Student log homes

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Student log homes

Exceptional Log Homes Award for Chris Anderson and Tony Urban

Index, WA log home

A beautiful new log home in Index, Washington.

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Last updated: Sat, 10/27/2007 - 17:32

Bellingham log home

This is a log home for sale in Bellingham, Washington

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Bernie Frizzle

Bernie Frizzle's log home

There are 17 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2007 - 01:01

Dale Family

Jim & Paulie Dale built this beautiful log home. The logs came right from their property, and they had enough left over to mill up all the lumber they needed.

They relish in the 'joke' that kids in their neighborhood drive cars that cost more than they spent while building their log home... and yet their log home is worth just as much as neighboring homes.

There are 18 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2007 - 01:01

Duvall log home

Here's a log home in the town of Duvall, Washington that was built by one of our members. This person did a great job, making a well built, rock solid log home.

The current owner is now planning to sell it, so if you are looking for a log home in the area, you should check it out.

There are 17 images in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 10/04/2007 - 03:54

Fred Renfroe

A stunning log home built by retired Navy Chaplain Fred Renfroe and his family.

This 6000+ square foot log home functions as both a residence and a spiritual retreat where Fred performs marriages and counseling.

There are 19 images in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 07/31/2008 - 22:32

Greg LaFrance

Greg LaFrance's log home

There are 19 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2007 - 01:01

Hilltop Lodge

The Hilltop lodge was built by two brothers in Michigan. They did awesome work on this log home, and it has many beautiful, creative touches.

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Jeff Cooley

Jeff built this log home working entirely alone. He had the shell up in about 5 weeks. This log home is "pretty as a postcard."

Jeff estimates that it cost him about 60k to build this log home. It went on the market for $497,000 and has now sold. He is currently planning to build his second log home.

There are 20 images in this gallery

Last updated: Sat, 03/22/2008 - 22:02

Log cabins - a small log cabin built by Jerry

Jerry Sargent

Jerry attended our class when he was 16 years old.

He immediately built this log cabin and he did an absolutely fantastic job.

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Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2007 - 01:01

Jessup Family

Jack & Joni Jessup's log home

There are 18 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2007 - 01:00

John Koenig fishing lodge

John and Corrina Koenig are building this wonderful log lodge in Western Washington. John is a renowned fishing guide, and this lodge is going to serve as his base of operations here in Washington.

This log home is still under construction. It should be finished in about a month. This is a spectacular log home, in a beautiful setting.

There are 19 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 03/05/2008 - 02:49

Lake Kayak Log Home

A log home built by students near Lake Kayak.

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Larry Kapin

Larry and his wife moved from New York to Washington and after taking Skip's class they immediately built this very nice log home.

They had zero construction experince before starting their project, and they ended up doing almost everything themselves. Larry has since sold the home and moved to Asia where he studies traditional Chinese medicine.

There are 20 images in this gallery

Last updated: Thu, 02/14/2008 - 06:45

Log homes, built and sold by our students:

Here are a few log homes sold by our students. We make no referrals or endorsements, these are just some examples of log homes sold by our members.

These homes were not built by professional builders. In most cases the log home being sold was the first one they ever built.

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Last updated: Sun, 02/24/2008 - 09:17

Lucky Dog Lodge

This lodge was built by Steve Copeland, with a little help from his friends. In this log home you can see Steve's vision and dream -- a wilderness retreat with all the comfortable touches of a wonderful B&B.

This 4500 square foot log home was actually built around an existing stick frame home. Then the stick frame home was carefully dismantled and recycled.

There are 25 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2007 - 01:01

A beautiful view of The Sherrodd log home

Mark & Lisa Sherrodd

Mark and Lisa built this wonderful log home using short log construction. This is elegant 'country' living!

It's worth noting that their neighbor was building a kit log home at the same time Mark and Lisa were building their home. The neighbor took 3 months to get his walls up, whereas Mark and Lisa took less than 1 week.

There are 19 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2007 - 01:01

Mike Simmons

This log home was built by Mike Simmons after he attended our class.

Mike sold this home almost immediately for $299,000.00. His "net" profit from the sale was $160,000.00. If necessary, Mike said he could easily build more than one log home per year, and that it's so easy that "anyone can do it."

There are 11 images in this gallery

Last updated: Sat, 02/23/2008 - 09:27

Mike Vowels

Mike built his beautiful log home in the early 80s. This log home is truly unique and special, in fact it's so cool that it's featured in the book Hands-On Log Homes by Cindy and Art Thiede.

Keep an eye open for the reoccurring mountain motif, and totem pole RPSL (among other neat features).

There are 46 images in this gallery

Last updated: Fri, 02/29/2008 - 10:49

Miscellaneous pictures

This gallery is full of miscellaneous pictures emailed to us by students.

There are pictures of their finished log homes, and of log homes under construction.

There are 42 images in this gallery

Last updated: Sat, 02/23/2008 - 08:45

Montana log home

A member named Rocky emailed us a bunch of photos of his log home in Montana. It's a really nice looking log home.

There are 14 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 02/13/2008 - 01:40

Old log homes built by our students

This is a gallery of miscellaneous older log homes built by our students. These homes were built in the 1960's, 1970's, and early 1980's.

The Association was founded in 1965, and Skip was actually teaching people how to build log homes prior to that date.

There are 6 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 07/30/2008 - 19:25

Olympic Peninsula Log Home

A log home built by a student on the Olympic Peninsula in WA.

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Pam's log home

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Last updated: Wed, 04/23/2008 - 18:03

Patrick Gillespie

These are pictures of Patrick's log home under construction. It's easy to see the potential in this secluded retreat.

Since these photos were taken Patrick has finished his log home, and now operates a lovely B&B.

There are 24 images in this gallery

Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2007 - 01:01

Recent Projects 2000-2010

This gallery contains pictures of some current student projects, while under construction. These are post year 2000 projects, and they are all owner-builder log home projects.

This is just a small sampling of projects. At any given time we have between 150 to 500 members building all over the United States (and the world).

Thanks for the pictures, we're thrilled to see your projects taking shape!

There are 27 images in this gallery

Last updated: Wed, 02/13/2008 - 04:23

Ric Carlson

Ric built this majestic log home in the 1970s. This a log home that actually has a turret, and it looks awesome.

Ric not only built this log home himself, but he did all the landscaping too and the landscaping combined with the house makes for one nice estate property -- fit for a King. Ric recently sold this home and is now on his way to a happy retirement.

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Last updated: Sat, 02/23/2008 - 08:55

Roy in Africa

This is a beautiful log home built by one of our students in Africa. Roy did a spectacular job building his log home, and he should be proud of his accomplishment. It was the first home he built after taking our 2 day class. Thank's for the pictures Roy.

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Sheri & Debbie

People often ask "can a woman build a log home?" Of course!

This charming log home was built by two women. Not only did they do almost EVERYTHING themselves, but they did a fantastic job too.

There are 14 images in this gallery

Last updated: Sat, 03/22/2008 - 22:04

The "pizza guys" build a log home

Three friends who owned a pizza restaurant built this wonderful log home the woods. They were planning their second home almost before they finished the first.

Congratulations to Joe, Dave, and Bill for a job well done.

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Last updated: Mon, 10/01/2007 - 01:01

The GREEN log home

A students home was selected by the King County Green Tools Program as a "Remodel Case Study" of Sustainable and Green building practices. See all the features of a environmental friendly log home: a graywater system, tankless hot water heater, rain water harvesting system, et cetera. Congratulations to Mike Vowels on his Green Log Home.

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