Log Cabin

Alaskan Log Cabin

Our cabin in Alaska sits at the base of a ridge overlooking a vast stretch of taiga… The cabin itself is made of white spruce logs from the surrounding land, each one carefully stripped and perfectly fitted together.” – Hitchhiking to Heaven via Hitchhiking to Heaven

10×12 Log Cabin Kit Project

Log cab­ins can cer­tainly bring out that pio­neer­ing sense of trail­blaz­ing in the wilder­ness, as well as nat­ural rest and tran­quil­ity. Log cabin kits come in all dif­fer­ent shapes and designs, from sim­plis­tic low bud­get struc­tures to over­whelm­ing elab­o­rate log home mas­ter­ pieces.” – Ralph’s Home Improvement See more about this Log Cabin Kit project

How to Get a Free House

Inspiring preservation work. Lots of sweat equity is required but proving to be a workable path to a mortgage-free home. “Today’s One Minute Tip comes from Historic Preservation Carpenter Paul Cutting in Decorah, Iowa. He recently won an award for documenting log homes from pioneer times.” – Apartment Therapy Read more about Paul Cutting: How to Get …

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Mobile Log Cabins

One of my readers, Schaun, saw one of these rolling down the highway in Colorado and later sent me a tip on this tiny house manufacturer. They don’t provide a lot of information on their website but they the cabins look like the real deal mounted on something like a mobile home trailer. So for …

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Log Home Redefined

This is a small building made to look like a woodpile. It’s the office and music studio of Piet Hein Eek in The Netherlands but I see some excellent camouflaging ideas here. Log Home Redefined

Guodros Medis in Lithuania

I was recently introduced to this tiny house builder in Lithuania. They sell many small log homes that can serve as wooden summerhouses, garden houses, chalets, garages, and saunas. Using Google Translate you can read their website in English (although for some reason the images get turned off). Guodros Medis in Lithuania