your new home are cost, floor plan, and log or timber home style. I list cost first because to a large extent the budget is the rudder that guides the homeowners towards their final choice of home design and floor plan. So let me explore turnkey building […]

Steps for Landscaping Luxury Log Homes

Sue | January 10th, 2014 - 6:06 am
Steps for Landscaping Luxury Log Homes

Landscaping is a value adding amenity to any luxury log home. In our last article we looked at the advantages of paving the driveway and sidewalks before moving into the landscaping phase. Now that the large trucks, machines, and even paving equipment– and of course the moving van that transported all of your possessions to […]

Paving and Sidewalks of Handcrafted Log Homes

Sue | January 9th, 2014 - 8:53 am
Paving and Sidewalks of Handcrafted Log Homes

When you are building a log or timber home the soil around the home is going to be disrupted. From the excavators digging out the foundation, cement trucks rolling around on it, semis delivering the log package, a crane to set the logs, delivery trucks, materials being unloaded, and even the U-haul that ferries all […]

Timber Frame Home Pricing

Sue | November 2nd, 2013 - 5:00 am
Timber Frame Home Pricing

Heavy Timber Frame Home Packages: Log Species: Douglas Fir ~ other wood species available upon request Timber Sizes: 12×12, 10×10, 8×10, 6×10 etc. ~ larger sizes available. Timber sizes dependent on plan requirements. Log Joinery and Style: Mortise and Tenon joinery unless otherwise noted HEAVY TIMBER FRAME TYPICAL INCLUSIONS: Timber Frame Superstructure Timber Support Posts Timber […]

Log Gazebos

Sue | October 18th, 2013 - 4:11 pm
Log Gazebos

Log gazebos are features which some of the larger handcrafted log homes possess. The use of an octagonal room enhances the floor plan and allows for more design features for both the exterior and interior of the home. Log gazebos are built from the post and beam style or a square timber frame. Here we […]

The Log Cabin Kit Advantage

Sue | October 18th, 2013 - 7:51 am
The Log Cabin Kit Advantage

Log cabin kits differ very much company to company, so let me tell you about Cowboy Log Homes log cabin kits. Log home kits can be just a log shell only or a full dryin package, or something somewhere in between. The simplest form of a log home package is a log shell only. Our […]

Post and Beam Handcrafted Log

Sue | October 17th, 2013 - 12:34 pm
Post and Beam Handcrafted Log

Post and beam construction is another style of log and timber homes that we offer. Post and Beam is where the vertical posts and horizonal beams are used to support the superstructure of the home. Strictly speaking, in a log home context, our Post and Beam homes are built from the handcrafted log style. The […]

Post and Beam Homes or Beam and Post Homes?

Sue | August 7th, 2013 - 12:43 pm
Post and Beam Homes or Beam and Post Homes?

I recently had someone ask me about a Beam and Post home and how it differed from a Post and Beam home. I had to think a minute, as post and beam is always the order I have used the term. But with a bit of research, my original thought was confirmed– they are both […]