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Tudor Style Log Home
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For years the Kimzeys dreamed of combining an open beamed log home structure with a traditional stucco tudor look. Using their imaginations for guidance and the professional help of a local architect and builder they achieved exactly the look they wanted.
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Back in 1993, when Warren Kimzey of Port Angeles, Washington came across one of our ads in a log home magazine something just clicked. He had looked at traditional pine logs and decided he couldn't tolerate the checking.
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This L-Shaped wall is built from laminated logs and accents a stairwell. We normally do not use wood like this in laminated logs, but Warren specifically asked for some logs with character. So, we hand selected this wood for him.
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He'd also looked at western red cedar logs. He thought they would be attractive on the outside of the house but wanted something brighter for the inside of the house. He took a look at samples of our laminated logs and knew he'd found exactly the right product to build a home where he could integrate the spaciousness of an open beam log home structure with the stucco tudor look he and his wife admired. The Kimzeys worked with a local architect to design their home and found a local contractor to build it.
The house has nearly 2,000 square feet of living space upstairs, a full basement, and a 25x36 garage with 12 foot exercise room attached. Like most Glu-Lam-Log homes the house is built with a combination of logs and siding. The main level of the house was built with five lamination, all pine logs. However, matching siding was used over the framed lower level and garage. According to Warren, there's no difference in appearance, but this approach saved a lot of money.
Warren sent us the pictures you see here the year after his he built this home. Since it's nearly seven years since the house was built we thought we'd track down the Kimzey's to see if they had any comments to share with us. When asked what he'd change about the home Warren replied, "The only mistake we made was in the positioning of three light switches. I wouldn't change a single thing. We love the home just the way it is." When asked to tell us what he liked best about the home he focused on two things…the laminated logs and the Russian masonry radiant heat stove.
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This kitchen island is framed and faced with the same log cabin siding that was use on the exterior of the garage and basement. Many people choose to use left over siding for interior accents.
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Warren reports that his laminated logs haven't shrunk, settled, or cracked at all. They've mellowed in color over the years which has served to highlight the grain structure of the ponderosa pine used in his logs. Warren recalls that he asked us to hand select wood with character for the interior visible surfaces of his logs. Because we build our laminated logs by hand, we were happy to comply.
The decision to install the stove turned out to be another very wise decision. On a typical winter day the family charges the stove with wood only once. Although they use a supplementary furnace for backup, Warren reports that they've used only 40% of a single 150 gallon fuel tank in the last three years.
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The Russian Masonry Stove , a 15" diameter hand peeled Douglas fir post, and Douglas fir rafters provide an aesthetically pleasing contrast to the furniture grade quality of the interior log walls and T&G used on the ceilings.
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It's always great fun for us to follow up to see how our clients are doing.
To be truthful, we weren't surprised by the Kimzeys' satisfaction with their home. However, we were a bit blindsided by Warren's recent career change. When we first met Warren, he was a commercial fishing boat captain, spending half of his year in the Gulf of Alaska. Today, he's an Edward Jones representative helping clients plan their financial future. Warren says, he was sick of being away from his family for half of the year and wanted to be around more to enjoy his beautiful home.
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The upstairs walls are stacked with laminated walls. The lower level and exercise room are framed and covered with siding. The deck is attached to the master bedroom.
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