Article: Log homes have charm, but some drawbacks; Approximately 90 percent of log houses in U.S. are built from kits.(HOMES)

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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