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dream log home you've always wanted. Perhaps you have some
custom log home design ideas on paper as you've been collecting
design ideas. That's a great way to plan and organize your
ideas, by making a scrapbook of the things you may want in your
log home design. Here are some tips for custom designing your
log home:



1. Explore and Select Your Log Home Style - select the log home
style that you really want and like, a style that excites you.
Will you prefer the manufactured or handcrafted log home style?
Manufactured log homes are made with logs that are milled into a
desired shape, producing uniform logs without taper. The logs
used generally range in length from 10 to 18 feet.



A custom log home design using manufactured logs can vary
considerably in shape and appearance because the logs have
different shapes and there are different corner styles. You can
obtain kits ranging from just the logs and fasteners to more
complete systems that include the roofing materials, doors,
windows and even more. A handcrafted custom log home design
means handcrafters will strip the bark off of whole logs. Using
special skills and tools, the handcrafter will fit each log into
place. Handcrafted custom log home design and construction is
labor intensive, and the construction process takes longer and
usually costs more since so much work is done manually. This
method attempts to preserve the natural shape of the tree, and
each log is carefully trimmed and shaped for a specific location
in the log shell. The logs may be assembled at the company's
yard, the pieces are numbered, taken apart and shipped to the


homesite to be reassembled. 2. Visualize Home Traffic Flow - a
good way to create a custom log home design is to take
floorplans you like and pretend you're coming home, entering and
moving around in the home. Come in the front door - where will
you place your coat? What do you see in front of you as you
enter? Which way to the kitchen and pantry if you are carrying
groceries? Visualize sitting in the living room or family room.
Will you be entertaining guests? Is having a fireplace high on
your list of priorities? Try to note where the bathroom or
bathrooms are located. As you finish your shower, where are the
towels hanging? Another helpful exercise when visualizing custom
log home design is to examine the things that you like about
where you live now. What things would you like to keep and what
are things you'd like to change and have in your new home? For
example, perhaps you'll want a much larger kitchen. Pay special
attention to the kitchen work triangle - the distance between
the sink, refrigerator and range or cooktop. Each one of these
areas becomes a focal point in the kitchen and forms the three
points of a triangle with different distances between them. Done
correctly, proper custom log home design in the kitchen gives
you the most efficient food preparation area layout. Walk
through each room of the floorplan and see how the room feels
and functions and how its location seems in relation to other
roms.



3. Plan Your Home Orientation and Layout - when creating a
custom log home design, pay attention to your site and how the
orientation of individual rooms will be done. Locate the


bedrooms towards the cooler, nighttime north. Place your kitchen
facing the east to catch the early morning sun. The living room
and recreational room can have a kind of transitional
orientation, facing the warm noon south sun. And the dining area
can be oriented towards the late afternoon western sun. Natural
light, window placement, orientation and views are powerful
positive factors in human health and the comfort of your new
home. A great way to learn custom log home design ideas is to
view log home plans that have been successfully built already.
Use the speed of the internet to view plans, plans that you
enjoy. Every plan that you review can give you custom log home
design ideas that you had not thought of. Instead of trying to
create brand new plans from scratch, you can save considerable
time and money if you can find great plans that have already
been built successfully somewhere. This means the plans will
work. Just be sure the plans service can make the changes to the
plans so they become exactly what you want. That way, you really
can create the custom log home design that will provide you many
years of enjoyment. Copyright 2005 InfoSearch Publishing



About the author:


Learn more about log home design, fireplace design, cabin
rentals and finding a log home plan just right for you at
http://www.yourdreamloghome.com - David Buster is VP of
InfoSearch Publishing and webmaster of this popular log home
website.
David BusterCustom Log Home Design Ideas

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