

Mountain Creations Log & Timber Frame Homes is pleased to announce the introduction of timber frame and log home hybrid to our portfolio to fit all building budgets. Mountain Creations is your online resource for log home & log cabin floor plans, cedar log home & log cabin kit package pricing, log home & log cabin photos, complete log home building information, & custom cedar log home & log cabin designs.



One of the most frequently asked questions we receive is "What is the big difference between Cedar & Pine?"
While you can visit a log home show or browse through a log home magazine, most people end up more confused when they started. Years of studies and research from the USDA Dept of Forestry has show that Cedar, specifically Northern White Cedar, is one of the best woods to use for building log homes.
The USDA Forestry Division ranks it as one of the three best woods to use in exterior building. NWC has the lowest shrinkage factor, lowest moisture content, and requires very little maintenance. NWC is one of the most versatile woods available. Its molecular structure gives it high thermal efficiency, and in fact, it has the highest R-Factor of all domestic woods which means the best insulating qualities for your new log home. Cedar is one of the only three woods allowed by National BOCA Code to be used to build a deck or porch without pressure treating for rot, decay, fungi, and wood infesting insects.
According to the USDA, "the wood's light weight and resistance to decay makes it useful for a number of applications [including cabin homes]. The heartwood is resistance to decay and subterranean termites, is easy to work with...and has little dimensional change. Drying of Northern White Cedar is easy. It has little tendency to shrink or warp."

Northern White Cedar is the driest wood on the stump in North America! It has a low moisture content of approximately 19%, increasing stability, resistance to rot & decay and allowing for a natural, air-dried building product. Mountain Creations' logs are composed of heartwood rather than sapwood. The heartwood lies inside the sapwood. It was once sapwood, but now consists of inactive wood cells that have been changed both chemically and physically, so that they no longer conduct sap.
To compare Northern White Cedar logs and Pine logs visit our web site for more informtion.

To view this functional and free flowing log home floor plan, visit www.moreloghomeplans.comWe offer FREE custom designed service to fit all of your log home ideas. Bring us photos of the log homes you love or even a rough sketch of your plan and let us transform your ideas and dreams into a working set of blueprints. Envision your dream log home today! Call 800.661.5647 to begin designing your dream log home floor plan and design today!
A special thanks to Country's Best Log Homes for their dilligence in promoting log homes to log home lovers everywhere.




Mountain Creations Log Homes is pleased to offer an exciting update on our National Log Home Broker Program. We have received an overwhelming response from our new program which breaks the mold for typical log home dealerships. Mountain Creations has received interest from across the country as well as Canada, Scotland, Japan, and other countries abroad.
Mountain Creations offers cedar log home packages at wholesale pricing to their qualified Brokers. Our Brokers are no longer controlled by a set log home package price. Rather, the Broker can set the price of the package to maximize profits. There is no longer a need to consult with a "home office" to negotiate a price with a potential client. Instead, the Broker now has the ability to set the log home package price based on current geographical market prices.
If you are interested in more information regarding this exciting opportunity in the log home industry, please visit our Broker web page at Cedar Log Home Brokers.
Our Broker program has also started tweeting. Follow us at Log Home Brokers.
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Every month thousands of people from Western PA, Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland flock to the Laurel Highlands in search of something they can’t find in their everyday lives…tranquility. From white water rafting to soothing spas, the Laurel Highlands seem to be the up and coming place to live everyday life or getaway for the weekend.
Along with the emergence of the Laurel Highlands, the log home industry seems to be offering up exactly what these people need in terms of lodging. For years the log home lifestyle has lent a helping hand to people in the mountains with its laid back style. It has recently re-emerged offering Laurel Highland transplants all the modern conveniences of city life with the serenity of a lazy day on the porch.
Companies like Mountain Creations Log & Timber Homes are building beautiful Northern White Cedar Log & Timber Frame homes in the heart of the Laurel Highlands. Careful to preserve nature, these homes can be tucked away in the woods or overlooking the gorgeous Yough Lake. Floor to ceiling windows, open floor plans and stone fireplaces are common place for these beautiful homes.
Mountain Creations Log & Timber Homes even offers a log home development, just miles from Seven Springs Mountain Resort. Horseback riding, sportsmen club, spa and nationally acclaimed skiing can be just miles away from your mountain home. Being surrounded by beauty and neighbors you know value the same type of living can add even more value to your property and your peace of mind.
If you see a sunny Saturday in your future with no plans, check out the Laurel Highlands. Bike the Great Allegheny Passage with kids, go golfing with the buddies, or take a romantic tour through Fallingwater. Who knows, you might find the perfect piece of property along the way.
Whether you are simply visiting for the weekend or building a permanent residence, the Laurel Highlands offer the solitude and an atmosphere that only a log home can match.
Mountain Creations is pleased to present a new and updated version of our online log and timber home mortgage calculator. The calculator is offered free to all members of the Log Home Academy. The newest version will allow allow to choose between a cedar log home, timber frame, or timber hybrid. It will calculate the mortgage payment based on the type of home, size of the home, equity, interest rate and length of the mortgage.
To access our new and improved log home mortgage calculator click below:
Member of the Log Home Academy simply need to log in. If you are not a member, take a minute to fill out the short form to join and start receiving all of the log home benefits today! Join the Mountain Creations family
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