About Cabin Plans & Small Log Homes

It is great to settle down from your normal routine in a house built of natural milled logs to get you back to basics and in tune again with Mother Nature. Many country-loving folks love the feel of staying in small log cabins of different shapes and sizes whether for their primary residence or a vacation home. There is a natural rustic charm about a small cabin that is warm, inviting and for many, extremely appealing.

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• Vacation Cabin Plan
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This home epitomizes simplicity and practicality. The U-shaped kitchen is efficient in layout. There is ample storage and counter space as well as a dining area. The living room is open to the kitchen/dining room and includes an entertainment center that is built-in. The bedroom is of a nice size and has a large closet. If you would like to expand in the future, there is a loft that overlooks the kitchen and living room.

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Have a look at this great cabin plan. This design includes a walkout basement foundation. This plan is great for vacation or retreat cabin living with 864 sq ft for both the first and basement, 686 for the second, for a total of 1550, and 2414 if the basemnet is to be finished. The wood stove wall height is nine feet and slopes up to the second story studio. The Studio is open to this area below with a railing. The railing has a eight foot height that continues to slope up to form a thirteen foot high vaulted Studio.

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New-age living is out in front when it comes to fabulous features. With 1,908 sq. ft. this home provides multiple levels, sun-catching walls of windows a huge deck, and so much more. The living room is a showcase with sloping ceilings, and a soaring fireplace-all open to the dining room and island kitchen. A unique demi-landing with steps leads to private areas: laundry area, shared bath and two bright bedrooms with corner windows and walk-in closets. The main stairway leads to the master suite with sloping ceilings, balcony, built-in bookshelves and wide walk-in. The bath has a step-up window tub, double vanities, linen closet and attic access.

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A number of “small log cabins” are big enough to call home. Other larger log cabins are large enough to have hot tubs, skylights for natural sunlight and many urbanized amenities and creature comforts to satisfy.

In the pioneer days and even earlier, small log cabins were constructed for the one and only purpose of being permanent homes. From around the 1800’s small log cabins met the very fundamental requirements of a home in that time, and a single cabin could be built in as little as a several days using the most very basic tools. Early small log cabins were straightforward, yet were extremely durable, sturdy and very inexpensive to build. Early log homes have stood the test of time and have weathered all that Mother Nature has thrown at them.

In present day, through the advancement of technology and design construction, these log homes have evolved into beautiful homes. Staying in such a pleasant place is still tons fun and proves to be the ideal vacation home for people that wish retract form their every day lives.

Small log cabins can be bought through realtors or cabin plans can be purchased to build one of your own. Small log cabins can approach the same price as some small traditional homes, or even surpass their price tags, dependent on the quality and design. When building your own cabin, there are logging mills that will cut, mill, and deliver the logs for your home to your plans specifications. In this case a log home could be built for less than a traditional home.

If the quiet rural life is your kind of living, then a small log cabin may make a perfect second home. There are many log home designs to choose from. Plans for log cabins can be purchased online, and are built following the same guidelines and building codes for a traditional home.

Historical Cabin Fact

Swedish and Finland Immigrants introduced early log cabins to America during the late 1770’s in the state of Delaware. These Immigrants brought their skills of building log cabins to Delaware but soon spread throughout America. Log cabins became very popular in the 1880’s. As a result not only were homes built from logs; schools, churches, barns and various other commercial buildings were also constructed.

Fact: Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson gained popular advantage just because they were born in a log cabin.

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