Christmas Time

So if you do a tree what color of lights do you do ? 

The first 2 trees are in our home different years the Blue tree is in a customers home.

The D Family Update

It was Oct. of 2008 and I started posting  (click on hyper link word and you will go to post or page) on this family that was just starting to build their dream home. This following photo is of them that I took on the end of the first weekend that we had started stacking their log home. This photo was taken in Sept. of 2008   

Sept. 2012 just a 4 short years later here they stand in front of that beautiful home. this photo was taken by Jamie who is another home owner and a great Photographer.

 ( If you click her name it will take you to her web site )

I'm going to share some before and after photos I hope you enjoy.

This photo above and below are the guys doing the post & beam for their loft.

Then here are some after photos of this finished ceiling in Kitchen and dining room. 

One  month after they started here are a couple of photos.

Outside before and after 

inside

above is after inside 

Again these photos are Jamie ( this link is to her Facebook )

Then in Nov. of 2008 I posted a story about Radiant heating and

 showed some photos of the process in that post .

The above they are putting down the tubes and the below is the Living area tubes.

This first photo is looking across the living to front door from dining area under loft. 

Again Jamie ( this link is to her blog) took these after shots. the one below is a close up of the concrete floor that is used as a finished floor. They love it !

In Jan of 2009 the outside looked like this 

 

In Sept. 2012 it looks like this.

Inside they were doing the wiring in the living area .

Then here is a finished look.

OK I think I have done enough for now but I can't leave this post without these last

 2 photos that speak for themselves : )

2008

2012

Thanks go to both the "D" family and Jamie love you both! 

It's Summer & We Have Construction Sites

We wanted to let you know that if you want to see what happens as you build your log home, log cabin or standard stick frame cabin we have 3 projects going on around the state as I write this.

Here is a look at them and the location.

Jewel, OR. which is located off Hwy 26 on the way to Seaside. This project started this last winter and right now they just got sheet rock installed and are working on the rest of the interior finishes.

Dundee, OR ( in the heart of Oregon's wine country SW of Portland ). This project has the logs almost stacked.

And the last but not the least is located at Crescent Lake Junction ( which is off Hwy 58 ). This is a replacement cabin for the family which had a old A Frame that they torn down and we are building a stick frame cabin on the same spot. They are just at the framing stages of this. 

If you would like more info on any of these project please email us info@bakerpond.com or call 541-389-6005.  

We get ask if we only do Log Cabins. So I wanted to share
this cabin our crews did last summer. This cabin is
a 2 bedroom w/ large loft . Over all sq. ft. is 1200.
Isn't it cute ? We are doing another cabin like this
  if you would like to see either one or
 want more info please contact us...

Front Side

Back Side

Can you build in the snow?

OK so just when you think spring is coming or here.... it snows....and this isn't in Bend but it is on a job site in the coastal range about 25 miles inland from Seaside, OR. Just outside of Jewel, OR. This was taken on March 1st 2012

We get ask all the time if we build year round and we do and as you can see from this below photo even in the snow. They just have to shovel snow off the sub floor.

Spring is just around the corner

Often time we find that right after the Holiday's is when you start thinking about building a cabin.

We were at the Portland Sportsmen Show last week and found that many folks are talking about the future and when they want to build.

A good thing to think about is the fact that it is much better to be proactive in this process or in other words think about when it is that you want to be in your home ...say maybe Christmas time.... then go back a year and get started with the plans. That way you will be there the following Christmas and hopefully enjoying your first of many Christmas's in your new Log Cabin : )