Log home floor plans are were every custom log or timber home begins. Sometimes it can be daunting to take a flat piece of paper with lines on it and imagine your dream home. This was something I struggle with but my husband excelled at.
To help envision the reality of a floor plan that is sitting on the table in front of you, try these few steps. Look at the measurements of each room on the plan. Go get a tape measure. Take the flat floor plan, the tape measure, and a pencil. Then choose a room from the plan and visit the corresponding room in your existing home.
Let's say you begin in the kitchen. Measure the length and width of your existing kitchen. Write down that number. Then stand back and think if you would like your next home to have a wider kitchen, longer, smaller, larger, etc. If you want the kitchen two feet shorter, then get your measuring tape and mark that size. This helps to put actual spaces to the sizes on the floor plan.
Go through all the rooms of your home in the same manner. If you want a large great room, then take your living room, dining room, and kitchen and add together all of the measurements. Remember that great rooms can include a kitchen area or can be a separate area or room all together.
By measuring the rooms in your home it puts the reality of a 10 foot long bedroom is always going to be 10' long, no matter what house it is in. Not only measure length, but measure wall height. One log home we visited recently had a ceiling which was 6 inches lower than a standard one.
One of the best assets I have for home planning is a large floor plan book. With over 500 pages, it is packed with home ideas, floor plans, and outside elevations. Give yourself an advantage and have lots of background information before you begin final planning of your custom log home.
If you visit our website at http://cowboyloghomes.com we have capitalized on designing livable floor plans. Currently there are about 100 log home and log cabin plans to choose from. If you don't see what you like, then contact us and we can do a custom design. But remember, a quality log or timber home always begins with a quality log home floor plan.
Cowboy Log Homes
To help envision the reality of a floor plan that is sitting on the table in front of you, try these few steps. Look at the measurements of each room on the plan. Go get a tape measure. Take the flat floor plan, the tape measure, and a pencil. Then choose a room from the plan and visit the corresponding room in your existing home.
Let's say you begin in the kitchen. Measure the length and width of your existing kitchen. Write down that number. Then stand back and think if you would like your next home to have a wider kitchen, longer, smaller, larger, etc. If you want the kitchen two feet shorter, then get your measuring tape and mark that size. This helps to put actual spaces to the sizes on the floor plan.
Go through all the rooms of your home in the same manner. If you want a large great room, then take your living room, dining room, and kitchen and add together all of the measurements. Remember that great rooms can include a kitchen area or can be a separate area or room all together.
By measuring the rooms in your home it puts the reality of a 10 foot long bedroom is always going to be 10' long, no matter what house it is in. Not only measure length, but measure wall height. One log home we visited recently had a ceiling which was 6 inches lower than a standard one.
If you visit our website at http://cowboyloghomes.com we have capitalized on designing livable floor plans. Currently there are about 100 log home and log cabin plans to choose from. If you don't see what you like, then contact us and we can do a custom design. But remember, a quality log or timber home always begins with a quality log home floor plan.
Cowboy Log Homes
