10 years ago my husband and I built a log home from scratch ourselves (felled the trees, peeled the logs all ourselves) and we just sold it and will be doing another home a state away -- this time we are doing log post and beam, as I want to have a little more flexibility in using the interior walls than I was allowed with a full butt & pass log home. I wish I would have had this forum back then! Great info here, I was just looking at window styles and all the different options and that is what lead me to this board.

We are going to be living in a "tiny house" we built on the land until we get the big house finished, and then the tiny house will convert to a guest house. We are on 40 acres by the Laramie River in Wyoming. The new land has a stunning view of the Snowy Range to the West, so we are taking advantage of that in the home layout, as well as planning for some passive solar on the south facing wall. I had an attached sunroom and bank of windows on the south side of our current home and the solar gain was well worth it. It gets COLD in there here parts. :-)

We will definitely be "build as you go" type people again. I like to take my time and get it done how I want it without having to rely on bank loans and draws. That worked out well the first time, and hopefully we can make that work again.

So, I'll be back to post progress pictures as we start and ask for advice and offer what knowledge I have gained from having done this before.

I have pics of the "tiny house" up at my blog www.hellowyo.com -- right now I am the middle of packing for the move and we are frantically putting up a large pole barn to put our stuff in, but I'll be updating more frequently once we get moved.

Cheers,

Evie the Wyogirl