Janet Eastman wrote a surprisingly informative article for Los Angeles Times. You can read the article over here.

Her basic notions (for those who are busy) are:

1. 25.000 upscale log homes are built every year in U.S.
2. Nowadays log homes are convenient dwellings.
3. The average cost of log home tallies up to 120 USD per square foot but high cost areas like mountains can hoist the average up to 500 USD.
4. Typical size for a log home is 2.000 square feet.
5. Log home building technology has improved and log home quality has therefore improved.

St. Petersburg Times (no, I am not talking about that Russian city) had an inspirational story of a couple that is going for a dream log home. Alvin and Brenda Magnon are already retired but they have big plans for their coming 4.800-square-foot log home (just think of the sheer size of it).

Alvin and Brenda have chosen Log Home Pioneers to custom-built their dream log home. Tom Hendrickson from Log Home Pioneers says that the building will take at least a year – nobody claimed that it is easy to reach your dreams. Tom started with log homes after noticing strong demand on the field. Now he is delivering six to ten log home dreams a year. In order to read the complete story, click here.