Quality and tranquility are the two words used to describe this luxury log home in Franklinville. The home was designed by architects out of British Columbia who used Western red cedar logs from ...

Allen Morris’s Black Mountain, N.C., dream home combines rustic details and high technology. Photo: Mike Belleme for The Wall Street Journal.

He said the other home, on Old Forbes Road, has the rustic look of a luxury log house and features custom work in wood and wrought iron. Supplemental buildings include a guest house and a pool house.

At nearly 14,600 square feet, this log house in Grants Pass, Ore., features all the amenities the owner and his family wanted, including a home theater, an indoor gym, a pool and a game room ...