Look Inside This 4 Bedroom Log Home With Stunning Views

Introduction to the Knoll House

Take a look inside the Knoll House located in Fairbanks, Alaska. The log cabin has a 4 bedroom house with four baths. The unique log cabin accommodations sit on five acres just 10 minutes from town. During your vacation stay you'll have stunning views, period furnishings, and modern kitchens and baths. Fairbanks lures people from all over the world to see the captivating light of the aurora borealis. Opportunities to view the northern lights abound.

Experiencing the Northern Lights

During your stay at the log cabin, you can arrange to view them from a heated cabin, yurt, dome, or lodge, on an overnight sled dog expedition, by snow cat tour, while ice-fishing, on a snowmobile adventure, or a flight above the Arctic Circle. Multiple tours will show you how to take photographs of the northern lights or will take your portrait while the aurora dances in the background. There is something special about staying in a log cabin and experiencing log cabin living. The following are some of the reasons log cabins are so great.

The Log Cabin Lifestyle

Log cabin lifestyle. Log cabin vacations allow you to spend time doing some of the things you love. Other types of housing just aren't designed around your personal activities and leisure time the way a log cabin is, even if it's just for a short vacation. At a log cabin, you can enjoy all that wood or lots of fresh air. Surrounded by nature. Many people choose to stay in a log cabin that is close to nature. Imagine yourself waking up each morning to the sound of birds humming in the trees, with views of the mountains as the sun rises, and in the evenings enjoying the night skies, lit up by hundreds of stars. Staying in a log cabin surrounded by nature is a great way to disconnect from the stresses of your busy everyday life, and to reconnect with yourself and your loved ones. Log cabins are a very durable, sturdy, warm, high-quality, and environmentally friendly vacation option. If you are interested in an environmental and eco-friendly lifestyle you should think about staying in a log cabin.

The Benefits of Thermal Mass

Thermal mass. Thermal mass is a property of logs that allows them to store heat, which for any log homeowner is a good thing. For example, in an environment where outdoor temperatures fluctuate throughout the day, the thermal mass of the logs can help manage temperature fluctuations naturally. Thermal mass is storing heat from the day's sunlight in the winter and releasing it back into the log house at night or storing cold air from a summer night and releasing it back into the house during the day. Since wood has a high heat capacity compared to other building materials, it greatly helps to regulate the temperature in a log home. In the heat of the daytime, the wall absorbs heat from the outside but the temperature of the wall rises slowly. As a result, the log wall stores the heat during the day but does not release as much heat into the log home.