Midwest Paradiso
Log Home Living – May 2008
Midwestern and Tuscan styles are about as far apart aesthetically as, well, Iowa and Italy. But Greg and Melanie Hicklin had a vision – or rather, dueling visions. “My exposure to log cabins come from fishing in Canada, so I had something rustic in mind,” says Greg. But Melanie had other plans for the couple’s getaway home, a short drive from their lives in Des Moines. She has thinking of Tuscany, and figured an Italian country look could indeed work in a log home.