Cuyuna Country

Cuyuna Country nestled in the woods and over looks the lake, is the perfect place to come home to. Adventure awaits with the nearby trails and towns, after a peaceful night enjoying the crackling fire with family and friends. The size of this handcrafted log home is 26 feet by 52 feet with a total of 1,352 square feet on the main floor. One can view the lake upon entering the covered porch entryway looking out the 12 foot picture window in the Great room. The spacious kitchen / dining open into the Great room with log archway and you can take in the open roof system and beautiful king truss. The main bedroom suite with full bath and walk in closet are on the main floor, along with powder room, Laundry room, pantry and entryway closet. The walkout basement has a large family room, two bedrooms, mechanical room with ample storage and full bathroom. Started construction August 8, 2021 – Reassembled on Novmeber 15th, 2021.

The log home is ready for the roof.

All the door and windows are cutout and keyways are in.

Notice the character logs for the entryway posts!

Gary is cutting out the keyway in the window.

Happy homeowners!

The Ridgepole is guided in by ropes.

The General Contractor built the gables, and assisting putting the home back together.

The gable end pockets are secured and braced

The wall logs are up, and the gable ends are next.

Pins are used in the top two - three courses to prevent any movement

Flattened logs in the lofted area.

Any extra insulation that is cut off between each log.

Family and friends traveled to watch the log home get reassembled

Cutting out electrical opening

The first course of logs needs to be squared up perfectly to make sure the house properly is reassembled.

Jerry - working hard, operating the crane.

Bunks are being set up to set the logs onto to roll and insulate before they go up on the home

The gable is set off the foundation

Getting the load of the logs up the hill was challenging! 11-15-21

Great room behind the entryway, with the Laundry room and kitchen, dining area

Entryway

Cap logs with pitch cuts are set and scribed. Bedroom Suite

The final cut of the Swedish Cope / lateral is done with an ax. This ensures a precise fit.

10-18-21

Archways have been cut

Loft Floor Joist system. Notches are being cut and when done, they all will be rolled into the log below it.

Interior view from the Bedroom Suite through the Great room and into the open kitchen and dining area

View from laundry room / kitchen into the great room

10-15-21

Gary is carving out a the final notch with mallet and hammer after the rough notch was cut out with the chainsaw.

Part of the loft floor joist system

10-18-21 Cutting out the rough notch with the chainsaw

8th course is completed

10-15-21 The entryway is starting to take shape.

10-11-21 Second half of 8th course

The arch has been drawn in and ready to be cut out with a chainsaw by hand.

Stacy Dailey of Dailey's Staining and Painting, cleaning up the logs.

10-11-21

Second half of 7th course is completed.

9-14-21 This log is ready to be set back up on the house. This lateral groove will be filled with insulation when it is reassemble on the home owner's site.

Cutting the Swedish Cope or Lateral notch

8-26-21 This log is ready to be rolled into place

An axe is used to carve the final edge of the lateral to make a perfect fit.

8-26-21

8-25-21 6th course is done, and the building is gaining some height!

8-24-21 Scribing where the notch will be carved

8-24-21 First half of 7th course

Interior view from Great room

8-24-21

8-18-21

Cutting out a notch

8-18-21

8-16-21 Starting fourth course

Kitchen, Laundry room and pantry with interior log wall with 9' archway

Greatroom, Main Bedroom with bathroom, Entryway with Powder room and Closet, Stairway to basement

Tamping down each notch. This is done after each course is completed.

This tool weighs about 80 lbs

Cutting in rough notch - Lakeview side

Notches are drawn in and ready for rough cut with the chain saw

Carving the final notch with chisel and mallet

Jon is looking at the logs to find the right log for each course.

The logs are measured and marked for the location on the house it will go to

8-13-21 Third course is half way up

View from the Master Bath

Interior view from the Kitchen, looking into the Great Room, Master Bedroom, Entryway and Master Bathroom.

8-13-21 The log is set up to be scribed, and will go back down to be cut out the Swedish cope / lateral

8-13-21 Jason is making sure the log is level before scribing the interlocking V-Joint notch in

8-11-21 cutting the Swedish Cope or lateral cut on the bottom of the log.

8-11-21 Rough notches are cut

8-11-21 First half of second course is completed

8-9-21 First course logs are cut and ready to be set up on the foundation

8-9-21 The foundation is completed and ready for the first course.

First course of logs are set up to draw in the notch. The log will come off the foundation, be cut and set back up.

4-30-32 Michael is debarking the logs

Ac spudster - crowbar like tool is used to take the bark off by hand

The truck operator is loading the logs onto the bunk that he picked up from the logger

2-15-21

A load of logs are arriving for Struzyk's log home