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Front Page
Habitat Designation for Salmon Weighs Economic Impact
Builders Urged to Join Energy Code Rollback Campaign
Subscribe Your Employees — You Could Win a Digital Camera
Layouts for Living
Floor Plans: Something Rustic, Something New
Coast to Coast
Speculators Push Housing Rents Down
Politics & Government
HUD Awards $10 Million for Housing for Alcoholics
Economics & Finance
Starts Exceed 2 Million for Fourth Month in a Row
Builder Confidence Riding High in August
Tips
Builders' Tip: Painting Lots of Doors All at Once
Business Management
Job Site Safety Programs Reduce Injuries, Save Money
IBS
Custom Builders to Gather at New Orleans Symposium
Hot Topics Offered at Sunbelt Builders Show
Multifamily
High Home Sale Prices Lift Demand for Rentals
Remodelers
VA Grants Help Remodelers Meet Veterans’ Special Needs
Calling All Subs — And Hiring the Right One
Build_Systems
Tile Roof Installers to Launch Certification Program
Education
20 Clubs: Share What You Know, Gain What You Need
Education Calendar
Sales
Stop, Look and Listen to Your Customers
Regulation
Landlord Accused of Refusing to Rent to African-Americans
Labor
HBI Grad the First to Be Named to Job Corps Hall of Fame
Building Products
Sheathing Outperforms OSB in Non-Structural Walls
Applicator Network for Floor Underlayments Grows
Builder's Engineer
The Husband and Wife Gamble
TV
NAHB-Produced Shows on HGTV & DIY — This Week
Endowment
Kemp to Speak at Endowment-Sponsored Lecture at Harvard
Association News
NAHB Fall Board Meeting in Reno Sept. 7-11
Save on Dell™ Computer Products
Calendar of Events

Related Articles

Habitat Designation for Salmon Weighs Economic Impact

Builders Urged to Join Energy Code Rollback Campaign

Subscribe Your Employees — You Could Win a Digital Camera

Floor Plans: Something Rustic, Something New

Heritage Log Homes, Inc.
(www.heritagelog.com)

The Sheridan’s picturesque front porch is reminiscent of rustic log homes nestled high in the mountains and far removed from the daily grind. Yet the Sheridan, by Heritage Log Homes, Inc., is a thoroughly modern home with cathedral ceilings, a first-floor master suite, a story-and-a-half fireplace and more.

Great room featuring exposed logs and floor-to-ceiling fireplace.

Modern Drama in Wood and Stone

Openness abounds in this stunning home nestled in the Michigan woods and constructed of 8-inch white pine logs. The home centers around a great room with a towering stone fireplace. And it has all the amenities a growing family or empty nesters would want — plenty of closet space, outdoor living space including a deck and a screened-in porch, a first-floor laundry room to complement the first-floor master suite, and two bedrooms and a loft on the second floor.

Cozy dining room nestled beyond the kitchen .

The Sheridan provides families with plenty of room to share and congregate while also offering private spaces in the sleeping areas.

Engineered for Energy-Efficiency

Solid log walls provide a safe, energy-efficient environment year round ― warmth and coziness in the winter and coolness in the summer. The home’s self-tightening thru-bolt system, double tongue-and-groove joinery, saddle notch and superior airtight lock virtually eliminate air infiltration and minimize settling. The logs have an R-30 rating. The roof system meets Michigan snow load requirements.

Master bedroom with French doors opening to screened-in porch .

Kitchen continues the rustic look.

First floor
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Second floor
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Features & Specs

The Sheridan

  • Total Square Footage: 2,300

  • Two-Story Log Home With First-Floor Master Bedroom

  • Screened-in Porch Off the Master Bedroom 

  • Two Upstairs Bedrooms and Loft 

  • Eight-Inch Round White Pine Logs Wall System

  • Great Room With Cathedral Ceiling and Towering Cultured Stone Fireplace

  • Exposed Square Log Roof System

  • Roof System Meets Michigan Snow Load Requirements

  • Joinery System Eliminates Air Infiltration and Settling

  • Energy-Efficient R-30 With No Additional Insulation, Vapor Barrier or Interior Drywall

 Heritage Log Homes, Inc., Sevierville, Tenn. (www.heritagelog.com)
— Heritage Log Homes of Michigan, Saline, Mich. (www.heritageloghomes.com)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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