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Adirondack Style and Post & Beam Architecture: Forever Intertwined

By on August 12, 2011 in Building & Design, Log Homes, Post & Beam Home, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Vacation & Second Homes

Having grown up in an area situated between the Green Mountains of Vermont and the Adirondack Mountains of New York, I’ve experienced a great deal of the architectural styles of both. To this day, when I see anything remotely akin to what I call The Adirondack Style, a.k.a. rustic timber frame, it immediately brings to mind [...]

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The Quintessential Log Cabin Home

By on July 15, 2011 in Building & Design, Green Living, Log Homes, Styling & Decorating, The Beam Babe, timber frame, Vacation & Second Homes

This custom designed log cabin home sits at the southern edge of the Flathead National Forest in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. It is the epitome of the images one might conjure when thinking of a log cabin. Okay, a really nice log cabin with all the amenities, but definitely a log cabin; the western version of a New England farmhouse. It’s been a terrific experience [...]

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One Super-Cute Log Cabin

By on June 10, 2011 in Building & Design, Green Living, Log Homes, The Beam Babe, Vacation & Second Homes

Apparently, I’m into small dwellings lately. First, it was the terrific carriage house in my post The Carriage house Meets English Cottage , then it was the guest house in A Post and Beam Farmhouse-Style Guest Cottage , and now this fabulous little log cabin.  It is absolutely the cat’s meow! Built in California by JR Thompson, this cabin has everything a [...]

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Post and Beam Living Explores a Magnificent Real Log Home!

By on May 24, 2011 in Building & Design, Green Living, Log Homes, The Beam Babe, Tips & Tidbits, Vacation & Second Homes

Having written this blog for over two and a half years, I can’t believe this is my first post on a log home, but what a way to dip my toe into this world. All I can say is WOW! This Mountain style home is a rustic, yet refined beauty. Previously when I thought of log cabins and [...]

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