The Pipestone is a traditional log home with a spacious open floor plan. This plan has a large owners suite on the main level, office, laundry and powder room. A full wrap around deck doubles the livable area on the main floor and opens up the opportunities for entertaining, or spending lazy afternoons in a [...] Read More

The Columbia was designed for a family living in Eastern Oregon wanting a home office, and plenty of room to raise their growing family. This 5 bedroom, 3 1/2 bath 5,006 square foot home features a loft level fireplace and multiple zones of activity, allowing the family to maximize their use of the home. A [...] Read More

The Roaring Fork was designed as a mountain getaway for the Roaring Fork Valley. Designed to take advantage of a hillside perch, this home tucks into the terrain while opening up multiple living spaces to the valley beyond. The owner’s suite has an office, and large his and hers walk-in-closets. The dining room is made [...] Read More

The Palouse is a traditional log home with an expansive wrap around deck that greatly increases the livable area. The main floor open living space joins together the kitchen, dining and gathering room with easy access to the owner’s suite, all on one level. The public areas are open and vaulted whereas the space over [...] Read More

This home is a classically styled Timber Frame Hybrid, based upon our popular Bear Creek model. This home was customized and modified for a couple building in Bear Lake, Idaho. What do we mean by hybrid? A traditional timber frame home has a skeleton made of cut timbers, fitted to each other. This skeleton provides [...] Read More

The Goodwood is a 3787 SF home on two levels. It has three bedrooms and 2.5 baths. Open living on the main floor combines the living, kitchen, and dining. The Goodwood has a large open deck on the view side and a welcoming covered porch to protect awaiting guests from the rain. The Owners Suite [...] Read More

The most rewarding projects we work on, are those that have active involvement of the owner, a meshing of ideals, and design aesthetic, and a level of trust, from both parties, for both parties.  We were blessed recently with one of those rewarding projects that we designed for a local Boise couple, recently relocated from Austin, Texas. [...] Read More

Last year we had the opportunity to work with a wonderful client in Larimer county, north central Colorado, to build a small cabin retreat for the North Colorado rolling hills.  Our client chose to utilize Honka logs from Atrium Log Homes located in Evergreen, Colorado.  What I’d like to do in my next few posts, [...] Read More

We are often asked for smaller cabin plans, similar to our Shasta Series. We think it’s always good to provide a balance in both size, and styles. That’s why we are now proud to introduce the Klamath Series of cabins. These plans range in size from 514 SF to 745 SF, and offera great opportunity [...] Read More

RUBBiSH- Recycled rubber sinks Santa Monica, California.–based architecture firm Minarc, has developed a unique and timely solution to the waste-tire dilemma that our car culture has created.  No matter how small the impact, it’s always refreshing to see problems being solved in beautiful ways like this. Minarc has just won an award from Architect Magazine: “The rubber [...] Read More

The Merced is a  1,784 square foot home with 3 bedrooms and two baths. This home has the traditional lines of its Texas neighborhood, infused with a contemporary stone and truss entry.  The wide open porches almost double the living space for entertaining and relaxing and offer great views of the prairie surrounding the original [...] Read More

Gravitas is a Custom Home design company.  That’s what we do, or at least, that’s a majority of what we do.  One of the immensely satisfying aspects of our job, is to work with a family, tease out their wants and needs in a new home, balance those needs with the reality of their budget, [...] Read More

We recently had the pleasure of visiting one of our smaller structures as it is going through its final steps before completion.  Derek Hurd of Gravitas worked with a couple from Texas that were permanently relocating to Boise, Idaho.  They asked Derek to design for them a small accessory dwelling unit (ADU), behind the home [...] Read More

The following is from a newsletter from our engineer Brian Sielaff of Tamarack Grove Engineering. Brian has been engineering our projects since the beginning and specializes in structural engineering for residential projects as well as engineering for log and timber frame homes.  Enjoy:   The common goal on any log home/timber frame design and construction [...] Read More

      The Clearwater will be built in Lenore, Idaho, overlooking the Clearwater River.  At three levels, with 2,681 SF, it can accommodate a growing family, or the empty nester.  The view of the river from the rear is accentuated with a full height gable, and two, wide porches.  The upper level has a [...] Read More

So we didn’t bring you this news as it broke, but better late than never. This year Gravitas was runner up for Best Log Home Plan Under 2500 SF. This home is adapted from a systems built home we did for a Colorado client. Thanks Log Home Living for the recognition of creative design in [...] Read More

A home we designed for a homeowner in Park City. The site was located in a equestrian development so the home was designed to fit in as if it were part of a larger barn complex. There is an indoor endless pool and a large guest suite over the garage. This home is within sight [...] Read More

I just returned from a pleasant trip to the east coast to attend the Log & Timber Home Show in Chantilly, Virginia. We were invited to the show by Chad Clark of Handcrafted Log Homes and met a lot of great log and timber frame suppliers as well as individual clients. There was a lot [...] Read More

The latest in the Gravitas Design Series: The Santee The Santee is a custom home we designed for a couple about to retire to the Owyhee Desert for some quiet and peaceful living. This home has a open floor plan with a Main Level Owner’s Suite. The Upper Level accomodates the guests and open area for a home office. Sunsets from the lookout will be [...] Read More

The latest in the Gravitas Design Series: The Carson The Carson is a hybrid log home that has a dovetail core with interior log walls and standard framed wings. The integration of multiple materials using the dovetail log, board & batten, and  shake shingle siding adds to the rustic charm of this home. This home has a [...] Read More