With the exception of the staining, the exterior wood is done!

The mix of log, board and batten, and cedar shake turned out great. There’s cedar on the front, above the porch…

..and there’s cedar under the porch roof.

What you can’t see until you look closely is the crazy amount of wood trim that goes around every inch of the house. Paul and his crew did a bang up job, and it looks great all around.

The inside looks the same, except the tongue and groove is 99% done instead of 90%. We also picked the floors finally, and are going to use 12″ wide pine planks. It will be milled locally at the same place that milled all of the log siding. Most of the cabins we’ve seen in the area use a similar or identical floor, and we’ve liked the look of it every time we’ve seen it. It is softer than the oak floors that the builder suggested, but we think it is more consistent with the house. Since it is soft, in a few years it will have even more character! We also think it’s the ultimate version of #shoplocal; local trees milled locally, it doesn’t get any better than that! This is not floor on a boat from the far east.