Another log home floor plan we're looking at has a walkaround fireplace separating the great room from the dining room, and it's open on both sides. A third one has the fireplace open to both the living room
and the porch outside, so you can sit out there on cold, rainy, snowy days and be nice and warm. The beauty of some of these builders' plans are that the company will modify the plan you choose with your personal preferences (within reason), and some will even do it for free once you sign a contract and put at least a down payment on the shell package. Another thing we're adamant about is that the plans be slightly tweaked to allow for Jacuzzi tubs in both the master and guest bathrooms. My wife has bad knees, my mother has a bad back and hip, and I'm just getting generally rusty and creaky around the edges now, myself. LOL!
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