DISCLAIMER: I forgot my camera today, and these are from my cell phone...

This is starting to look like an area that could be be usable to build the log home. After a week of cleaning the weeds, it's starting to be usable. I will be focusing on getting the pads in place so the logs… Continue

Continuing to get the yard cleaned up so I can build the pads to support the sills.

I also cleaned more of the weeds up, that's slow going for me as I don't have any power tools to handle that (i.e., string trimmer), so just take it slowly and hack at them with a double edged weedi… Continue

Yep, that's where I'm gonna build my dream! :-/

And started to get the area cleaned up, there was a bunch of trash, old tires, wheel barrel, old truck parts, etc....I stacked some of the wood against the fence for the time being...

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We recently did some landscaping around our new log home. We spent hours talking to the local garden center about just the right shrubs and trees to plant that would not be devoured by the large local deer population. So we got our plants and did our landscaping. Everything looked great for about two weeks. This is what I saw on Saturday morning leading up to our six foot blue spruce tree.

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PrecisionCraft Log & Timber Homes designed this plan for one of our readers..

In case you missed my last blog post, we're looking for people in the planning stages to be part of our "Y… Continue

Hopefully it looks like a mushroom, kinda-sorta if you squint… Continue

Anyone ever built an 8 sided log cabin from their trees on their property? I am going to begin building one next month and will be using my new Norwood2000 bandsaw sawmill to cut the bottoms and tops for the logs to lay flush against each other. The only problem I can forsee is… Continue

I found this rental property today that I will be renting to complete my log home. I know it looks a bit funky, but the landlord will clear the trucks out for me.

It is graveled and will work out with a forklift, it is just a tad narrow which will present some challenges, but I think… Continue

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Valued estimated at $15,000 ($3.00/sf. including travel), the prize includes a site visit and preliminary topographic survey along with preliminary 1/8" scale initial sketches and 1/4" CAD drawings. Any log profile will be designed and the winner is free to use the plans as they wis… Continue

Many of us love hearing the "story behind the home." Here is a great one by PrecisionCraft Log Homes that I thought I would share...

"Kelly and Marie didn’t have a favorite floor plan when they found the perfect build location amidst the Boise National Forest. In fact, they weren’t even set on building a custom timber frame home. After some searching, Kelly and Marie thought they had found the right home for them. Knowing their heart’s desire to have… Continue

I have been busy working on the building lot and my driveway this summer but have not posted due to the loss of my mother. I know you all like the updates so I thought I would try and post one now. I have the building lot pretty much all cut off, I have been waiting for wetter weather to do some burning of brush and limbs, I also have been working on widening my road as well as pulling final stumps that were in my road. Last weekend we Place a culvert in a small stream that we needed to cross fo… Continue

Checking in cause it has been months. We've been battling the crunch and the dwindling as many others here in So. California. Afraid our dream is getting further and further away only we are going to be in Show Low where we want to build sooner than we thought too. Still maybe a few years before we'd start our log home though. Home currently for sale with an offer. Praying for the best cause I will not imagine it getting any worst... Continue

See all those stickies poking out of last year's Annual Buyer's Guide? That's right, We're planning another monster log home planning guide. And we need your help with 3 sections:

1. Homeowner Spotlights:
These appear at the beginning of each of the 5 sections of the magazine. We will… Continue

My starter kit is almost ready, and I'll be heading back to… Continue

It took me 4 years, 6 months and 2 days to convice the hubby that we needed a dog. Once we finished our log home last year, I told him it wasn't complete without a "log dog" - his answer "what about our log cat?" No worries - Marvin the cat is still loved (and he LOV… Continue

I had this picture from yesterday when the logs started being fitted.

Hopefully an updated pic tomorrow, it's now getting close to how it will complete on my trip. Hopefully we'll be able to get a couple more logs on in the next few days.

My "kit home" will then ship to Cali, get… Continue

Hooray! This past February when I was thinking warm thought I was asked to write an article for the Cozy Cabin issue on maintenance. I just got my copy today, and am excited. My hat's off to the editors, who of course put out wonderful magazines. Thanks for the opportunity to be a part of this issue!

Beth
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I got this first full size log fitting on the sills today.

I also drawknifed the 2 logs I fitted today. That wasn't too fun...*lol*

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If you choose to build your log home using a builder only ... that is, you are going to have your builder build your entire home from scratch... and you are not using a log home manufacturer for any portion of the project ... well this is directed at you.

That is the direction I have chosen to take. I have found that with a great deal of patience you can fiend a builder who will take on the entire construction process from septic to excavation to foundation to purchasing all logs, windows and d… Continue

Today was nice to see some full size logs going on top of the sills.

I was able to get these cut to length and marked to cut the dovetails tomorrow.

These logs will be pulled off and I will cut the dovetails on both sides, top and bottom, lifting and placing the logs in a cradl… Continue