Discover the Nation’s finest Custom Log Cabin, and Luxury Log Home Manufacturer.

Made in Montana - shipped anywhere in North America.

Authentic Craftsmanship and Custom Luxury Designs.

We specialize in Log Cabins from 1,500 - 2,200 square feet but have built many larger homes with great success.

Check out our work and contact us to discuss your project.

At Pioneer Log Homes, we handcraft each custom log cabin in Montana for transport to anywhere in North America. We don’t offer log cabin kits for sale; instead, we build the custom, log or timber home of your dreams. We work closely with you to design and develop the ideal log cabin plan to meet all of your needs and bring your vision of your dream home to life. 

Our Approach to Creating the Luxury Log Cabin Home of Your Dreams

We are one of North America's most sought-after log cabin, luxury log home, and timber home companies because of our passion and commitment. We value customer connections and believe twe can’t build you the home of your dreams without getting to know you first. We take a very hands-on approach to each element of designing and building your log home and work with you each step of the way to make sure it exceeds your expectations. 

Each commercial and residential log structure we have built has been a passion project fueled by our intense creativity, commitment, and dedication that was born from getting to know its owners. Working with you, your architect, or your builder, we bring our expertise in logs and timbers’ natural beauty to make every vision a reality. After we have selected the right logs − one at a time − for your home, we move on to handcrafting each one so they fit perfectly.

Our Experience and Passion for Log and Timber Homes.

We have built log and timber frame structures all over North America and many close to home in Montana. Also, we’ve helped create resorts like Big Cedar Lodge near Branson, Missouri, Elk Creek Ranch in Colorado and Stock Farm Club in Montana. We’ve crafted the log timbers for Bass Pro Shops in the United States, and in Canada − and each one has been completely different. Each commercial and residential structure has been a project of creativity, commitment, and dedication that was born from getting to know its owners.

After we have selected the right logs − one at a time − for your home, we move on to handcrafting each one so they fit perfectly.

Multiple Log Home Designs to Meet Your Needs.

We know that no two log home projects are alike. That is why we don’t take a cookie-cutter approach to our log home plans or sell log kits. Instead, we will work closely with you to design and create a log cabin, log home or timber frame home that is fully tailored to your aesthetic and lifestyle. Quality craftsmanship and authentic design are our top priorities on every job.

We offer a variety of building styles to meet the needs of any project including:

  • Weekender Cabins up to 1,600 sq ft

  • Medium Sized Log Homes from 1,600 to 2,500 sq ft

  • Timber Frame Homes

  • Large Luxury Log Homes

  • Combo Log Homes with Timber Frame Roof Systems

  • Commercial Buildings

  • Custom Projects: Trusses, Column Wraps, Log Beams, Pavillions


Contact Us today to discuss your Custom Log Project

 
 

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“You cannot replicate the influence of handcraftsmanship when it comes to logs and timbers. No machine can do what experienced hands can create.

JAY POHLEY  |  Founder

 
 
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Browse Our Portfolio of Custom Log Cabin Home Projects

The best way to get design inspiration for your custom log home is to take a look at our completed projects. Our portfolio includes photos of the stunning, awe-inspiring log cabin homes, luxury timber homes, and resorts we have designed and built across North America. You can also follow us on Instagram or Facebook to see more examples of our work.


Why Choose Pioneer Log Homes

We aren’t interested in building low-quality, cookie-cutter log cabins. We build authentic, luxury log cabins and timber homes for customers with a discerning eye and a love of the finer things in life. Our log cabin home plans are designed carefully with the customer in mind, bringing each detail to life in stunning beauty. When you work with us at Pioneer Log Homes for your custom luxury log home or cabin, you will get to live inside an amazing work of art created by nature..

Our Story

Pioneer Log & Timber really begins with Jay Pohley. He moved to Montana in the 70s and graduated from the University of Montana School of Forestry. He took a position as a log crafter with Alpine Log Homes, which was the first “Standard of Excellence” for the modern log home industry.

It was here that Jay learned the difference in a quality handcrafted log home. He quickly realized the advantages of handcrafting as compared to mass-produced, machine-milled logs that all looked alike and were rapidly growing in popularity across the country. 

Jay didn’t care for the bland look of machine-milled log homes so he dedicated his new company, Pioneer Log & Timber, to producing only the best in hand craftsmanship with the finest naturally dry, dead-standing timber as the sole source of house logs and timbers. 

Jay believes in the old ways and still holds Pioneer Log & Timber to traditional values and techniques. More than 40 years later we continue to make, quite simply, the best product. We’ve never lost our way.

Ready to Begin Designing Your Luxury Log Cabin Home? 

Call us now or reach out to us online to schedule a consultation with our design team. We’re happy to answer any questions you have and go over your log cabin or timber home design ideas. We love meeting new customers and inspiring them to bring their vision of their dream log cabin home to life. Our log cabins are designed and the timber is cut in Montana, but we can help you build your dream log home anywhere in North America.


Testimonials:

“With more than thirty individual timber structures, designed, engineered, and fabricated through Pioneer Log & Timber for a commercial client, we continue to request quotations on upcoming work due to their desire to simply provide the best possible product. Their depth of knowledge working with diverse tree species coupled with in-house design and drafting, provide a turn-key product delivered and ready for installation.”

- Jeff Moore, Duggan Contracting and Carpentry.

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Pioneer Log & Timber of Victor, Montana builds Log homes as if they were to live there, themselves. They are hand crafted homes - built with care. They're a long respected log home builder, in business since 1976. We’d like you to know that we’re very, very happy and thankful we went with Pioneer Log & Timber. It’s because of them, and what they stand for that we have our lovely home. They're kind & smart folks. The design team, the product, the workmanship, the project management and engineering of it all from start to finish ... has been 5 stars! It all made a difference, and it all matters!

- Wendy & Stan Olmen, Wisconsin, USA

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Our construction company has worked with Pioneer for many years. From the initial design, to delivery of our log packages, every aspect has been top notch. The team at Pioneer has been friendly, well educated, and the craftsmanship is absolutely impressive. When it comes to log building, they are our first choice. I highly recommend you give them a shot with your project.

- Justin Linkey

 
 

A short film about the American craftsman who will build your home.

 

Lights, camera, action…

Over the years, we have captured Pioneer Log and Timber at work. Here are several films that tell the story of our past, our process, and our people.

 
 
 

Pete Dirlam built his dream home near St. Maries, Idaho. Here’s how it worked.

A Montana logger explains why only one tree in a hundred is good enough for Pioneer Log and Timber.

 
 

Pioneer selects only the best standing-dead trees for us in our log homes and cabins.

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