Home Tours and Log Home Photos

1. Trading Spaces | A Lakefront Wisconsin Cabin Don’t tell Stephanie and Jim Smith about space. For 18 years, they spent summers on Wisconsin’s North Lake in a small cottage with their three sons.

2. Getting Away To It All | A Handcrafted Montana Home A handcrafted Montana vacation home echoes an Old West mood.

3. On Happy Trails: A Hybrid Vacation Cabin in North Carolina A horse-loving homeowner builds a hybrid vacation cabin in the North Carolina mountains.

4. Great Escape: A Tennessee Vacation Log Home A Tennessee vacation home provides a couple with a respite from the Florida heat and plenty of room for grandchildren.

5. All in the Mix | A Tennessee Mountain Cabin A model home in the Smoky Mountains uses mixed media to convey a cozy sensibility.

6. An Ill Wind Blows Much Good | A Handcrafted Pennsylvania Log Home Hurricane Ivan delivers the logs for a handcrafted Pennsylvania home.

7. Back to Basics: A Lakeside Log Home in Wisconsin A Wisconsin real-estate developer creates a laid-back lakeside community — and a stunning log home to boot.

8. From the Appalachians to the Rockies | A Colorado Log Home Eastern-style square logs find a home in the round-log West.

9. How the West Was Done – Montana Reclaimed Log Cabin Read the full story: A Montana Reclaimed Log Cabin Local cedars support the roof over the entrance to Jim and Lani Gifford’s cabin. The logs were harvested in the winter when there is little sap in the log. A large steel knife set in each entry log’s concrete base goes through the boulder and into [...]

10. A French Twist | A French Country Montana Timber Home The Rocky Mountain west might be far removed from the European Continent, but for these homeowners, Montana was the perfect place for a chateau. The couple moved from the urban Midwest with the dream of a home with a French accent. Architect Duane Millette of Whitefish, Montana, dug right into the project, researching the details [...]

11. The Lure of the Rockies | A Rustic Colorado Log Home The first Europeans to roam the Frisco area of the Colorado Rockies came in search of beaver pelts. Then, in the 1800s, mining put Frisco on the map. Today, people flock to this Rocky Mountain town in search of another kind of treasure: beautiful alpine scenery and the opportunity to play outside year-round. The owners [...]

12. Home Grown: A British Columbia Timber Home A British Columbia couple uses local materials and new friends to construct a dream home.

13. Altitude Adjustment | A Handcrafted Log Home in Colorado A Florida family answers the call of the Colorado Rockies.

14. Transforming Tradition | An Alpine Log Home in Minnesota A Minnesota couple uses log accents to replace a family cabin with a North Woods lodge.

15. For Love of Logs | A Rustic Log Home in Michigan A Michigan couple favored log siding — until they got a look at real logs.

16. Old West | An Idaho Log Home A new log home is built to look like it’s always been part of the surrounding mountain landscape.

17. Room and a View | A North Carolina Log Home A North Carolina log home captures the grandeur of its highlands setting.

18. June Cover Log Home | A Quebec Cabin

19. Room With a View | South Carolina Log Home A MossCreek home blends European elegance with Southern hospitality.

20. Earth-Friendly Log Home in Iowa Two nature lovers build the home they've wanted for 30 years.

21. Logs Make the Difference: A Waterfront Retreat in Wisconsin A Wisconsin lakeside home is the owners’ dream come true.

22. Mountaintop Views | Montana Mountain Home Two homeowners design their Montana log home to take advantage of the scenery provided by the nearby Swan Mountain range.

23. A Perfect Plan | North Carolina Log Retreat From selecting an idyllic setting to constructing a scaled home model, one North Carolina couple takes the time and effort to perfect the design of their ideal mountain retreat.

24. Ranch-style Home Transformed into Timber Classic When it came time to transform an old ranch home into a comfortable retreat, the owners and builder turned to the philosophies of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who wanted people to live in harmony with nature rather than impose their will upon it.

25. Updating a Classic Log Cabin in Maryland A sharply pitched roof and a prow front allow for a living room with a soaring vaulted ceiling and large glass windows in this 1,300-square-foot updated log cabin.

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