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Custom Antique Log Homes
Almost all of the antique log homes we build are custom structures, built to our customers' specifications. However, we do have a few "favorites" that people seem to request again and again. At any rate, we can help you come up with a house plan if you don't have one already.
Every now and then, someone wants their log home re-erected exactly "as found", like the one above. Notice the off-center door and windows. The charm is irresistable, but that charm is exuded by all of our log homes instantly. The home pictured below is actually made of several different structures, and has a very open, modern floorplan. But on the outside, it looks like an original structure.
Although the antique log homes we salvage were all well built, they are small by today's standards. Most people today prefer a house plan that is more suitable to modern-day lifestyles (not too many families today would survive for very long living in one room!). That is why we modify the antique structures by cutting off the old notches, re-notching, and reconfiguring to accommodate any house plan that our customers come up with. This reconfiguring the beautiful, one-of-a-kind log homes is done very carefully and methodically. And the end result is so close to the original, even the pioneers who built our homes would have a difficult time discerning between their work and ours.
Why a Walden 19th Century Antique Log Home?
People say our log homes look the "way a log home is supposed to look." We know what they mean. The marks made on our logs from the foot adz were actually made by a man using a foot adz, over 100 years ago. Machines cannot duplicate this, no matter how hard they try.
And the patina on our logs, the deep, soft earth colors, is a process that has been going on for over 100 years as well. We don't "stain" them, or run them through some kind of "hacking" machine to age them. They are the real McCoy, cut a century ago from virgin growth and hewn by hand down to the heart wood. Logs like these are not an option anymore for most companies. But we can build your log home out of these magnificent logs, and we can build it "the way a log home is supposed to look."
Contact Us
P.O. Box 366
Lookout Mountain
TN 37350
423.821.8070
info@waldenloghomes.com
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