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    From Deep Roots

    Sep 17, 2021 3 minutes
    By Janice Brewster
    Photography by Rick Lee

    Lori Wilson has fond memories of playing with her sister and brother on her grandfather’s farm overlooking the South Fork Shenandoah River. Back then, she probably didn’t envision that one day she would build a home of her own on 4.5 acres of the family homestead, but that’s exactly what happened.

    The Stanley, Virginia, site has been in Lori’s family since 1893. When they would build, Ron weighed in: He had always wanted a log house. Lori, wasn’t so sure; however, once she was convinced it would be a spacious home and not a cozy cabin, she was on board. They contacted a local consultant for West Virginia-based Appalachian Log Structures and began to translate their ideas into a design.

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