Alta Log Homes on the Front Line of New Technology

In Scotland and Ireland early in the 3rd century A.D. the Celts began to build homes made of logs.

In fact the word "cabin" comes from the Gaelic "Cabine" for house of logs.

When the Scots and Irish began to settle in the new world early in the 17th century, once again they could realize their ancient building materials and the little log house of the prairie became the standard for early pioneers as they stretched out across America.

In the 21st Century log homes have moved to the forefront of new home design.

According to Mike McCarthy, Editor in Chief of Log Homes Magazine, "Today log homes are very desirable with a significant increase in the number built.

In 2006 there are estimated to be between 30,000 and 40,000 new log homes being erected across the country".

McCarthy attributes this new interest in log home living to Baby Boomers who have shunned the MacMansions and Cookie Cutter style of traditional building methods for the wide open interior spaces of Log Home living and the luxury of great rooms.