The Secret ....Check it out

First step in putting up the 17' tall Christmas Tree is to get it into our living room. You can see Cliff here with the tree stand that he has built.

Here is a close up look it is a standard large tree stand that he attached to a sheet of plywood that has turn buckles on the corners to help hold up the tree. The stand also has wheels so he can roll it around to decorate.

The stand goes on before the tree stands up sorry I have to help with that and so you don't get to see how I stand and hold the stand in place as Cliff goes to the top of the tree and start to walk it up into place so there isn't a photo of that.

Once it is up he then takes wire and wraps it around the tree into the buckles to help stabilize the tree.

Then once it is up he rolls it over to our loft and takes a ladder into to the loft to decorate the top from part from that location.

He is still on a ladder but now on the main floor and I'll help on the lower part of the tree.

For us it then gets rolled over to the Prow of our living room.

Here it is in all it's slender and I hope this helps you understand the "secret" to our tall tree.

Merry Christmas & Happy 2012 to all !!!!

Here comes Winter

One of the big questions we get is "how much does it costs to heat a log home" ? Or "what types of heating can you use?

Personally we have a number of heating elements in our home as we started with a heat pump unit that had air conditioning also added to it. Then number of years ago we added on a Wood Burning Fireplace ( the above photo shows it at Christmas time ). We also have a small Propane wood looking stove in our family room end of our home. You can see back in the right hand corner.

But back to the Questions ....you can heat them the same as any home. And yes the cost to upkeep the home is just like your standard will built and insulated homes.

Love to hear your comments & questions.....

3 Different Photography Posts

So Jamie has posted all 3 of her posts on her blog.If you do the click on the link in the next post you'll be taken to her blog, once you scroll down click "older post" you will get to see the next group of photos and then do that once more and you will have seen all 3 of her posts on the photo's she took for us. Words aren't enough to say thanks to her for all her work. Maybe you'll need a photographer someday and you'll call her! Thanks for taking the time to see what she has done for us.

Jamie Zanotti Photography: Eugene Oregon Wedding Photography, HS Senior Photos Springfield OR: Baker Pond Log Works: Glimpses

Jamie Zanotti Photography: Eugene Oregon Wedding Photography, HS Senior Photos Springfield OR: Baker Pond Log Works: Glimpses: "One of my favorite things about living in a log home is the strong connection to nature. Even when you're inside, you can often glimpse th..."

getting things updated

We are updating ourselves...which is good because in some case's it has been 16 years ( our logo) others web site ( 7 years ) and then the addition of newer photo's.

So 1 of our customers Jamie Zanotti who has lived in her log cabin 10 years also does photography. She usually shoots Weddings, High School Seniors and families.

I thought I would ask her if she could bring that eye to shooting some of our homes so a week or so ago she and her family came to Bend for a couple of days and shoot 13 of our homes some where just a bit of updating others had never been done professionally before.

So click on the link in the next post and it will take you to here photography blog and enjoy : )

Jamie Zanotti Photography: Eugene Oregon Wedding Photography, HS Senior Photos Springfield OR: Baker Pond Log Works: Interiors

Jamie Zanotti Photography: Eugene Oregon Wedding Photography, HS Senior Photos Springfield OR: Baker Pond Log Works: Interiors: "Here we go! This is one of those 'grab a mug of tea and get comfy' sorta posts (read: loooooong)! ;0) I love the warm combination of log..."