Well, this is a Golden Eagle log home.
What sets us apart from the rest of the log home companies is that we have a complete
package.
We include the windows, the doors, the roofing, you name it, cabinetry, sinks, faucets, whatever
you want is included.
The American Eagle is a 2 story, 4 bedroom home,
with 2 bedrooms in the loft area and 2 bedrooms in the lower living area.
Well, the whole house was designed around the D-log, and it's flat on the inside, the
log is, and round on the outside with a peeled look.
Golden Eagle includes in their package all of your tongue and groove for the ceilings
in the home.
It includes all of your windows which are Semco windows.
As we enter the American Eagle, I chose a leaded glass door to install there with two
sidelights.
We walk into the foyer area, which I tiled because of the elements up here, the snow
and the sand and such.
Then we walk into the great room, which is 24 feet wide and you'll find a window wall.
The window wall allows you a spectacular view of the outside, with that many windows in
a log home we're going to frame a wall like that because you can't use short sections
of logs or they'll crack.
So, we frame a wall where there are that many windows but the balance of the home is full
log on the first floor.
On the left is the fireplace then and on the right well being my sun room and the media
center.
If we go from the right hand side of the house and move to the left then we are in the kitchen.
And that's my kitchen, my modern kitchen with a touch of tradition.
Any of our plans can be customized and with this plan, I customized it, originally the
sink area was back here and the dining was where the sink is, but based on a person's
site and location and how the home sits on their lot, we will customize it accordingly.
So, we reverse the plan of the American Eagle here in the kitchen, I have a antique wood
stove in the kitchen and modern cabinetry.
I have an apron sink which years ago was an old sink but today is the thing to do.
What I've done in the kitchen is something I've never done before and that's chinking
and we had a good time doing that, usually we do caulking which is just a small bead
of caulk between the logs but in the kitchen here, we've done what's called chinking to
provide a nice contrast and just a different, more rustic look.
Then, we have a split log stairwell instead of just a standard carpet grade stairwell,
we have a split log and we walk up to the loft where we find a bedroom on both the east
and the west end.
Each of the bedrooms has a cantilever balcony, so one will get the sun set then one will
get the sun rise.
Then we have a master bath in between the bedrooms.
And from the loft, we can see down into the great room and the spectacular view with the
window wall.
We always frame the second floor, we get a tighter weather tight seal that way and we
will match the log siding on the second floor to the full log on the first floor.
From the loft, down the full log stairs and keep going down into the lower level, that's
my office down there.
I chose to build the lower level out of the insulated concrete foundation forms or ICF's
as they are commonly known.
And what that does is give you more than 2" of insulation on the outside, 2 " of insulation
on the inside and 6"-8" of concrete in between that insulation.
So, in the summer your lower level will be cool and in the winter your lower level will
be warm.
Most people don't want logs or wood throughout the entire home, ladies like to decorate,
so, on the interior walls of your home , on the partition walls since they are framed
wall, you can put sheet rock on them or you can put the tongue and groove siding.
And in the basement then I chose to put sheet rock on the walls but use a few log accents
and a few wood accents down there just to bring continuity through the entire home.
Golden Eagle offers both full log and split log.
A full log is obviously a 8", 10" or 12" log that's stacked and insulated and constructed
accordingly.
A split log home is for the people that aren't quite comfortable with a full log home, or
maybe they are going to do their own electrical work so they would build a frame house and
we'd provide the logs siding for the exterior.
We have saddle notch corners, we have dove tail corners now, those are two that have
been added in the last year and we have the traditional butt-n-pass corners which is on
this home.
Our logs are primarily white pine from northern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, local logs
that are dried and kiln dried and shipped out to your job site.
One of the nicest thing about a log home is that it provides even heat, that whole thermal
mass of your log is going to heat up and so you don't have a hot spot or cold spot through
the entire home, it's a nice even temperature all the time.
Golden Eagle takes the guesswork out of log home construction.
Since they've been in business since 1966, and the log home venture since 1986, there
are a sound company.
They invest in the best equipment there is, they know what's going to make a weather tight
home for you.
Golden Eagle has 75 different models in their plan book, any of which can be customized
but if you go to their web site goldeneagleloghomes.com, you'll see thousands of plans on the website,
so, I'd encourage you to go there.
Every time you walk through your front door, it's like walking into a vacation home, it's
like being on vacation all the time.
Every day you come home to your vacation, it's just wonderful.