a couple of houses I have designed and built.

[Joanie]

 

 

 
The first 1 is what we are working on now, the second we built about 7 years ago.

[clww]

Drive on up here and I'd be most happy to have you help on mine, too!
Impressive pictures you posted of your past projects.

[Joanie]

Drive on up here and I'd be most happy to have you help on mine, too!
Impressive pictures you posted of your past projects.

Thank you.

[Holmes]

Nice job on both of the houses. I like the wrap around porch..

[Joanie]

Nice job on both of the houses. I like the wrap around porch..

We still have to build the garage, finish framing a few more walls up stairs, and every thing else. thats the one we are sawing lumber for now. the downstairs walls will be paneled with red oak and hickory.

[Woodchuck53]

Those are real nice Joanie. As you probably know you never get finished with the one you build yourself. Always something to add or change. What do you seal your logs sides with? Thanks for sharing.

[Magicman]

Those are very tasteful designs.  Real eye catchers.   

[drobertson]

If I could ever learn to post a photo of the only log cabin I cut, I would be close to being embarrassed. but It is all the same, Nice job!  What a reward for the work envolved. very proud of you!    David

[customsawyer]

Great work. The feeling that you get from taking a tree and turning it into a house from start to finish is just so rewarding.

[Stephen1]

hey Joanie, very nice. I just love the porch. What is you do for a living?

[WildDog]

Great work there Joanie, I particularly like the top house, it would look great on my farm.

[ex-Engineer Wannabe]

Hey, WildDog's right!  The house pictured at the top of the thread would look great on my farm.  ;D

[Joanie]

hey Joanie, very nice. I just love the porch. What is you do for a living?

The guy I work for is into just about everything. Apartments(maintinance), building houses to rent out, clearing land, you name it we've most likely done it.

[Joanie]

Great work there Joanie, I particularly like the top house, it would look great on my farm.

about 250 feet in front of it is a 1 acre pond. I want lo live there but my boss it talking like the rent will be around $800.

[beenthere]

$800 is pretty cheap for that. Go for it.

[red pine]

Belated welcome to the Forum Joanie! You are obviously using what you saw in your houses.
My wife and I are presently trying to build a log cabin. Slow progress so far, but in fairness we are working at this part time. We love your latest home but actually have question about the older house. It appears you have flat sawed the logs to 8-9" on 2 sides and have a rounded rough look on the outside. That is our undertaking but I am a little concerned how it will look as the 24 ft are not totally straight and this will result in one log either overhanging the one below or vice versa. I am thinking I may have to remove the excess wood at the bows to make it look  half decent. Should your logs be round outside and not machined, how did you deal with this?    Appreciate your response.     Red Pine

[Kansas]

Beautiful. I do have a question though, and it might be self explanatory given your location. Why would you not have put a drive in basement under the first one. That hillside looks perfect for a couple of car garage under the house. When I had my log home built, that is what I did, but obviously in Kansas a basement can come in handy, and soil types and such can come into play.

[Joanie]

Belated welcome to the Forum Joanie! You are obviously using what you saw in your houses.
My wife and I are presently trying to build a log cabin. Slow progress so far, but in fairness we are working at this part time. We love your latest home but actually have question about the older house. It appears you have flat sawed the logs to 8-9" on 2 sides and have a rounded rough look on the outside. That is our undertaking but I am a little concerned how it will look as the 24 ft are not totally straight and this will result in one log either overhanging the one below or vice versa. I am thinking I may have to remove the excess wood at the bows to make it look  half decent. Should your logs be round outside and not machined, how did you deal with this?    Appreciate your response.     Red Pine

We cut 6x8 cants and had them milled at a log home supplyer in Blue Ridge, He does the logs and the 2x6s for tounge and grove, on the cheep.

[Joanie]

Beautiful. I do have a question though, and it might be self explanatory given your location. Why would you not have put a drive in basement under the first one. That hillside looks perfect for a couple of car garage under the house. When I had my log home built, that is what I did, but obviously in Kansas a basement can come in handy, and soil types and such can come into play.

They don't call this little town "Rock Spring" for nothing. ;D

[jueston]

the link to the first pic seems to be broken right now, so i can only see the second one, but it looks great, something about a log cabin standing alone with just snow and trees around it that always looks great to me.

oh and i like your avatar, i also have a love affair with my cats...  :D

[Joanie]

the link to the first pic seems to be broken right now, so i can only see the second one, but it looks great, something about a log cabin standing alone with just snow and trees around it that always looks great to me.

oh and i like your avatar, i also have a love affair with my cats...  :D

I don't know why it's not showing up, try looking in my gallery. Yep Callie is my baby, a different story that I don't want to get into, but she saved my life once.

[beenthere]

jueston
I see both pics. FYI

[Magicman]

The first picture is not the original picture, but it does give us a view of the other side of the house.   

[jueston]

i now see two pictures. 

[customsawyer]

I see both pics.

[WDH]

Those houses are beautiful!