Last of the photos

I just realized I've taken thousands of photos of our log home. Here is the last of them. Some of these you may have already seen before. Our place is still a work in progress and my next projects include landscaping, finishing the basement and completing the loft furnishings. Oh - and getting a real LIVE dog to put in there! Greg - if you're reading this - get ready!

P.S. Each Thursday for the rest of April, I am going to draw a name out of my followers and send them a SURPRISE GIFT from my nature store. So you get ready too!






Here's the loft freshly carpeted. Looks like a great place for a party!





My moose themed bathroom.




I don't know who is going to change those light bulbs!





Can you picture Scarlett O'hara coming down these stairs? ha,ha!






Here's our log cabin before it was stained.





We stained it with a medium red-tone brown. The darker stains last longer - approximately 5 - 6 years.




This year we'll be able to stain our deck. This is my observation point to check on all my neighbors. Seriously.





Marvin has requested a window seat. We'll see....

My dream living room for a log home

When we were up in Munising for log home training, I got to snap some photos of Hiawatha's (our log home provider)log home studio where they are headquartered. I just love their living room with all the log accents in the ceiling,tall fieldstone fireplace, the way the track lighting is arranged and how the dormer windows add more space. Check out that huge wrought iron chandelier! Maybe in my next log home....

Getting Loony in the Log Home

In keeping with my Loon theme for our log home, Greg & I went out searching for a nice Loon picture to hang on the large wall in our dining area. (Please note that I am doing things backwards as I still don't have a dining table - but that's the way I operate - ha,ha!) We found this picture (on sale!) at the Call of the Wild Museum in Gaylord. If you look at the picture closely, you can see the Loon parents with their 2 chicks looking at a log cabin (of course!) Just perfect for us!
To round out our "loon fever" - we went to the lake to see if the nesting pair of loons had their babies yet - and to our delight they did! They were very far away from my camera but I'll still post those shots later this week.

Inside the Log Cabin

More interior construction work going on in the log cabin this week. The log staircases were installed (one going to the loft and one going to the basement.) The one thing we didn't plan for was how wide the stairs are. It ending up eating more living room space then we would've liked. In retrospect, our log cabin should have been bumped out a few more feet to accommodate this staircase.

In the kitchen, we are having the builder do custom cabinetry with the tongue & groove wood. No decision yet on the type of countertop.

The doors and windows will finally be delivered today. Now the builder can take the tarp off the openings and I won't have to worry about bears and other critters coming to visit.

Now we have to make decisions on all the fun stuff such as appliances, light fixtures, bathroom vanities and floor coverings.