Milled Log Package and Material Package: Log Species: Pine and Western Red Cedar ~ other wood species available upon request Log Sizes: 8, 9, 10, or 12 Log Stack: Swedish Cope or Double Tongue and Groove Log Profile: Swedish Cope (full round), D-log, Double D, Flat Cut, Flat Cut with Chinking Channel, (others available upon […]

The Swan Valley Plan (Scroll down for Floor Plan) Dimensions: 56′ W x 39′ D Levels: 2 First Floor Square Footage: 1,984 Second Floor Square Footage: 1,304 TOTAL Square Footage: 3,288 Porches Square Footage: 1,048 Bedrooms: 4 + Open Loft Baths: 2 1/2 First Floor Laundry, Entryway ~Designs only? Planning Set $99 or No Change […]

The Big Timber Plan (Scroll down for Floor Plan) Dimensions: 40’W x 36’6″ D Levels: 2 First Floor Square Footage: 1,280 Second Floor Square Footage: 600 TOTAL Square Footage: 1,880 Porches Square Footage: 708 Bedrooms: 2 + Open Loft Baths: 1 Upper Balcony, Covered Porch ~Designs only? Planning Set $99 or No Change Construction Drawings […]

The Mustang Plan (Please Scroll Down for Floor Plans) Dimensions: 24′ W x 32′ D Levels: 2 First Floor Square Footage: 768 Second Floor Square Footage: 408 TOTAL Square Footage: 1,176 Porches Square Footage: 432 Bedrooms: 2 + Open Loft Baths: 1 ~Designs only? Planning Set $99 or No Change Construction Drawings $588 ~ The […]

The Timber Valley Plan (Scroll down for Floor Plan) Dimensions: 32′ W x 56′ D Levels: 2 Square Footage First Floor: 1,984 Square Footage Second Floor: 1,304 Total Square Footage: 3,288 Porches Square Footage: 1,304 Bedrooms: 3 + Open Loft Baths: 3 1/2 First Floor Landry, Large Open Deck ~Designs only? Planning Set $99 or […]

Red cedar log homes are the creme de la creme of the log home world. Offered in both milled log style and handcrafted log home style, red cedar can help a homeowner attain a look and also a quality that cannot be replicated by any other wood species. Yes, it is the most expensive wood […]

When you walk though a log home the beauty seeps into your soul.  Soon you start to think that no matter what you can build your own log home. “It can’t be that hard, can it?” crosses your mind. In some cases building your own log home is a great idea, but in others it […]

It is very important to evaluate the cost to build a log home before you proceed very far in your planning. Most construction costs are done on a square foot basis. This means that the builder or log home company will tell you that your home will cost $xxx per square foot to construct your […]

This article was updated in October 2015 to reflect current building cost estimates. Whether you build your custom log home or purchase an existing log cabin, it is very important to make sure that your property is insured for the correct amount. With the fires this summer and fall in the Western states, some homeowners […]

It is so important to us that our customers are purchasing the very best Montana log home kits. Over the years we have seen the problems of inferior materials, thus why we choose to assemble the log home kits ourselves. If you were going for back surgery would you go to the local medicine man […]

There are several benefits to building your log cabin yourself. One is the cost savings. Instead of paying someone else to do the labor, that cost is credited back to you directly. The other advantage is having the satisfaction of doing the work yourself. About half of our customers desire to construct their their own […]

To anyone who has taken a few minutes to explore our website Cowboy Log Homes.com, you may have noticed different style log homes. The two most popular are the milled log homes and the handcrafted log homes. Let’s take a minute to describe the differences. Milled Log Cabins Milled log cabins are built with logs […]

The term log kit comes from the idea of buying everything from the same company. Log cabin kit options are based on the log shell or timber shell and the other dryin materials. The advantage of purchasing a full package is all of the materials needed to dryin the log home come all together. There […]

One room that is very important to almost everyone building a new log home is the kitchen. Log home kitchens are not constructed exactly like other homes. All logs shrink some, so there is a need to protect the cabinets from the downward pressure. So let’s take a look at how a kitchen is built […]

Over the years log homes have been subjected to all sorts of weather and other natural disasters like earthquakes and fire. Over all these building, while lovely, are also very durable. In more than one story a log home or small cabin has been swept off of its foundation and down stream. Then it was […]