The comeback of craftsman-style designs provides an opportunity to give cabin construction unique custom looks. The woodwork of a craftsman-style home can have intricate custom details that are perfect for a quaint cabin in the woods. These homes include intricate and custom features, such as personalized woodwork and art in siding. The use of materials like shakes, wood soffit, and trim make these features unique to historic homes. Here are some of the craftsman features that you may want for your cabin construction:
1. Custom Carved Woodwork in Trim and Cornice Details
The trim of your cabin is an area where you may want to have some custom details. At the soffit and cornice, adding brackets that are custom made will add the architectural details that make your cabin standout. In addition, you may want to consider using exposed timbers for rafters. Rather than using conventional soffit, the eaves can have exposed tongue-and-groove decking. The exposed timber decking can also be stained the same color as other wood features for a warm cabin feeling.
2. Wood Siding Materials to Use Custom Craftsman Style Features
Siding materials are available to give your cabin a craftsman-style look. If you want to have a warm look of wood, shake material gives you the option for many custom designs. The shakes can be custom steam bent to fit around bends in the design of your home, be installed in patterns, or include special woven patterns. You may want to consider something like board-n-batten if you want to break up the look of natural wood with a little color. The shakes and board-n-batten can be combined with a unique design for your cabin.
3. Custom Carved Structural Timbers That Make Perfect Eye-catching Pieces
The wood features of your cabin should be visual centerpieces that highlight the design. You may want to have carved columns used in areas like front porch entrances. In addition, custom carving can be used for doors or the keystones above them. Depending on the amount of money you want to spend, you can even have custom carved nature features in the wood trim details around the eaves of your cabin.
These are some of the custom features that you may want to consider adding to your home renovations. Contact a cabin construction contractor like those found at Alaskan Barns and talk with them about some of these custom craftwork ideas to give your new cabin a unique look.
