Why are log homes so interesting?  Handcrafted luxury log homes made by Town & Country Cedar Homes are produced from whole Northern White Cedar by our skilled artisans. For years, simple log cabin homes designs were fundamental symbols of comfort and security, a tradition of building that began in Colonial America. Over time, other home styles became commonplace, but the log cabin and the luxury log home remain the finest examples of wood handcrafted products in America.

The humble roots of Town & Country Cedar Homes (See our Roots Video Here) stem from our belief in the log home lifestyle and that only authentic hand craftsmanship can produce a truly top quality log home. Our log homes utilize only superior cedar and Douglas fir building products, hand-crafted in an earth-friendly manner. Town & Country Cedar log homes and luxury log cabins provide a warmth not typically found with conventional construction designs. As an experienced material provider, as well as a Michigan handcrafted luxury log home and log cabin builder, we design and build our log homes and timber frame houses to last generations, just like the colonial pioneers.

What luxury log home or log cabin style will fit your lifestyle? Our luxury log home and log cabin designs are typically customized to meet the lifestyle of the client. Generally, the style of cedar 'log' craftsmanship can be categorized as one of the following types of log homes:

RUSTIC LUXURY LOG CABINS: JUST HOW RUSTIC ARE YOU?  Rustic, full tree length luxury log cabin homes retain the natural, round-on-round taper found in the standing tree. This style of log cabin home most resembles the pioneered log homes of early America. Hand hewn (peeled), full tree lengths of Town & Country harvested and kiln-dried cedar logs are 'layered' on top of each other in a pattern so that the logs fit closely together. Between the tree length, chinking (interior and exterior waterproof, natural looking caulking) is placed to create an airtight seal. The effect is a very natural, rugged look in an elegantly original dream log cabin home.

The interior of a rustic, luxury log home or log cabin reflects the opposite side of the exterior tree length logs.  Tree-length log cabin homes can utilize beautifully handcrafted full log trusses over the open spans of the great room or other wider living areas.  Our trusses are handcrafted, matching the natural taper of each log to the adjoining log for a luxury log cabin home style. This rustic, very natural approach to building log homes closely mimics the style of log cabin homes found centuries ago, but utilizes modern building techniques for full architectural integrity.

RUSTIC STYLE, in a luxury, tree-length log home or log cabin blends well in forested or mountainside environments from Appalachia to western mining towns, or even the hills of the southeastern states. The tree-length log home style may play a role in determining the final floor plan, as the entire structure must be designed for the integrity of the full log length. Rustic, tree-length chinked log homes typically require more maintenance than the more 'conventional' lodge log home style. Town & Country Cedar Homes offers unparalleled craftsmanship and a 20 year structural guarantee on all their log homes. Our log homes and luxury log cabins are finished using only top weatherproofing and staining products. As in the past sixty years, our Design Staff and Client Services personnel are always available to offer assistance with convenient tips on standard recommended maintenance through the many years of Town & Country rustic log home ownership.

LOOKING FOR A TRADITIONAL STYLE LOG HOME?  A 'LODGE' STYLE LUXURY LOG HOME is a construction style coined by Town & Country Cedar Homes more than thirty years ago. This luxury log home style is similar to a "HALF-LOG" log home design that combines the more modern structural integrity of conventional construction, with a log home interior and exterior using a variety of kiln-dried, hand hewn log home panelling choices.  This is the most common form of Town & Country luxury or systems-built log homes.  The Lodge Style log home is constructed using tongue and grooved, 3" thick by 7" high Half Log Exterior Siding. [A lesser expensive option, typically found on systems built log homes,  is "Quarter-Log" log cabin home, constructed using 1 1/2" thick x 6" high Exterior Siding.] Chinking (cosmetic weatherproofing) is then placed between the cedar log panels on the exterior of the log home design.

LODGE STYLE LOG CABIN  HOMES are the most common, more typically found log homes offered by Town & Country Cedar Homes.  In fact, our Lodge Style log cabin homes range in size from a mere 2000 square foot log cabin, to the most extensively custom designed luxury log cabin home limited only by your imagination.  The Lodge Log Cabin Home offers more diversity in design than a rustic, tree length log cabin home, and less maintenance as well. Many luxury, lodge style log cabins  can be found throughout America. This log home style plan can be combined with decorative finishes such as a variety of stonework, stucco, or even brick for a mixed-media style that is popularized in more urban environments. More recently, beautiful stains in a variety of accent colors are utilized to provide a home, cottage log cabin style.

INTERIOR HOME DESIGN FOR A LODGE STYLE LOG CABIN HOME can feature handcrafted, hand-hewn logs formed into majestic king trusses over any living area, including great rooms, family rooms, bedrooms and kitchens.  Vertical and ceiling surfaces may be completed with bead board paneling, log paneling, chinked tongue and groove paneling.  Add accents of stone, drywall or any combination of these finishes for a completely unique log home design that is all your own!

HOW DO YOU DETERMINE YOUR LUXURY LOG HOME OR LOG CABIN HOME STYLE? Defining your personal log home building style  is best accomplished with the assistance of an experienced Design Manager from a Town & Country Cedar Homes Regional Design Center. (Click Here to Contact our Design Managers). We believe that your log home is an extension of your personal interests and tastes.  Typically you won't find the perfect log home floor plan from a newstand log home design book.   But we do have standard stock floor plans which provide a wealth of great ideas from which our design staff can begin to conceptualize your own personal custom home floor plan.  In addition, we offer great ideas under our Floor Plan of the Month, and Premiere Floor Plans.

Check out our Online Store, which offers valuable home planning tools, including our new Cedar Style Book, our latest 2008 full color, 190 page  hard bound publication featuring masterpieces in log, timber cottage and craftsman style custom floor plans.

VIEW OUR PREMIERE FLOOR PLANS TO HELP YOU CHOOSE A LOG HOME STYLE THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU! Stil have questions?  Check out our Frequently Asked Questions & Anser section. We  offer our clients the opportunity to study, learn and save ideas to a Personal Porfolio of Log Home Floor Plans and Design Ideas. Begin choosing styles and image that you want to see in your new luxury log home or log cabin with our webite's DESIGN ONLINE feature. Then speak with your personally assigned Design Manager when you have questions. We're here to help you with selecting property that works well for log home lifestyles, the design process, and all aspects of your new luxury, custom built log home project.  

To begin your log home planning experience, call our nearest Regional Design Center and request your complimentary Town & Country Photo CD demonstrating the extensive experience: