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Mission Style Lighting

admin — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:45:19 +0000

Many log home and log cabin owners choose mission-style lighting for homes. There are many lighting websites out there. I came across TheBrightSpot.com . Their site contains indoor and outdoor lighting in Mission and other styles. I like their selection. … Continue reading →

Log Home Decor – Wood Wall Plates – Switch Plates

admin — Fri, 13 May 2011 03:04:37 +0000

Let’s talk about Log Home Decor! Specifically.. Wall plates also known as switch plates.

There’s a company in Georgia called Atkinson Electric LLC (www.woodwallplates.com) They offer wood switch plates for standard flat walls, round log walls and log siding walls. Their wall plates are specifically designed for any rustic lighting application. How cool is that!

Their standard plates can be made of:
Alder, Apple Wood, Ash, Aspen, Bamboo, Basswood, Beech, Red Birch, White Birch, Bocote, Brazilian Cherry – Jatoba, Bubinga, Butternut, Canary wood, Alaskan Yellow Cedar, Eastern Cedar, Spanish Cedar, Western Cedar, White Cedar, Chechen, Cherry, Wormy Chestnut, Cocobolo, Cyrpress, Douglas Fir, Macassar Ebony, Goncalo Alves, Hickory, Kentucky Coffee Wood, Kingwood, Koa, Lacewood, Locust, African Mahogany, Hoduran Mahogany, Santos Mahogany, Birdseye Maple, Curly Maple, Hard Maple, Quilted Maple, Soft Maple, Western Maple, Mesquite, Mulberry, Narra, Quarter Sawn Red Oak, Quarter Sawn White Oak, Red Oak, White Oak, Paulownia, Pecan, Persimmon, Heart Pine, Ponderosa Pine, White Pine, Yellow Pine, Poplar, Purple Heart, Red Wood, Rosewood – Bolivian Rosewood, Honduran Rosewood, Indian Rosewood, Sapele, Sassafras, Sycamore, Quarter Sawn Sycamore,Teak, Tulipwood, Black Walnut, Claro Walnut, English Walnut, Peruvian Walnut, Wenge, Yellow Heart, Zebrawood, and Zircote.

Their rounded plates can be made with these woods:
Alaskan Yellow, Cedar, Western Cedar, White Cedar, Cypress, Douglas Fir, Ponderosa Pine, White Pine and Yellow Pine.

So if you are looking for wall or switch plates that you need to match to your Log Home’s decor, you have to check out www.woodwallplates.com and see what they have to offer!

Happy Logging!
–Johnny C

Hamill Creek Timber Homes Story- Part 1

admin — Thu, 12 May 2011 04:37:36 +0000

Hamill Creek Timber Homes

I saw Hamill Creek Timber Home’s large back cover advertisement in the current issue of Timber Home Living Magazine. If you get a chance to see the ad, you have to check out the gorgeous and well-lit timber frame that they built.
I contacted Steve Hoffart at Hamill Creek (steve-AT-hamillcreek.com) and he shared the story of Hamill Creek. Here is part one of their story.
“Hamill Creek Timber Homes began designing and crafting timber frame homes in 1989, we have since grown to employ over 45 people and have shared our homes all over the world. A small group of craftsman joined Dwight Smith, and his wife Debbie, in a small workshop behind their home to form Hamill Creek Timber Homes. This was the realization of a passion for timber frame that Dwight had discovered only a few miles from our current production site while working on his first timber frame home. He had realized that this ancient type of construction was a form of art and a way of life.
The location of Hamill Creek could not better reflect the style; situated in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Hamill Creek combines the lifestyle of this unique natural paradise with ideal proximity to the one of the industry’s largest supply areas.”

I’ll be sharing more of their story soon. In the meantime, feel free to visit their site at www.HamillCreek.com

Love those Timbers combined with the stonework!

–Johnny C

Rustic Log Originals

admin — Wed, 11 May 2011 03:04:26 +0000

Have you ever want to make your own log furniture? It’s fun to do. I created my first log bed out of standing dead aspens that I gathered from the Foothills near Denver. I hand selected each log. I brought back more logs than I needed but that’s normal. Then came the sanding, making the tenons, making the cuts and fitting everything together. It was a great weekend project.

I took a look at Rustic Log Originals’ website – www.rusticlogoriginals.com. They created and sell a DVD titled “Design and Craft your own Rustic Log Bed”.

The DVD covers:
• Selecting the right trees
• Removing the bark
• Making the cuts
• Mortise and tenon joints
• Creating & assembling the headboard, foot board and attaching side rails
• Applying a finish to the logs

When you go to their site, there is a video sample on the main page. The video quality looks great so I imagine that their DVD has the same quality.

If you decide to build your own log bed, you’ll enjoy creating it and you can take a nap after it’s complete!

–Johnny C.

Welcome to Log Home Search – www.loghomesearch.com

admin — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:23:04 +0000

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