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Article: Log homes have charm, but some drawbacks; Approximately 90 percent of log houses in U.S. are built from kits.(HOMES)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- April 4, 1998
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Burrowing, cocooning and nesting are nature-evoking terms used by home builders and trend forecasters to describe homeowners' yearnings for comfy, cozy houses. Yet few homes really look like anything you'd find in the forest.
Except a log house.
Log houses, an icon of early American housing and the standard of rustic charm, are quite literally nests - both in the structural and aesthetic sense.
Like an eagle's aerie or a beaver's lodge, log homes derive their strength from tightly woven trees. Their beauty is a byproduct of their woodsy character, which also accounts for peculiarities that not everyone will appreciate.
Despite their ...
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