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The Brahma Log Home

The Brahma Log Home with attached three-car garage with enclosed breezeway

The Brahma has become one of our top-selling Heart-Cut Cypress Log Home designs, but it didn't begin as a completely new floor plan. It evolved from years of building and improving our original Big Cypress design.

As we built more Big Cypress homes, I saw ways to make an already popular design better. Customers increasingly wanted lofts, larger stone piers, enclosed breezeways, attached garages, and newer interior finishes. At the same time, I wanted to take the home further—using better, longer-lasting materials, improving the architectural details, and creating a Country-Style Cypress home designed to look beautiful today while holding up for generations.

That evolution became the Brahma.

The Brahma retains the warmth and welcoming character people loved about the Big Cypress, but takes the design to another level with substantial stone piers, decorative open-beam porches, loft possibilities, updated finishes, enclosed breezeways, attached garages, and much greater flexibility for customization.

The standard Brahma starts at 2,020 square feet of heated living space, but that's simply where the design begins. It can be expanded and customized around the property, family, and lifestyle of each homeowner.

This beautiful Heart-Cut Cypress Brahma in Central Florida is an excellent example. Full wraparound decorative open-beam porches and massive stone piers establish the Country-Style character outside, while the interior combines the natural warmth of Cypress with more contemporary finishes.

The kitchen features Shaker-style cabinetry, quartz countertops, and contrasting blue cabinetry, while a loft overlooking the property provides additional living space and became one of the homeowner's favorite retreats. Even the staircase was customized—the original spiral staircase was replaced with a traditional staircase to better fit the family's needs.

The home also demonstrates an important part of the philosophy behind the Brahma: better design isn't only about what you can see. This home was heavily engineered for Florida's severe-weather conditions, bringing together the traditional appearance of a Heart-Cut Cypress Log Home with modern structural engineering and materials selected for long-term performance.

From a Florida Family Home to a National Feature Story

The completed Brahma went on to receive recognition from both the Florida building community and the national log-home industry. It participated in the NABA Greater Orlando Builders Association Muddy Boots Tour and Parade of Homes Orlando, was featured by FOX 35 Orlando, and was later selected for a major feature story in the Log Cabin Homes 2026 Annual Buyer's Guide.

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Then read the complete A Florida Forever Home feature story to see how this Heart-Cut Cypress home came together and became part of one Florida family's everyday life.

The Brahma represents the evolution of an idea: take everything people loved about the Big Cypress, improve the design, improve the materials, improve the details, and build a Country-Style Heart-Cut Cypress Log Home intended to last for generations.

The Brahma Log Home with Attached Three-Car Garage

One of the major improvements incorporated into newer Brahma designs is the ability to integrate the garage into the architecture of the home. On this Central Florida Brahma, an enclosed breezeway that also serves as the laundry room creates a comfortable connection between the house and garage while moving laundry noise away from the primary living areas.

The breezeway connects to a large three-vehicle garage with 12-foot-tall doors, providing room for larger trucks, equipment, and the things that come with country living.

Today, the Brahma starts at 2,020 square feet, but that's only the beginning. It can be expanded with additional living space, larger porches, garages, breezeways, bedrooms, lofts, and custom architectural details.

The Brahma wasn't designed simply to be different. It was designed to be better—better materials, better details, more flexibility, and a Heart-Cut Cypress home built for generations.

• First Floor 1800 Sf.
• Bonus Open Loft 220 Sf.
• Covered Wrap-Around Porch 1664 Sf.
• Enclosed Breezeway 140 Sf.
• 3-Car Garage 864Sf.
• Garage Bonus Storage Loft with Stairs 432 Sf.

Riverbend Log Home Floor Plan — Grand Log Home Features in an Exciting Smaller Footprint

The Riverbend Log Home began with a simple challenge: the homeowners loved the dramatic architectural features they had seen in our larger custom log homes, but they wanted them in a home of approximately 1,500 to 1,600 square feet.

They wanted the dramatic large glass front and a breakfast and dining alcove surrounded by glass—a comfortable place to enjoy the view over morning coffee or watch the sunset during dinner—both features normally associated with our bigger homes, such as the Shenandoah.

Inside, they wanted the same sense of openness and drama found in a much larger log home. That included high vaulted ceilings and a large swell-butt, full-Cypress tree decorative center post as a natural focal point of the great room.

The front gable of the home was designed with large, decorative geometric shapes of glass that highlight and frame the heavy-timber King & Queen truss. This stunning architectural feature allows the homeowners to enjoy the view from the loft while bringing abundant natural light into both the loft and great room. Decorative stepped-down roof gables add another distinctive architectural detail more commonly found on larger custom log homes.

The homeowners knew the features they loved, but they weren't sure how to bring all of them together in a smaller floor plan. They gave Log Home Guys the freedom to design the solution.

That's how the Riverbend was born.

The finished home combined many of the architectural features that attract people to our larger log homes while keeping the original home within a more manageable footprint. The design was later selected for a six-page feature story in Log Cabin Homes Magazine.

Log Home Guys has since built the Riverbend design multiple times, refining and improving it with each home. The new Riverbend is now 1,765 square feet, with additional space devoted to the great room, primary bedroom and loft, while preserving the architectural character that made the original Riverbend special.

View the Riverbend Log Home Floor Plan . We also have newer, larger Riverbend options available upon request.

Original Riverbend Floor Plan

• First Floor: 1,071 sq. ft.
• Second Floor: 393 sq. ft.
• Total Heated Space: 1,464 sq. ft.
• Covered Porch: 424 sq. ft.
• Garage: 576 sq. ft.
• Enclosed Breezeway: 100 sq. ft.

Madison Luxury Log Home

• First Floor 3036 Sf.
• Second Floor 2385 Sf
• Total Heated Space 5421 Sf
• Open Deck 2162 Sf
• Covered Porch 960 Sf
• Open Breezeway 48 Sf
• Balcony 288 Sf
• Garage 960 Sf
• Garage Storage Loft 450 Sf

Silverado II Log Home

The Silverado II Log Home Floor Plan was designed for a property with a view. Whether overlooking a quiet lake, a winding river, or a beautiful mountain valley, this open and spacious design makes the scenery part of the home.

Imagine starting the day with a cup of morning coffee while watching the sun come up over the mountains or across the water. In the evening, the same view becomes the backdrop for a beautiful sunset while family and friends gather inside. With its expansive glass and open living areas, the Silverado II is designed to take advantage of those special views throughout the day.

One of the great advantages of the Silverado II is its flexibility. The floor plan can easily accommodate two master suites on opposite ends of the home, providing privacy for homeowners, family, or overnight guests.

At the heart of the home is an exceptionally large great room connected to an open kitchen. The open design brings everyone together while allowing the view and natural light to remain a focal point of the living space. Whether it is a quiet evening for two or a house full of family for the holidays, the Silverado II provides plenty of room to gather comfortably.

A spacious sleeper loft adds even more versatility, creating additional sleeping space when children, grandchildren, friends, and extended family come to visit.

The Silverado II has become one of our customers’ favorite log home designs because it combines an open, welcoming interior with the flexibility to make the home truly personal.

Built with Heart-Cut Cypress, the Silverado II can be customized around the property, the homeowner’s lifestyle, and—most importantly—the view they chose the property for in the first place.

Silverado II Log Home Plan

This Heart-Cut Cypress Log Home in Franklin, North Carolina, showcases a beautiful Cypress post-and-beam three-dimensional glass front beneath soaring vaulted cathedral ceilings. Every Silverado II can be customized around your property, views, and lifestyle—if you can dream it, we can design it.

• First Floor 1800 Sf
• Second Floor 295 Sf.
• Total Heated 2095 Sf.
• Open Deck 500 Sf
• Porch 736 Sf

Shenandoah Log Home

Top-Selling Log Home Floor Plan

The Shenandoah Log Home Floor Plan is one of our most popular designs, and it is easy to see why. Starting at approximately 2,400 square feet and expandable to an impressive 3,800 square feet or more, the Shenandoah combines upscale country living with the warmth and character of a traditional Heart-Cut Cypress Log Home.

The centerpiece is a dramatic 24-foot cathedral ceiling with an exposed-beam roof system, creating an open and inviting great room for everyday living and entertaining. An extended dining area provides plenty of room for those large family gatherings and holiday dinners, while a charming breakfast bump-out nook creates the perfect place for morning coffee and more casual meals.

The design features three spacious bedrooms and two-and-a-half baths, including a master suite with a relaxing tub alcove surrounded by natural light. Outside, three separate covered open-beam porches and a large open deck provide plenty of places to enjoy the outdoors.

It is a home designed not only to live in, but to become a place where generations of family memories are made.

Shenandoah Log Home Plan

The beauty of the Shenandoah is how far we can take the design. It can remain simple, warm, and elegant, or we can transform it into an extraordinary custom Cypress log home with architectural details that make people stop and look.

Options can include stair-stepped rooflines, decorative prow fronts, hand-peeled Cypress trusses, matching decorative trusses on the gable dormers, and a whole hand-peeled Cypress tree rising from the floor toward the roof as a dramatic interior center post.

For an even more impressive great room, we can incorporate a custom hand-peeled King & Queen truss beneath the cathedral ceiling along with other signature details developed specifically for the home.

And we can't give away all our secrets.

If you can dream it, we can design it. Call Log Home Guys to discover some of the other breathtaking features we can incorporate into your Shenandoah.

• First Floor 2120 Sf
• Second Floor 1469 Sf.
• Total Heated 3589 Sf.
• Open Deck 502 Sf
• Covered Porch 800 Sf

Custom Designed Shenandoah Cypress Log Home

Sometimes the dream begins with the home. Other times, it begins with the perfect piece of waterfront property and a view you never want to lose.

Built on the waterfront at Lake Anna, Virginia, this custom designed Shenandoah Cypress Log Home evolved around one simple idea—make the view part of the home.

A breathtaking three-dimensional Cypress post-and-beam glass front rises above a walkout basement, opening the home toward the lake and bringing the outdoors into the living space. This is the kind of home designed for quiet mornings on the covered master bedroom porch with a cup of coffee, watching the sunrise over the water, and evenings spent with friends and family on the open deck as the sun sets across the lake.

It is more than a waterfront house. It is the reason you dreamed of owning property on the water in the first place—a place to slow down, bring the family together, and build memories that will last for generations.

Modified Shenandoah Log Home Floor Plan

This home started with the Shenandoah Log Home Floor Plan and was extensively customized to take advantage of its Lake Anna waterfront setting. We added a dramatic three-dimensional post-and-beam glass front over a walkout basement, creating expansive views from inside the home while giving the waterfront elevation its signature architectural presence.

Although the glass elevation is architecturally considered the front of the home, the design is intentionally oriented toward the lake. Like many waterfront and mountain homes, the everyday entrance is on the opposite side, so we gave that elevation its own strong curb appeal rather than treating it like the back of the house. At the homeowner's request, hip-roof designs were incorporated into the gable ends, adding another distinctive custom detail.

The result is a breathtaking luxury Heart-Cut Cypress Log Home designed around the property, the water, and the way the owners wanted to live.

Start with the land. Start with the view. Start with the dream. We can design the home around all three.

This Lake Anna home was also selected as a Log Home Living feature story.

Manatee Log Home

Enjoy the warmth and character of Grandma’s old-fashioned country Cracker home, reimagined as a beautiful Heart-Cut Cypress Log Home for today.

Imagine waking up to the smell of breakfast cooking and fresh coffee, then starting your morning in the dining nook surrounded by open, airy views in three directions. It is the kind of comfortable country living that brings back memories while creating an entirely new generation of them.

At approximately 2,083 square feet, the Manatee is our customers’ #1 favorite design in this size range, and one of the reasons is its flexibility. The master suite can be designed upstairs or downstairs, or the home can be customized with two master suites—perfect when children, grandchildren, family, or friends come to stay.

The covered second-floor balcony is another favorite feature. Start the morning there with a cup of coffee as the sun comes up, or settle in at the end of the day and watch a beautiful sunset.

The Manatee can also be easily expanded to approximately 3,000 plus square feet, allowing the design to grow with your lifestyle while preserving the charm that makes this home special.

And remember, custom design is absolutely free.

Manatee Log Home

The Manatee captures the feeling of an old-fashioned country log home with the outdoor living spaces that make this style so inviting.

Front and back covered porches provide comfortable shaded areas for relaxing throughout the day, while two open decks offer plenty of room for outdoor entertaining, grilling, and family barbecues.

Upstairs, the covered walk-out balcony creates a private place to enjoy a sunrise, sunset, or simply the view. Inside, the beautiful alcove dining room is surrounded by views from three sides, filling the space with natural light and making breakfast and morning coffee something to look forward to.

The Manatee also works beautifully with a basement or walkout-basement design, giving us even more possibilities for adapting the home to sloping, waterfront, or mountain property.

This beautiful Tennessee Heart-Cut Cypress Log Home, built into the side of a mountain, is a perfect example. We custom-designed the Manatee with a walkout basement, taking advantage of the natural slope of the property while increasing the home to approximately 3,347 square feet of total heated interior living space.

It is comfortable, welcoming, and unmistakably country—a home designed for front-porch mornings, family gatherings, outdoor cooking, and evenings watching the sun go down.

• First Floor 1264 Sf
• Second Floor 819 Sf
• Total Heated 2083 Sf
• Open Deck 360 Sf
• Covered Porch 640 Sf
• Balcony 60 Sf

Custom Designed Manatee Log Home

A great floor plan should be a starting point, not a limitation.

This Custom Designed Manatee Log Home was built in Central Florida, taking one of our most popular log home designs and adapting it to the homeowner’s vision and lifestyle. It keeps the welcoming country character that made the original Manatee so popular while demonstrating just how much we can change a floor plan to create a home that feels completely personal.

Built with Heartwood Cypress, this home brings traditional Florida country living together with a wood naturally prized for its durability and resistance to decay and insects—an especially important consideration when building in Florida.

The generous front and back covered porches extend the living space outdoors and provide those shaded places that belong on a Florida country home—whether it is morning coffee, an afternoon breeze, or relaxing outside at the end of the day.

Modified Manatee Log Home

One of the reasons the Manatee remains one of our top-selling log home floor plans is the number of ways we can customize it.

Want the master suite downstairs? We can design it that way. Prefer the master upstairs? We can do that too. Need two master suites for family or guests? The Manatee gives us the flexibility to make that work.

Rooms can be enlarged, porches extended, elevations changed, and architectural features added to fit the property and the way you want to live.

That is exactly what this Florida home represents. It began with the Manatee Log Home Floor Plan, but the finished home became the owners’ own version of it.

Bring us your property, your ideas, and your vision. We’ll help turn a proven design into your Heart-Cut Cypress home.

One of our top-selling log home plans, customized for Florida living.

• First Floor 1264 Sf
• Second Floor 819 Sf
• Total Heated 2083 Sf
• Open Deck 360 Sf
• Covered Porch 640 Sf

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