While 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 that requires either careful reading of the construction drawings or someone skilled in building log homes. A service that Cowboy […]

Log homes in the 1,000 to 2,000 square feet range are very popular. Within this square footage usually 1 to 3 bedrooms can be fit into a design, an open great room, and an open loft (if desired). Two popular designs in this size home are the Montana Log Home design and the Chalet Log […]

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 […]

 The Grizzly Plan (Scroll Down for Floor Plan) Dimensions: 24′ W x 32′ D Levels: 1 First Floor Square Footage: 768 Covered Porch Square Footage: 192 Bedrooms: 2 Baths: 1 ~Designs only? Planning Set $99 or No Change Construction Drawings $384~ The Grizzly log cabin plan is designed with two bedrooms, open great room, and […]

The Chateau Plan (Please Scroll Down for Floor Plans) Dimensions: 21′ W x 50′ D Levels: 2 First Floor Square Footage: 630 Second Floor Square Footage: 315 TOTAL Square Footage: 945 Porches Square Footage: 436 Bedrooms: 1 + Open Loft Baths: 1 Upper Balcony, Two Covered Porches ~Designs only? Planning Set $99 or No Change […]

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 […]

With every log home package comes the equally important role of hiring a log home builder. One advantage we offer to our customer is our many years of experience as log home builders. We primarily build here in the Bozeman, Montana area, but we also have experienced log home builders that we work with who […]

As someone moves forward in planning for their log home it can be so much fun to browse through photos and floor plans. But when the actual budget and building cost time comes it can be a challenge to locate just the right contractor to handle your log home. At times it seems like builders […]

There are many terms applied to log homes today. First there would be the generic, “log structures”- meaning just about any home with a little log, including log accents. The second would be, “log homes”- mainly homes that are larger than about 1,500 square feet. And of course the rambling, “log mansions”. From all the log home […]

The energy efficiency of a log home is a very good question.The first thing to understand about a log home is that no matter how thick the logs are or what species the home is made from, logs cannot do their job of insulating unless they are stacked tightly and the homeowner checks for leakage. Logs are a […]