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People these days are desperate to seek a much quieter life and to escape the city’s hubbub, unpleasant and complicated life. Previously, it was only the wealthy, who used to come up with log house plans to spend summer months. The designs of such pieces tend to reflect a desire for creating exciting furniture, ranging from mirror frames to chairs, lamps to tables, making use of materials like twigs and logs that are found naturally in the surrounding.
The modern rustic furniture makers have been following similar tradition to use naturally available materials for creating those beautiful and interesting authentic logs decorative and furniture pieces. At the same time, they also make use of modern materials and accents like finishes and glues. Majority of the furniture makers are actually individuals who may offer their items over the web for sale.
Selecting the right wood
Trying to determine as to which type of wood species can prove to be the best for the creation of furniture to be used within the log house plans often can be regarded to be a matter of lifestyle and personal taste, along with price and availability.
Red Cedar: The red cedar also known as aromatic cedar due to its pleasant scent is actually not a cedar. Rather, it is part of the juniper family member and is popular not just because of the scent, but because of its natural resistance towards insects and rotting. Hence, clothes which are stored in the red cedar chests tend to be protected naturally from moths and other insects. Tight knots are present in this wood that offers the finished pieces with character and beauty.
Red Cedar is regarded to be a wood having medium strength, varying in color, ranging from darkish brown to pinkish. White cedar is dimensionally stable and is lightweight. It stays straight and is flat, meaning having resistance towards cracking. As an outdoor furniture, it is popular, since the cell structures allow its drying faster, when compared to the other hardwoods found, thereby helping it to resist rot. It is also very much strong and durable.
Hickory wood: Since hickory trunks are said to grow just about 3” and not any wider, the furniture is typically designed of smaller diameter logs. It is a wonderful choice of chairs and side tab les, however, not sturdy enough to create bigger pieces like beds. But this type of wood is quite strong and varies in color ranging from darkish brown to tan.
Cypress: It is another wood species that is quite popular with the log home plans, producing naturally an oil that acts like inbuilt preservative. Hence, the Cypress is made durable as well as resistant towards insects, extreme weather conditions and fungus. As it does not bleed and lacks sap, it can easily be painted, take sealants and stains.
Irrespective of the type of wood furniture selected for the log home floor plans, how the wood pieces are placed together is an important aspect that needs to be paid full attention to, so as to maximize its benefits and enjoy using them.
