Category Archives: Log Cabins

The building experts at Beaver Mountain will help you design the log cabin of your dreams. Casual? Rugged? Elegant? Check out these terrific ideas…

Custom Log & Timber Frame Home Pricing

| November 27, 2024

Determining The Turnkey Cost of Your Custom-Built Home

In general, log cabin homes and timber frame homes are typically niche areas of construction and tend to cost somewhat more (generally 10% and up) than a comparable, high quality, custom “stick-built” home with the same level of finishes, amenities, and design complexities. Many variables can affect the finished, move-in-ready cost of your home, including the location of your home, the contractor you choose, finish levels, design complexity, local building codes, appliances, quality of materials, etc…  The cost of Beaver Mountain’s home package is only a portion of the finished expenses, and determining a ballpark estimate requires an in-depth conversation about your project and vision. CONTINUE READING

Beaver Mountain Log Homes Overlook Retreat

What Are You Waiting For?

| February 20, 2020

Undoubtedly you might think that just because there is snow on the ground and the temperatures are frigid, you can’t begin to build your dream home. This is so far from the truth! Realistically, while the weather and ground conditions are not ideal in the northeast, it’s the perfect time to lay the ground work and begin the process of building. Here are some of the reasons why: CONTINUE READING

Cedar Crest Cabin Cedar Log Home Livingroom

Let Furniture Set The Stage For Your Log Home

| January 24, 2020

Let Furniture Set the Stage in Your New Log Home
Story By: Pellham D.W. DeGroot
Guest Commentary by Log Home Living
There’s no shortage of information about building a log home, whether you’re cutting down your own trees or stacking pre-cut logs.  But precious little tells how to furnish a log home.  Most people wind up OK, or at least think they do, but some regard furnishing a log home as an impossible mission.
No wonder, even if you are blessed with taste and confidence, few people have any experience with log homes, even those who have done and re-done other kinds of homes many times, even a few pros, Logs pose challenges.
There’s the wood, obviously.  But because logs represent more than just a place to live, furniture has to go beyond form and function to convey who the owners are and how they live in their log home.  That means worrying less about a stated theme – Southwestern, art deco, rococo, French Country, Victorian, etc. – and more about setting feelings: casual, comfortable, rugged, outdoorsy, down-homey. CONTINUE READING