Anyone own any log/mountain type of houses?

[reveriereptile]

My husband and I are thinking of building a house sometime soon. My husband doesn't really care for the wood log look but we love the shape of the log style houses with the angled great room that has windows up the walls.
Here's a couple examples of what I'm talking about. http://www.monsterhouseplans.com/lo...stalls-by-monster-house-plans-plan17-324.html http://www.houseplans.com/1648-squa...oom-Contemporary-House-Plans-0-garage-(31344)
What I'm having problems with is trying to figure out how we want it. He wants to build a cheap one that could be added onto in the future incase of kids. We both want a large open floor plan. Most of the pictures I've seen online of plans or of actual houses are either way to big or have a large open area and then the rest of the house packed with small rooms. It's hard to get an idea of what the inside of our house might look like since it will be smaller than most of the plans we seen. I was wondering if members on here had any houses similar to what we are wanting that wouldn't mind sharing pictures of their houses or any that is online that I might not of seen.

 

[Dar]

that first one looks a lot like my aunts place... I will try and find pics...

they have a blasted out basement where one room is we knick named it the bomb shelter cause its blasted out of solid granite

they have an open concept main floor with one bedroom (huge room) that is tucked behind the staircase going upstairs... they had a ceiling over half of the main floor.. the rest was 16 foot ceilings, there was the diningroom that was separated by the fireplace.. and the kitchen and joining laundry room is tucked int another back corner

on the top floor there is another bedroom and a sitting room / playroom for the kids...

 

[feather and mountain man]

No but I want one. That would be so cool.

 

[Organics North]

No need for it to be log if you do not want it.
I see many stick frame houses with a PROW front.
Look for plans with a prow front..

If you want a the log look on the outside you can use log siding.

I help build real, Swedish cope, full scribe log houses. It takes 4 of us a winter using hand tools to build the shell. It is anything but cheap! However they are as tight as a drum and will stand for 500 years if a roof is kept on it..

ON

 

[reveriereptile]

I'm not sure if he likes the log siding or not. I know he wants white walls on the inside instead of the log/wood and some type of flooring other than hardwood. I actually like the hardwood floor but he doesn't. He likes the look of tile but that is usually to cold to walk on. Even though it would be expensive I thought corkboard floors would be nice especially with the benefits it has. He would like a two story house with the second floor having the railing to look over with probably the master bedroom upstairs and maybe the full bathroom. We are happy enough to just have one full bathroom and possiblily a half bathroom downstairs. I know bathrooms are way to expensive for one room. Since we live up north where it is cold most of the year and everything looks dead I think is why we like the large windows. Makes it seem less cooped up and makes the room brighter.

Thanks Organics North for the term. Didn't know what to call it so I've been having to skim through hundreds of pictures with only a few having the type of front I like. That will help a lot with weeding out the other houses.

 

[Organics North]

Consider in floor radiant hydronic heating... HMMMMM.. Warm floor! Works great with tile floors too!

Save money and headaches later by keeping a simple roof line not a lot of dormers. Also keeping the house to 4 corners. The prow will add a little bit. A south facing prow with lots of windows is nice if you have some hardwoods in front.. Winter=lots of warm sunlight, in summer thought the trees leaves provide shade so you do not bake like a bug under glass.

My brother inlaw has a stick built house with a prow front. (It gets warm in May before the leaves provide some shade, but it is real nice in winter.)

ON

 

[Dunkopf]

Those heated floors are the bomb "kids terminology". They actually help heat the house and are warm to walk on. Just make sure you pick a color and texture you like. They are very difficult to remove and will last longer than the house.

 

[herfrds]

Maybe this might help. This is our log home that we just started building this last summer.

West side

East side

South side

We did a simple floor plan with the main living area upstairs and the extra rooms in the basement.
I know what you are saying about DH wanting to build cheap.

I just realized I don't have any recent pictures of it inside with the roof on it.

 

[kathyinmo]

OH ! ! ! You have to see this! This is serrin 's BYC page! I just love it!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=37154

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

Don't know if this will help, but here are some pics of my home.

The house

Dining room

Kitchen

Bedroom 1 on the first floor

Bedroom 2 on the first floor

Living Room

The deck

Can't really find any of the master bedroom or the basemenT...but I imagine,,,,you get the Idea!