Here is a small project we will be starting on this winter some time.The homeowner of this log home decided they would like a covered porch entry way area built on to their existing log home.The porch roof will come out at a 45 degree angle from the intersection of the existing roofs. This is … Read more

…watching Burntside Lake start to freeze over.Even though we have had lots of cold and even a brief below zero night, Burntside Lake has remained largely unfrozen so far.I was at a spot on the west end every day this week. On Tuesday it was all open with ice capping the rocks on the shoreline. … Read more

Some pictures of a door I built a few years ago. I was digging them out to add to my galleries.It is a double door built out of Cherry. Half circular windows, double entry door, custom built for a home in Northern Minnesota. The uncarved interior side of the doors before finishing. The lower left … Read more

A few more shots of this recently completed renovation: The family room was separated from the back area by this log interior partition wall with the stairs going up along side it. To the right of this picture you can see what was the old bathroom. This is the “after” shot. The log partition wall … Read more

A short post today.A couple before and after shots of the 3 season porch on this recent renovation: This is the view looking to the main entry door into the 3 season porch before we started the renovation… quite dark. This is basically the same view after the renovation… new windows, new wood, new slate … Read more

Some more shots of the recent remodel project. This is the lakeside exterior of the cabin before we started. The dormer on the far end is just on the outside and does not offer any interior space.     As we can see here on the interior… the exterior dormer does not show through. Back … Read more

I am going to start posting some more “before” and “after” shots of the remodel we have been working on. For the most part, it is completed now. Appliances and furniture moved in etc. I know I started this before and got side tracked, but I was looking around the other day and realized was … Read more

Nothing much happening here this week. I found this cool article on natural building from the 14th century. In the interesting of keeping my blog active I will cheat this week and post somebody else’s material: http://naturalhomes.org/stonevillages.htm I posted a picture gallery of a log gazebo I built a few years ago here: Cool log … Read more

A room in a recent remodel project need a door with a clipped” corner, in order to open into a low pitched ceiling. This is the door opening from the inside of the room. It will hinge on the left side and swing into the sloped ceiling on the left. The ceiling can’t be seen … Read more

I had the opportunity to be up early this morning and saw the night illuminated by the huge, full, or almost full, moon. I watched as it slowly gave over to the sun, slowly sinking in to the south west as the sun gradually came up in the east.The days are getting noticeably shorter now … Read more