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Log Home Construction Methods: Some Thoughts on Style or “In the Eye of the Beholder”

April 28th, 2006 · No Comments

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In the last post on log construction I stated the difference between a log home and a simulated log home. Where a log home is built with debarked unadulterated logs a simulated log home is built with logs that have been milled into lumber in a manner so as to achieve a uniformity amongst “logs” while still representing the feel and appearance of a log there by creating a simulated log home.

Why would someone build a simulated log home when they could just build a real log home?

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Log Home Construction Methods: call me a purist

April 26th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Over the next several months we will discuss restoration of a log home as well as building a log home.

Bearfort Lodge was built around somewhere in the early 1900s. Feel free to visit the gallery and take a peek around.

I love the layout and general design so I will be keeping much of the same elements and plans but expanding on them greatly and taking a few liberties by increasing the square footage and altering a few things here and there.

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