True North Log Homes designs this log cabin for a secluded hideaway and for hunting and fishing weekends. It’s small stature provides a down-to-earth respite for the whole family. From sports adventures to quiet soul-searching to intimate weekends away, the cabin helps to keep life simple....
Log Homes are much beloved for their nostalgic appeal but one downside is that they typically form leaks between the timbers. Luckily, True North Log Homes has come up with a couple of nice tricks to keep their logs homes from coming apart at the seams and avoid the issue and cost of chinking every year....
If you took a visual tour all around cabin country, you'd see many different types and styles of structures. You'd find historic, modern, traditional, log, Adirondack, classic 1950s-era, Western, vintage, whimsical, mountain, Southern, eclectic, and coastal styles...
True North Log Homes, the most technologically advanced custom log home manufacturer in the world, has furthered their commitment to lessening their carbon footprint on the environment by becoming Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified. True North is the first FSC certified log home manufacturer who produces a finished product in Ontario, Canada....
Today we're headed north to Bracebridge, Ontario, which is a gorgeous little town 2 hours north of Toronto....
When Rob Wrightman sits down to talk with clients about designing and building a new waterfront log home, one of his first tasks is to explain how such abodes have more than one "face." Whereas a log home in a more traditional setting usually has one showcase side for passers-by to admire and comment on, the waterfront log home has at least two. "This is a very important point when building on the water," says Wrightman, CEO at Bracebridge, Ontario-based True North Log Homes....
True North Log Homes' Citadel III model, designed by Robert Wrightman, is a rugged complement to its forested setting. The front entryway is comprised of two 8x8-foot pine timber-framed king post dormers with upper brow trapezoid windows. Both roof systems include a stepped roof extension with cedar shake roof shingles. The home is constructed with 10-inch pine logs....
The Citadel, True North Log Homes' flagship home, is a designer showcase with many innovative design features. The new patented, distinctive timber frame king post and classic turret provide a stunning octagonal interior space with options for flat, partial or full cathedral ceiling profiles. A living room projection with interior ceiling profile features and exposed log corner dovetails make the great room perfect for entertaining and showcasing your lake, forest or rocky mountain vistas....
Computer technology has provided advances in the precision and speed with which materials are manufactured. Rob Wrightman, CEO of True North Log Homes in Bracebridge, is proud of the state-of-the-art computer cutting systems used in the company's Gravenhurst factory. We have only four guys on the line that manufacture the house part, he reveals. Our record time to cut one model is only eight hours. So I can cut the house faster than we can draw it!....
The demand for log and timber frame homes is not confined to North America. Ontario-based True North Log Homes, which has been in business for nearly 25 years, has built homes in England, Ireland, Mexico, Korea, Japan and the Bahamas....