Log homes conjure up images of a simpler life; a time when people lived off the land in harmony with nature.  Many people associate log homes with early American settlers and the fact is, it was 17^th century French fur traders and settlers who introduced vertical log construction. During the Revolutionary War, soldiers used log buildings as temporary shelters. Through the late 18th and early 19th centuries, frontier settlers erected log cabins as they cleared land and moved westward. Throughout this country’s early history we find Americans using logs not only to build houses, but also in commercial structures, schools, churches, gristmills, barns, corncribs and a variety of outbuildings. 

You have this dream to give up the suburbs and move into the country to live a rustic lifestyle in a log cabin. You may have just inherited a piece of land or you currently own hunting land on which you want to construct a log cabin that is a part of nature overlooking a river or a fantastic mountain view. The one thing standing between this dream of yours and reality is—money. There are four primary ways to finance the construction of your log home.  

After living 13 years in a log cabin, my creativity as an interior designer was often challenged. Here are some of the suggestions to create a comfortable, bright, cozy, as well as functional interior. 

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