Log House Plans

There are two kinds of log house plans: “handcrafted” and “milled.” Handcrafted homes are made of logs that have been peeled, but are unchanged from their original natural appearance. Milled homes are constructed of logs that have been run through a manufacturing process to remove natural imperfections and convert them into timbers that are consistent in size and appearance. These homes appeared in North America in the early 1700s. In the 1920s, the first milled log house plans appeared using logs that were precut and shaped. Most of these homes today are the milled variety because they require less labor-intensive fieldwork.