Working With Log Home Plans
To Create Your Dream Log Home

Browsing through new log home plans is one of the most enjoyable aspects of home building. Selecting the perfect log house from a wide variety of unique house plans is easy when you know what to look for.

When discussing log cabin plans, for example, we're including the exterior style, the interior design and, of course, the actual floor plan itself. 

Selecting your log home plan is both an important and exciting step towards fashioning your future. The best and simplest place to start your search for unique house plans is on the Internet. 

But, first, let's give you some useful tips on
finding the right log home plan for you.

Much of the appeal of building your own log or timber frame home lies in having the freedom to build the dream home that looks just the way you want it to. The main ways of transferring the mental picture of your home-to-be into reality are:

• Off-the-shelf plan
• Modified off-the-shelf plan
• One-off custom architect design

These are ranked in order of increasing cost – but you may not have to spend more to get exactly what you want.

It’s true that working with an architect to design your home from first principles will allow you to influence the smallest details, and it may be the only option if you have visualized a truly unique design, or are committed to including one or more innovative features in your home. You must remember, however, that the more unique your design, the more issues (and costs) are likely to arise during construction.

At the other extreme, working with an off-the-shelf log home plan means not only will the design cost you less, but it’s likely that the resulting home can be built for less too.

The middle road – and probably the most common – is to take an off-the-shelf design and have it modified to suit your purposes. This usually gives you the best of both worlds – a tried and tested, robust design that you know will work, but tweaked to suit your family, your plot and your lifestyle.

With thousands and thousands of different log floor plans to choose from, it’s very likely you will be able to find a set of plans that will serve you well as a starting point. The difficult part for many people is narrowing down the choice to a manageable number!

To learn more about choosing the right log home plan for you, we have provided several articles below. Check back often as we will be continually adding new material in this, our section for log home floor plans.

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