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We build REAL, rustic cedar log homes · Est. 1993

Real log cabins, notched by hand from Ozarks red cedar — built to outlive us all.

"Crafting homes with cedar. The same timeless timber chosen by kings."

No kits. No machine-milled lookalikes. Tim Wilson and his crew fell aromatic eastern red cedar in southern Missouri, peel every log by hand, notch every corner with an eye trained over 60+ cabins — then deliver your cabin to your land and stack it on your foundation. Six models, from a $49,500 cabin you can own this season to full turnkey log homes.

The Camper — $49,500, Building Now See All Six Models ⤓ Download the Brochure
1993building cabins ever since
60+hand-notched cabins delivered
200 mibuilt & stacked on your site
100%real logs, peeled & notched by hand
As seenon national television
Completed full-log cedar cabin with green metal roof and wrap-around porch Full-log cedar cabin with metal roof and real notched corners Large cedar log lodge with red metal roof among trees Finished cedar log cabin at dusk
Real cabins by the Sticks & Stones crew — browse the full gallery ↓
Why Ozarks Cedar

The cabin your grandkids will argue over.

Eastern red cedar is naturally rot- and insect-resistant, aromatic for decades, and nearly extinct from modern building — because almost nobody is willing to do it the slow way anymore. We are.

Aromatic heartwood, chosen tree by tree

Tim personally selects every cedar from southern Missouri timber — straight, dense heartwood that machine mills skip because it's too much work to handle. The cabin smells like cedar for decades.

Flared butt ends — the mark of the real thing

Our corners keep the log's natural flared butt end, growth rings showing. It's the first thing people touch, and the surest sign you're standing in a real hand-built log cabin — not a kit.

Exposed log trusses & wrap-around porches

Every cabin carries exposed rustic log trusses and hand-peeled log porch posts — the log character where you see and touch it, over an engineered structure built to modern standards. Wrap-around porches are part of the design language.

The Cabins

One cabin you can own this season. Five more to grow into.

Six standard models, one standard of craft — full cedar logs, peeled and notched by hand, never a stamped-out kit. The Camper is our fast-moving flagship value: built in batches, shipped whole on skids, and standing on your foundation in weeks. The five turnkey models are full log homes — we act as your general contractor and hand you the keys.

Building now · ships whole on skids

The Camper

14 × 20 · full log walls · wrap-around porch included
  • Full cedar log walls, hand-notched corners, chinked in your Perma-Chink color
  • 4-ft wood wrap-around porch included — expand to 6 ft or 8 ft
  • Two exposed rustic log trusses under a ¾" tongue-and-groove car-siding ceiling
  • Insulated roof structure with a metal roof in your color
  • Off-grid by design — no plumbing or electrical to wait on (pre-wire & kitchen upgrades below)
  • You provide a rock or concrete foundation; we deliver on skids and stack it in place
30%reserves your build slot
60%when it's finished & ready to ship
10%once it's standing on your foundation
Spec sheet·vs. the market
$49,500delivered & stacked, porch included · other sizes available
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The turnkey log homesReal log homes, finished and move-in ready with standard-quality finishes. We act as your general contractor — interior walls, electrical, and plumbing done correctly, on time, and on budget. Built in our yard, then re-stacked and finished on your foundation.

Turnkey · 6-ft wrap porch

The Hunter

18 × 24 · 432 sq ft
  • The classic deer-camp and river cabin, move-in ready
  • Interior walls, electrical & plumbing included — we're your GC
  • 6-ft wrap porch standard; 8-ft or 10-ft upgrade available
Floor plan·Spec sheet
from $108,000turnkey · move-in ready
Turnkey · 6-ft wrap porch

The Hunter XL

24 × 24 · 576 sq ft
  • The Hunter with room to breathe — full bath, real kitchen wall, bunks
  • Interior walls, electrical & plumbing included — we're your GC
  • 6-ft wrap porch standard; 8-ft or 10-ft upgrade available
Floor plan
from $144,000turnkey · move-in ready
Turnkey · 2 bed / 2 bath

The Homestead

874 sq ft · 2 bed / 2 bath
  • A real family cabin — full kitchen, two baths, room for everyone
  • Interior walls, electrical & plumbing included — we're your GC
  • Every option and color choice from the menu below applies
Floor plan
from $218,500turnkey · move-in ready
Turnkey · 3 bed / 2 bath

The Wilson

1,335 sq ft · 3 bed / 2 bath
  • Named for the man who notches it — a full three-bedroom log home
  • Interior walls, electrical & plumbing included — we're your GC
  • Want it bigger? Ask about the Wilson XL (~2,000 sq ft) in development
Floor plan
from $333,000turnkey · move-in ready
Turnkey · flagship

The Lodge

3,598 sq ft · our largest standard plan
  • The place everyone gathers — big timber, vaulted spaces
  • Built with our largest selected logs
  • Interior walls, electrical & plumbing included — we're your GC
Floor plan
from $899,500turnkey · move-in ready

Turnkey means move-in ready with standard-quality finish materials — car-siding interiors, insulated roof structure, metal roof, and finishes chosen from the menus below. Sticks & Stones acts as your general contractor so interior walls, electrical, and plumbing are done correctly, on time, and on budget. All models: buyer provides land, foundation (rock or concrete — we supply requirements), and utility service to the site. Same plain payment terms on every cabin: 30% to reserve, 60% when your cabin is finished and ready to ship, 10% once it's standing on your foundation.

Your cabin, your colors

Three choices make every cabin yours — on the Camper and every model up.

Metal roof color

Pick your roof from the manufacturer's full color palette — installed over an insulated roof structure on every cabin.

Perma-Chink chinking

The lines between the logs, in your choice from the Perma-Chink palette — creams, tans, beiges, greys, and browns. Classic white is the signature Sticks & Stones look.

SureShine log stain

Interior and exterior tones from the SureShine palette — from clear and barely-there natural, through honey cedar, to deep antique brown.

Make it yours: the log-shape menu

About fifty wall logs go into a cabin. How they're dressed changes the whole feel of the room — pick per cabin, priced as a flat upgrade.

Log profileThe lookUpgrade
Full round (signature)The classic — full logs, flared butt ends, maximum characterIncluded
Flat inside ⭐ customer favoriteRound outside, hand-flattened interior walls with the grain exposed+ $2,500
D-shapeFlat interior, round exterior, butt ends preserved at the corners+ $2,500
Flat inside & outClean hewn look both sides, fastest to finish out+ $2,000

Camper upgrades: add what you'll use, skip what you won't

The base Camper is complete and livable the day it lands. These are the add-ons buyers ask for most.

UpgradeWhat you getPrice
Kitchen packageCabinetry, countertop, sink, and a drain line plumbed to the outside+ $10,000
Electrical pre-wireCabin wired and ready for your electrician's hookup+ $10,000
Cedar outhouseA proper hand-built outhouse to match your cabin+ $10,000
Porch expansionWiden the wrap-around porch to 6 ft or 8 ftpriced by size
Cedar furnitureBeds, benches, rockers, stools — built by the same hands, placed in your cabin before you get the keyspriced per piece
Straight Talk

What we build. What you bring.

No surprises on either side — this is the same plain deal we've offered for thirty years.

Included in every cabin

  • Hand-notched cedar log walls, stacked by our crew
  • Exposed rustic log trusses over an engineered roof structure
  • Wood wrap-around porch with hand-peeled log posts (4 ft on the Camper, 6 ft on the turnkey models)
  • Insulated roof structure with a metal roof in your color
  • ¾" tongue-and-groove car-siding ceilings
  • Chinking in your Perma-Chink color; SureShine stain inside and out
  • Delivery and stacking on your foundation
  • Turnkey models add: interior walls, electrical, and plumbing — with Sticks & Stones as your general contractor, done correctly, on time, and on budget

You (or your builder) provide

  • Your land, with clear access for the delivery truck
  • A rock or concrete foundation — we supply the requirements and coordinate before delivery day
  • Utility service to the site (well/water, septic, power line) on models that use them
  • Any permits your county requires

That's the whole list. On the Camper there are no utilities to run at all — pour the pad, and your cabin arrives finished.

The Craft

From standing cedar to standing cabin.

The same rhythm since 1993, set by the tree itself. Spring-peeled cedar comes out of the bark clean and bright — and every log is handled by the same few hands from forest to your foundation.

Select & fell

Tim walks southern-Missouri timber and picks each cedar himself — straight, dense, full of heartwood. Most people can't buy logs like this at any price.

Peel in the spring

Logs are peeled within days of felling, while the bark slips clean. Underneath: bright, solid cedar with no bug-track — the best log there is.

Notch by hand

Every corner is scribed and notched one log at a time. The notch is the craft — it's what locks a cabin together for a century.

Stack & truss

Walls go up in our yard, log trusses on top, roof on, stained — you see your finished cabin standing before it ever ships.

Deliver & re-stack

The crew numbers every log, trucks the cabin to your site, and re-stacks it on your foundation. Small models roll in whole on a trailer.

THE WILSON FAMILY
Our Story

Tim & Wendy Wilson — Jameson, Missouri

Tim Wilson has been building log cabins from cedar he cuts himself since 1993 — over sixty of them, from playhouses to lake lodges, plus historic log restorations and a build featured on national television. He's a craftsman, a trapper, a family man, and the pastor of the local Baptist church. When Tim says your cabin is built right, that means something around here.

Wendy keeps the whole operation human — she's your first phone call, your design sounding board, and your host on auction day. Sticks & Stones is a family business in the oldest sense: the kind where the man who felled your logs is the man who notches your corners.

"You build real log cabins." — what every visitor says when they touch the corners

60+ cabins · historic restorations · three decades · one standard

The Proof

Cabins like these don't wait around.

22 offers. $18,000 over asking.

When one of Tim's river cabins hit the market, it drew twenty-two offers and sold $18,000 over the asking price. The demand has never been the question — finding the cabins has been.

Restored history, on camera.

Tim's restoration work on historic log structures — including a build featured on a national homestead-restoration TV series — is why collectors and preservationists seek him out.

Three decades standing.

Cabins Tim notched in the 1990s are still tight, still aromatic, still in the family that built them. Eastern red cedar plus a proper notch is a 100-year wall system.

Sticks & Stones cabin photo, full size
Reserve & The Event

Campers are selling now. The big auction comes Spring 2027.

This season's Camper builds are going up now — reserve a slot with the form and we'll call you the same week. And mark the calendar: one weekend in Spring 2027, the yard at Jameson full of finished cabins — walk through every one, meet the family that built them, eat well, bring the kids, and bid with the hammer.

  • Camper build slots: 30% reserves yours — we confirm your delivery window by phone
  • Auction weekend: walk through finished cabins, live hammer pricing
  • Furniture lots: cedar beds, benches, rockers, stools
  • Waitlist members get advance lineup & reserve details
  • Turnkey builds: reserve a consultation and we'll walk your plan and site with you

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The Furniture Line

Cedar pieces, same hands, this Christmas.

Stools, benches, rockers, and beds built from the same hand-peeled Ozarks cedar — the way to own a piece of the brand before your cabin's turn comes up. Available this fall; waitlist members see them first.

Stools

The gateway piece.

Benches

Porch-length, log-legged.

Rockers

The one nobody gives back.

Beds

Log frames, heirloom heft.

Questions, Answered Plainly

FAQ

Will the logs crack or shift as they dry?
Some checking (surface cracks along the grain) is normal and expected in real, spring-peeled cedar — it's cosmetic character, not a structural problem, and it's how you know the logs are real. Logs also settle slightly as they finish drying, which is why turnkey builds include a chink touch-up trip the following year, and why our plans include settling details above doors and windows. We tell you this up front because it's the truth of real log building.
What do I need ready before delivery?
A rock or concrete foundation, built to the requirements we hand you when you order, plus clear access for the delivery truck. The Camper ships whole on skids and is set and stacked right onto your foundation; the porch is installed on site. On the turnkey models we coordinate the foundation and utility details with you well before delivery day — that's part of the general-contractor job we do for you.
How far will you deliver?
Build, delivery, and re-stacking on your site are included within roughly 100–200 miles of Jameson, Missouri — that covers Kansas City, St. Joseph, Des Moines, and Omaha country. Farther afield, ask — it's a per-job quote.
How long does it take?
Campers are built in batches and move fast — reserve a slot and your cabin is typically standing in our yard within weeks, then delivered as soon as your foundation is ready. Turnkey models are scheduled builds; timing depends on the season and the queue, and we give you a real date when you reserve.
Who does the chinking?
We do. Every cabin is chinked in your choice of color from the Perma-Chink palette — classic white is the signature Sticks & Stones look. Because real logs settle slightly as they finish drying, turnkey builds include a chink touch-up trip the following year.
How do payments work?
The same plain terms on every cabin: 30% reserves your build slot and puts you in the queue, 60% is due when your cabin is finished and ready to ship — you'll see photos of it standing in our yard first — and the final 10% is due once it's stacked on your foundation. On a $49,500 Camper that's $14,850 to reserve, $29,700 at ready-to-ship, and $4,950 when it's standing on your land.
Can I change the design?
Yes — within the system. Pick your log profile, roof color, Perma-Chink chink color, SureShine stain tones, and porch width on any model, plus the Camper upgrade menu. Want something beyond the six standard plans? Talk to us about a custom build — we design it together, you sign the plan, and changes after signing are priced as change orders. Plain rules keep custom builds friendly.
Is this a kit?
No. Kits are milled by machine to look like logs. Every Sticks & Stones cabin is built from full cedar logs that Tim selected standing in the timber, peeled by hand, and notched one corner at a time. Your cabin exists, fully stacked, before it ever ships — that's why the corners have real flared butt ends.