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Cabins / heavy timber details / Southern Ontario / Selected work

Dovetail Log Cabin

Cabin work with full dovetail corners, timber chinking, finished wood interiors, and a deck tied into the log shell.

Log cabin exterior with red trim, exposed dovetail corners, and a wraparound deck.
Project photography
Cabin exterior showing the log shell, red trim, and deck structure.
Close view of Douglas fir dovetail log cabin corner joinery.
detailFull dovetail corner joinery in Douglas fir.
Close detail of chinking between weathered log timbers.
detailTimber chinking detail between weathered log courses.
Log cabin cathedral ceiling with exposed beams, wood ceiling boards, and antler mount.
detailInterior cabin ceiling with exposed structure and finished wood surfaces.
Cabin wraparound deck with railing and log cabin wall beyond.
supportWraparound deck tied into the log cabin exterior.

Scope

  • Log cabin assembly
  • Full dovetail corner joinery
  • Exterior deck coordination
  • Interior wood surface detailing

Materials

  • Douglas fir
  • log timber
  • exterior oil finish
  • timber chinking

Project notes

  • The cabin images document the envelope, corner joinery, chinking, ceiling, and deck work.
  • The same timber-detail discipline carries into non-cabin exterior and structural work.