Once you have chosen Fireside Log Homes, you are ready to begin crafting the home of your dreams. Designing your own home is a fun and creative process that will involve many decisions. The first and most important step is deciding where to place the house on your property via a Site Evaluation. Someone from our team will meet with you to view your building site. If a site meeting is not possible, then photographs of your site may be viewed instead.

Next, we work together with you to create a list of the many features and details you want in your new home. Many of our customers provide us with a sketch of their future home that we use to draw computer generated Conceptual Drawings that are easily modified and revised until you’re satisfied with the results. As you share your ideas and visions, we will create a plan that is a reflection of your lifestyle, your creativity and your budget. Fireside Log Homes is prepared to devote as much time as needed in this phase to develop your design ideas through a clear and thoughtful review and to provide you with the attention that your new home deserves. If you need some ideas to help get you started, you can visit our portfolio of log home floor plans that will provide you with several plans that can be customized to suit your specific needs.

From there we create Preliminary Drawings. This second phase of planning will include drafting preliminary floor plans and elevations and a basic basement plan, which will enable you to start seeing the design of your home take shape in a professional design format that can be reviewed and revised once without any additional charge. Once approved, we will provide you with a proposed preliminary material list to help you with budgeting and financing.

Once your final design decisions have been made, we draft your new home’s Final Construction Drawings using CAD (Computer Assisted Design) technology, and provide you with a complete set of architectural drawings, including: Elevations, Foundation Plan, Floor Plans, Floor Framing Plans, Wall Framing Plans, Roof Framing Plans, Sectionals, Electrical Plans and a set of Structural Details. These will show you all the details of your new log home. You may alter the electrical plans to suit your specific requirements. Once Finals are completed and approved will we provide you with a final material list that will be used to produce your log home, unique to you and crafted to your specific desires.

Designing the log home of your dreams is a challenging and exciting process. Let us help you work through the steps to make it as rewarding an experience as possible.