The right way to get a log home
I must disappoint you, because there is no specific and right way to get a log home or log cabin. However I try to demonstrate how to build a log home. I will show the process from the start to finish and explain the details and motivation. There will be pictures, video, articles and interviews that document the whole project from the idea to the finished log home.
I am able to do this, because it’s me who is going to build the log home. Time frame is staggering because I have reserved three years for the whole project, starting from the beginning of the year 2007. I don’t know how many of you will have the patience to follow the progress or the lack of it, but I publish the information here anyway.
February 5th, 2007 16:56
I am eagerly awaiting the progress reports.
February 5th, 2007 23:28
Yes, my quest awaits!
Seriously, I’m going to two pieces for starters: how to determine the budget limit for the log home and how to choose the place for the log home.
In my case location spotting can be done bit faster, so that’s the very first article and then I’ll move on writing about money.
Nice to see you here Ron.
February 7th, 2007 02:17
I love you one house at a time project, that is awesome.
I will definitely help you promote this idea. Is it alright if I write a post about it in my content instead of say linking to it in my blogroll?
I need an update of how many people has done this… i see 0 so far? that can’t be right.
February 8th, 2007 00:59
Hello Matthew,
That number was indeed correct. Nobody gave their link for One House At A Time and therefore I didn’t donate anything for the organization.
However, looks like there is somewhat postume following appearing and I must show the money for the February’s project, which is Kiva.
Content, blogroll or links page - I don’t care.
April 19th, 2008 20:24
I accidently fell upon this site, as I sit in my recently “inhabitable” -project-in-progress” log home. I started drawing pics of log cabins in grade school. now I am 45. my pictures never made it past the graph paper and colored pencil stage…but am proud to say, I am now surrounded by 83 hand peeled,hand hewn, hand scribed white pine logs. WE DID IT!! and we documented it with multitudes of photographs which mostly sit in shoe boxes in the shed now..the project took us on a journey of challenges and surprises we never dreamed of, will never forget and will never regret. we had alot of support from “people-in-the-know” without them this project would have been a nightmare…we are very thankful for the teamwork and expertise of these great people!!
I remember, with goosebumps…the day we stood inside our completed “shell”–(pre-roof) and turned and looked at each other and said… okay now what? we did not have any blueprints, plans, designers, architects…nope…all we had was graph paper and pencils. but as I sit here, I am looking out to the lake from my “piano room” (just a little nook we named the piano room because its the only place we could put it where it didnt echo too terribly throughout the rest of the house…) we have one interior log wall as well as the exterior walls, average diameter of the logs is 20inches. the outside walls are 8-log high. the ridgepole is 60 feet long. outside footprint is 30′ x 40′ with a small bump-out on one side =10′x12′ we have a covered-country porch and a full loft upstairs. we built the stairs with 1/2 logs and the railing is a unique cedar tree we cut off the property. the support posts are maple trees we had previously tapped for syrup on the property and the spindles are diamont willow we peeled and stripped also from the property. as far as the plan…I wouldnt change a thing, we love the floor plan. it all worked out.. the only thing I would change is the water filter. (which is an easy fix) we built the house for a dream and filled it with our collections of junk..the doors are either recovered from demolition sites or remodeling jobs, (all very old…and none of them match) .flooring was also reused and recovered before “reused” was trendy….we obtained it for free!! all of the hardware, doorknobs, hinges, cabinet hardware..even plumbing and light fixtures were found and collected and stored for years before the home project started. I found my favorite doorknob while I was still in highschool, 30 years ago!!
we live in northern Minnesota, it gets very cold here. we heat with a soapstone woodstove. its very efficient. keeps us toasty warm, along with a nice soft feather bed and warm homemade quilts…
now that being said…you may be wondering what I do to support all this “luxury”? I deliver packages for UPS. and my husband? he is a retired UPS driver who plows snow and mows grass. we have 5 children, ages 8-21, 2 dogs and an orphaned cat who has recently decided to call our porch “home”. Our only wealth is our beloved family! so we are proof that it can be done!!! good luck on your project…dont give up your dream!!!
July 2nd, 2008 02:28
Hey, you got a subscribor. I entered that blogidol as well, never actually blogged before but I’ve been playing with anything opensource gpl and perl for community software code.
my Dad built a log home for our family when I was, well he finished when I was 15. He took an Alan Mackie log home building course to learn. My sister bought it and still lives in it. He finished in 1981, so what’s that 27 years ago. I think I’ll build a cabin sometime. Can’t wait till you get started building, I’ll follow for sure. Maybe I’ll send you some picks of the house Dad built. It is in Nova Scotia,Canada.
Good luck with Idol