Log homes are the house made using logs that are not milled in to conventional lumber. The log homes are of two types. They are the hand crafted and milled log homes. The hand crafted one is made from the peeled logs and are unchanged form the natural appearance and are original. The milled log homes are made of the logs that went through the manufacturing process for removing the natural appearance and are converted in to timbers.

Log chinking is the finishing touch given to the log home either during the construction or some years later in order to protect the log homes from the bugs, damages caused due to weather changes. Apart from protecting the home form insects and other damages chinking is done for keeping home with a good look by brightening the interior, outline the logs, seal the walls with different variety of colors. The modern latex chinking is helps in low maintenance and it is long lasting as well. This would also increase the resale value of the log home. The log home plans includes the floor plans, interior plans, exterior plans, wall plans, roofing plans etc., these plans can be selected according to the budget, and the preferences.