There are actually companies that do log siding. I saw them at the log home show. There are also companies that do modular log rooms, make stick built places look like log homes. I don't know how affordable they all are though. I don't imagine that you can actually build a BnP log expansion onto your stick built place but maybe I'm wrong. There may be someone here who has or who knows someone who has.

Frances

I think if you check the student log homes section, someone in there has built a B&P addtion to a stick frame building. There is also someone on the forums who is addting on to an existing log home as well.

The great thing about this type of log construction is (once again) lack of settling, so it is relatively easy to add on, without the worry of one structure moving independantly of the other.

In short, it should be very doable, but it will require some planning, and creativity on your part.

if all you need is square footage, you can build a couple rooms fairly cheap (~$25/sf, finished), of course this depends. However I think it is reasonable, considering your logs will be <100 each, and if you put a 20x20 extenstion on, you are looking at roughly 2400 bucks in logs, if you can get your joists milled for you from extra logs you buy, say 3k for logs and another thousand for roofing and thousand for cement you are into a 400SF addition for under 5k (the estimate on logs is WAY high, then you add in some cheap/free windows (I bought all mine for $100 bucks, 75 of which was for a sliding patio door). electrical and insulation (which can be cheap or free, or super expensive) for the roof and floor, and I would just ballpark your materials at well under (depending on your scrounging/networking capabilities) 10k. You'd add 2 rooms at 10x20 each.

Oh, for resale value, you may want to increase to 25x25, put in a wood burning stove, and get the fake log siding. It won't look the same, but it will look WAY better than slapping a log home on a vinyl clad home! It may cost another 3k, but your resale value will increase by 30, easy.

Once you are a member, you can post all sorts of detailed questions on suggestions, etc in the member's area forums. This alone will save you many hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars on this one project.

-Peter