The log home journey begins for Gary and Becky Saymansky! Come along with us as they plan, build and achieve their dream log home in the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania.
Let us begin by introducing our selves. We are Becky and Gary Saymansky from Darlington, Pennsylvania. Darlington is a little town about an hour northwest of Pittsburgh dotted with a lot of small, picturesque farms — one of which we’re proud to call ours. This is where we will be building our log home.
Our journey began about four years ago as we were watching TV in our bedroom. During a thunderstorm, it began to rain right through our ceiling. After all was said and done, there were numerous buckets and a good four inches of water. That’s when we looked at each other and said, “It’s time!”
This story is from the February 2018 edition of Log Home Living.
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