CUSTOM, HAND-CRAFTED LOG HOMES

Handcrafted Log Homes in New Richmond, Wisconsin

Backwoods Log Homes is a family-owned company based in New Richmond, Wisconsin. Our small team of skilled craftsmen takes pride in listening and responding to each client's needs and ideas.

We are hands-on owners who oversee and work on each individual home.

Explore our log home plans and custom designs, view our craftsmanship in the photo gallery, or learn about log home shell construction in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

We build quality products and treat each home like it is our own.

Covered log entry with exposed beams and a front door.
Covered porch with log posts and wood railing overlooking the yard.
Log home exterior with a gabled roof and stone chimney.
Detached log garage with a single wide door and gabled roof.
Log home with tall windows, a raised deck, and a stone lower level.
Close-up of fitted interior log beams and joinery.
Bathroom with log walls, a bathtub, vanity, and rustic lighting.
Vaulted log home interior with a loft railing and large windows.
Wooden ladder leading to an open loft beneath a vaulted ceiling.
Rustic wooden staircase with log railings.
Long covered porch with exposed log posts and beams.
Log home exterior with a stone chimney and shingle gable.
Interior hallway with log walls and warm ceiling lights.
Open kitchen and living space with exposed log beams and wood flooring.

Styles of Construction

Full-scribe log home with a gabled roof, front porch, and hand-fitted round logs.

Full Scribe

Full scribe log homes offer the tightest fit and best insulation value of all the handcrafted styles. Each round of logs is scribed to fit the contours of the previous round. This creates very tight seams that do not require chinking. Full scribe log construction is the gold standard for log homes and is a great choice for a permanent home in any location.

 
Chink-style log cabin in a wooded setting.

Chink Style

Chink style log homes are a more economical alternative to full scribe log homes, and are ideal for weekend and lake cabins. Each round of logs is notched to fit over the previous round. However, unlike full scribe log homes, the lateral, or length, of the log is not scribed to fit tightly. The resulting gaps are filled with chinking. This is a very good option if it is not economically feasible for you to purchase a full scribe log home.

Piece-on-piece construction with horizontal logs fitted between vertical posts.

Piece on Piece

Piece on piece log homes combine post and beam construction with log construction. Mortise and tenon joinery is used to stack log walls between the posts. Either full scribe or chink style log construction can be used in a piece on piece building.

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Restoration

Backwoods Log Homes is also experienced in log home restoration.

From projects as simple as stripping and restaining logs to more complex projects that involve removing & replacing rotted logs.

We'll work with you during every step of the process, giving you peace of mind knowing that the repairs we make are the highest quality.

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The Retreat log home exterior rendering with main and upper floor plans.

Log Home Plans

Click to view Log Home plans that we can use as a starting point for your next Log Home.

We also offer custom designs & can work with your existing drawings.

Log Home Plans

Pricing

  • Design consultation is available upon request at no additional charge.

  • Full-scribe log shell costs per square foot will fluctuate with market prices and the complexity of the floor plan.

  • 1 to 2 skilled log fitters will assist in the re-erection of the log shell.

  • Custom log stairs and railings are available at the homeowner's request and are priced according to design.

  • Shipping of the log package to final site, as well as onsite crane use for re-erection, is not included in the package price; however, Backwoods Log Homes will provide contacts and arrange for shipping at no additional charge.

The package generally includes:

  • Log walls

  • Log beams for loft

  • Log floor joists

  • Log trusses

  • Posts

  • Purlins and ridge beams

  • Windows and doors cut in to accept framing

  • All through bolts and electrical chases drilled according to plan

  • Disassembly and re-erection of the log shell

Payment

  • A $5,000.00 down payment is required to reserve a starting date (non-refundable) and will be applied to final bill.

  • 1/2 the cost of labor and the full cost of logs is due before log work begins.

  • 1/4 the cost of labor is due upon delivery of log shell to final home site.

  • Shipping costs are due as needed.

  • The remainder is due upon completion of re-erection.

 
Log home kitchen beneath an open loft with rustic wooden railings and exposed beams.
 
Hand-fitted round log corner joints during construction.