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

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

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 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

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

The Gunnison  plan that we first designed in 2006. Also see the next post, The Gunnison B is a modification of this plan and shows how we can work from existing home designs and modify them to fit the needs of  different home owners. This is a classic prow layout that we are all familiar with but with a more contemporary entry and steeply [...] Read More

The latest in the Gravitas Design Series: The Lamar The Lamar is a two story dovetail and timber home that will be built in Kentucky. A traditional “T” shaped plan makes for a spacious Main Level plan laid out for open accessible living. The Upper Level has four additional bedrooms for guests or a large family [...] Read More

The latest in the Gravitas Design Series: The North Fork The North Fork plan below is a home we designed last year for a client in Wisconsin. This is a basic getaway cabin plan for simple living. The Main Level is open for entertaining and relaxed living. A spacious Owner’s Suite on the Main Level for [...] Read More

The Gunnison B is a modification to a plan that we made in 2006. A client wanted to change the home to have the garage attached.  This makes for a different mud room entry into the kitchen. This is a classic prow layout that we are all familiar with but with a more contemporary entry and steeply pitched roofs. The Upper Level has a [...] Read More

The latest in the Gravitas Design Series: The Gallatin The Gallatin plan below is a home we designed for a client in Idaho. This is an efficient single level plan with very modern lines and contemporary building materials.  The Owner’s Suite has a large split bath with integrated walk in closets. The Owner’s baths share a connection [...] Read More

The Salinas is a hybrid timberframe home with some unique features.  This home is designed for off-site construction (Systems Built, or modular). A very contemporary design with mono pitch roofs, a unique private Owner’s Suite that stands by itself and a full rentable “Accessory Dwelling Unit” or In-Law suite on the street side of the lot. Media Room, Office, Wine Room, [...] Read More

They Yakima is a large log home with three Owner’s Suites. This home also has a large in-home office for telecommuting and small business needs. This home was built in the Northern California. We design homes all across the country for all sorts of people with their own needs and wants lists. This home is [...] Read More