So nice to come home to
Authentic solid-log homes built for lasting comfort and connection to place.
For over 6 decades Real Log Homes has pioneered a different way of living—one rooted in solid materials, honest structure, and a deeper connection to place.
With over 60 years of experience and tens of thousands of log homes across North America, we serve clients who choose the quiet comfort of timeless craft and natural materials over the noise of trends and disposability.
Many of our customers have carried the idea with them for years: a cabin in the trees, a lakeside refuge, a gathering place that feels grounded and lasting. They are drawn to what feels real—a true log home shaped from solid timber, thoughtfully designed and built to last.
Solid log walls in multiple profiles and species. Pre-cut structural round log rafters, floor joists, and trusses. Heavy Timber trusses, floor systems, and roof framing with mortise & tenon joinery available. Fully pre-cut packages, ready for assembly.
Our proprietary system ensures superior strength, better energy performance, and long-term reliability. A single hefty tongue and groove keeps moisture from getting trapped, extruded dual locksplines at all butt joints and around windows & doors provide redundant protection against infiltration, impregnated compression foam gaskets air seal, log screw fastening system ensures even clamping pressure and increased shear capacity. All this and the ability to allow the logs to settle without compromising the integrity of the system.
The ultimate foundation for the preservation of your log home. Borates are naturally occurring mineral salts with incredible wood preservation qualities. Real Log Homes maintains a Tim-Bor Borate dip tank to provide customers with the highest level of non-toxic protection available.
Many companies claim to have the “most complete” log home packages. Our focus is on maximizing the value we add to the components we produce and supply. You won’t find kitchen cabinets and non-load bearing partition framing in our packages. Why? Because being a partner with our customers and their builders means staying focused on how we can make the most meaningful contribution to the project—not how we can maximize our package cost by re-selling materials your builder can manage and source locally.
To design and craft beautiful, high performance, authentic log homes; Expertly guide clients through a collaborative design and construction process; offer the highest quality structural log components available.
Find the layout that feels like home.
Our floor plans are designed to inspire how you want to live, spaces for gathering, quiet moments, and everything in between. Each plan can be customized to reflect your lifestyle, your site, and the way you envision your Real Log Home taking shape.
As the original Vermont Log Buildings we have been doing this for over 60 years so we’ve learned a thing or two about designing, manufacturing and building log homes. Our experience has allowed us to develop one of the most pre-cut log home packages in the industry. Ask nearly any builder who has built a REAL™ Log Home versus another log home package, and they will likely tell you our homes are built faster, and the quality is exceptional in comparison.
Our homes may seem more expensive up front, but not all log home companies pre-cut their packages. Many provide a “kit” often including a “lineal package” pile of logs, which can cost you a lot in time, labor and wasted materials on-site. To help ensure a precision fit, your REAL™ Log Home will have pre-cut corners, butt joints, window and door openings, and gables to roof pitch. Even rafters, joists, and girders are pre-cut and notched. Logs are numbered and lettered for fast and easy assembly. Because our log packages incorporate more pre-cutting than most of our competitors’ packages, you save time and money during construction.
Our logs are not kiln-dried. We feel it is far more important to have a treated log than a kiln-dried log. Because the logs are treated, they are not completely dried out. Our logs season in place. This process, in combination with our InterLock™ Joinery System, allows your new home to settle naturally, thus eliminating the need for chinking, reducing the amount of checking in the wood, and producing an extremely weather-tight home.
The Real Log Homes system acknowledges what even the finest log handcrafters have known all along: logs absorb moisture and humidity and must be allowed to settle naturally. Thus, as soon as a log is removed from a kiln, the log will begin to absorb any moisture in the air and reach a new equilibrium with the moisture content around it. In order for the kiln drying to have maximum effect, you must receive the logs, completely build your house, then stain and seal it, all before the logs have any exposure to rain or humidity.
Every Real Log Home includes the structural shell, which is comprised of log components that are unique to our InterLock™ Joinery building system – pre-cut and graded logs, PVC Lockspline, LogHog fasteners, and spikes. In addition, a typical package also includes those components, like windows and doors, that require (for an ideal fit) precision pre-cutting and accommodation.
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Standard building materials or components that do not have or require unique treatment or accommodation can be supplied by a local builder of your choice. Many of our Independent Representatives are also builders who could help you in this area. We think it is far more in your interests to get most conventional materials delivered locally. By doing so, you get to choose the quality of the components, you don’t have unused materials laying around the site for lengthy periods (exposing them to weather, damage, or possible pilferage), and you may also reduce your shipping costs from the factory. Finally, we think one of the biggest pitfalls of determining a log home supplier is to shop “kits” alone. As with any product or service, shopping price or quantity alone could mean forsaking the overall value of your home investment and could make for an unhappy experience.
As an example, you might comparison-price a Real Log Homes package with another company’s package. Both packages include roof rafters. However, in our package, the roof system includes rafters that are log, pre-cut to length and roof pitch, include a glu-laminated ridge beam, are pre-treated, and are sized and spaced for a specific snow-load bearing. In the competitive package, the roof system package might be merely a supply of 2 x 10 lumber. Our prices will likely be higher, but the differences in materials and in the subsequent superior quality of your finished home make the price worthwhile.
Your Real Log Home can be built on a variety of standard full foundations or on a concrete slab. A typical foundation plan, along with the first floor framing plans, will be provided as part of your Real Log Homes package.
Our homes are built throughout North America and sometimes even overseas.
Yes. Our company has collaborated with hundreds of architects to design and deliver homes across the country.
Yes, all our logs, except cedar, are treated with AMICAL™ Flowable and Tim-Bor®, an EPA-registered, non-toxic wood preservative, which inhibits mildew, decay, and insect infestations. Your log home will still require an exterior maintenance program to keep it beautiful and protected. If properly maintained with an exterior treatment, the benefits of Tim-Bor are permanent. In addition, Real Log Homes’ logs meet the stringent Log Homes Council grading program. This helps ensure the integrity of your home, and also may be important to you in obtaining building permits.
All Real Log Homes pre-cut logs, except cedar, are treated with Tim-Bor, a non-toxic wood preservative that inhibits insect attack, mildew, and decay. We also take great care in the bundling and wrapping of your log package so that it arrives looking great. However, in order to maintain the long-term beauty and protection of your home after construction, the natural wood structure must be protected by periodic applications of a high-quality exterior finish. The frequency of application will vary due to your site and its environmental exposures, as well as the products you choose. Our exclusive construction manual provides tremendous guidance regarding a proper maintenance program.
There are several fine companies that specialize in products formulated for log home maintenance. With the use of reputable products and a conscientious maintenance program, you can be assured that your home will retain its lasting appeal and value.
The explosion in popularity of log homes has eased financial acceptance. There are a few financial institutions on a national scope that offer entire finance programs catering specifically to the log home industry.
Yes. One of the great benefits to being part of the WHS Homes, Inc. family of brands is our design flexibility which can include a combination of log, timber and panelized building systems. Combining different natural materials and building styles can lead to beautiful results! Lots of our customers will choose to combine log with stone as well as incorporate post and beam and other materials.
No. Our in-house design studio can work with you to develop a complete set of construction documents. Architects are a good choice for those that have complex design ideas and for those who are looking for a more complete set of plans that may include interior elevations, mechanical details, etc. If an engineering stamp is required, we work closely with our network of engineers nationwide to stamp our customers’ plans.
A qualified local home builder or general contractor of your choosing. Each project is unique, and we are able to offer varying levels of support depending on your builder’s experience and comfort level with timber, log or panelized construction.
We’ll guide you through every step, from your first idea to a home that feels unmistakably yours.
Modern post-and-beam homes defined by clean lines, open spaces, and natural simplicity.
Adaptable framing systems that support both traditional and modern homes
Engineered strength that allows architectural freedom and open spaces
Bespoke timber frame homes that unite traditional joinery, modern precision, and personal design.
Precision-engineered timber frames paired with high-performance enclosures
Contemporary design flexibility for architects and custom homeowners
A collaborative process that brings complex designs to life with clarity
Modern post-and-beam homes defined by clean lines, open spaces, and natural simplicity.
Fully custom timber frames designed for each home, not standardized packages
Designs that reflect individual vision, site conditions, and architectural intent
Crafted systems that balance traditional joinery, structural integrity, and modern performance
Thoughtfully designed small buildings that balance traditional forms with everyday practicality.
Pre-designed cabins, studios, and backyard structures made accessible
Efficient kits that are easy to understand, ship, and assemble
Practical spaces designed for work, retreat, and everyday use
