It is stated that log cabins were invented and first made by the Swedish who put their own stamp on the log cabins with their own design now known as Scandinavian log cabins or more recently traditional log cabins. Generally log cabins are based around the style and appeal of a Scandinavian log cabin as they offer attractive and aesthetic designs and construction.
The pine that is used to build log cabins is largely bought from the Baltic’s to create a log cabin that is as reliable and attractive as the original Scandinavian log cabins that the Swedish have built for many years. The Baltic sourced pine is of the best pines in the world and has been used to build Scandinavian log cabins for hundreds of years highlighting the quality and durability that the pine offers.
The typical style that a Scandinavian log cabin has is an overhanging roof with front double doors and long windows to create the perfect log cabin environment. They are more currently associated with mountain log cabins that are inhabited for skiing and trekking holidays in the mountains.A Scandinavian log cabin a perfect setting throughout the year with a heating area within the log cabin for winter months creating a winter warming feeling and is a great sun trap in the summer months, ideal for having a glass of wine and a meal on a veranda. Scandinavian log cabins are versatile, stylish and offer originality like no other log cabin.
Within the Greenacre log cabin range our traditional log cabins are based around the Scandinavian design and range from 2.5m x 2m up to 5m x 5m so there is a log cabin perfect for all garden sizes and budgets. Our ranges of traditional log cabins are constructed from Baltic sourced pine to keep up with the Scandinavian look and feel plus the reliable construction.
The most affordable construction is 28mm pine cladding with the most reliable pine thickness being 44mm. If you are not confident in the reliability of the 28mm pine cladding then an easy way to realize and understand the strength of the pine is to think about the strength of other garden buildings such as summerhouses with 12mm shiplap cladding then more than double. Thinking this way really highlights the reliability of the pine cladding that is used.