Wood Species
The Original Log Cabin Homes
wood species
Cedar, cypress, Fir & Pine
At Original Log Cabin Homes, we use only the finest timbers for our line of cedar log homes, cypress log homes, pine log homes, and other log home options. We offer a wide variety of wood species that present a diversity of inherent properties. The most widely used wood species include Inland Red Cedar, Eastern White Pine, Douglas Fir, and Bald Cypress. Log Cabin Homes also offers Redwood, Scotch Pine, Spruce, and more.
Each species of wood not only lends a unique look to our cypress, pine, fir, and cedar log homes, but offers unique properties to better suit your building environment.
Eastern White Pine
Eastern White Pine is lightweight, soft, even-textured, light in color and easily worked, making it a great choice of pine log homes.
INLAND Red cedar
Inland Red Cedar is light, rot resistant, and strong which are excellent qualities well suited for our line of cedar log homes.
Douglas Fir
Douglas Fir is an exceptional choice for log home construction due to its strength, stability, and natural resistance to wear.
Bald Cypress
Bald Cypress is a hardwood with excellent durability making it a dependable choice of cypress log homes.
Our Sustainable approach
We support Reforestation
Our role in preserving the legacy of the log home demands we take the leadership position in an effort to maintain and expand our natural resources. We support reforestation programs that help plant over 1.5 billion seedlings in the United States each year.
– Tom Vesce
