If log homes are your thing and 'rustic' is your game, then you're going to love these pictures of real tree accents and the use of rustic looking logs (or heavy timber) inside a log home.
You'll also see photos of fun ways to incorporate trees and heavy timber logs into the exterior characteristics of your log home.
Check it out...
Some Examples Of Columns & Poles That Look Like Trees
Have you seen this before?
More and more homeowners are incorporating 'real' trees into their log home floorplans. Yep, these are honest to goodness tree trunks and stumps that have been incorporated into a home's design.
Here are some examples:
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See how they did this one... They put 'real' tree trunks in stamped concrete.
Some Similar But Different Ideas
In case you're looking for "similar but different" ideas -- ways to incorporate the chunky look of trees and real wood into your log home, here are some other rustic ideas, including hand-peeled or heavy timber columns, poles, and stairways.
These are great ways to creatively use heavy timber inside and outside of your home...
See how they did this one... They put 'real'
My husband built our log home 8.5 years ago. We did it without much research. We still have some unfinished projects to do here. We kind of got burned - out. I love the look of real trees for the colums for the interior. What do you treat the trees with to make sure you don't have rotted or pest infective wood?