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Show A Do-It-Yours- Project, Start elf 4B To Finish WEST VALLEY VIEW Thursday, Jan. 1,1981 Glenn And Helen Hansen Create Log Cabin Home In Murray If you think the day of the log cabin is long over with, youre wrong, for right smack in the midst of Murray there is a log home that belongs on anyones list of beautiful homes. The entire home, all the way from trees standing in the forest, to beautiful, polished boards in the home, was the work of two people, Glenn and Helen Hansen, long time Murrayites. It took them four and a half years from start to finish. This wasn't our first such building project, however, they both tell. We began by building a summer home on the Still Water fork of Bear River at Christmas five-roo- "It was a natural thing. Glenn is a builder, and a friend had a sawmill in that area. So we would cut all our logs with a drag saw, then, on weekends, we borrowed our friends horse and dragged the logs to his mill. He would cut them to our dimensions and then wed again haul the milled logs to the cabin site." Of course, Helen tells, If Glenn had not had his construction and carpenter skills nothing could have been done. Im just a good follower and did what he told me to do, and it all worktwo-ma- n ed out fine. We enjoyed building that summer home so much, the two of them re- - call, that when it was completed we immediately started thinking about building a home on our property in Murray. It was just about this time, too, that we decided as long as we were serious about this kind of construction work, wed better get our own chain saw and begin cutting logs again. This time we took the logs to the Evanston sawmill in a pickup truck and a trailer made from the chassis of an old car. There the logs, again, were cut as we specified and when we had a load ready, the Bear River lumber truck (which came to Salt lake empty) would bring the logs and lumber to us, Mr. Hansen tells. It was then than Glenn drew up the final plans for the house and obtained a building permit to go ahead. Their dreams were beginning to materialize. They chose a site in back of the home in which they were living in at that time and the foundation was put in the first fall. Everything then had to wait for spring but as soon as the weather permitted, the construction began. Glenn was working days on other jobs but at Helen recalls, night, we would both work on the house. Weekends we spent out logging for more material we would need as the house progressed. We put the roof on the second summer, and she continues, then, with the house partially closed in, we could work on the inside during the winter. Glenn did the plumbing and heating and had the help of an electrician with the wiring. Everything in the Hansen home, the logs, framing lumber and the finishing lumber are all native materials. They planned the finish wood and even the knotty pine and finish flooring. four-whe- He now makes his home in Sandy. Building log homes isnt the only hobby (as if you could call building two homes a hobby) the Hansens enjoy. Helen raises countless varieties of violets and has enough to fill a small greenhouse. And in her spare time, she crochets and makes colorful afghans for her family. And, people talented in one area seem to be talented in many, for Glenn also works with rocks and his ultimate specialty is rock tables. The one which rests in his home is made of one huge finished piece of wood, with the smooth top inlaid with rock pieces, centered with a large star. He uses many of his beautiful rocks as jewels' in the copper jewelry he makes. He is an avid gardener, grows all kinds of vegetables, fruits, berries and the produce that he and Helen do not use, can or freeze Is given to friends and family. But, their greatest joy and pride is their comfortable, spacious, beautifully decorated, log home. And . . . Helen points out . . . one of the greatest satisfactions Is that its all paid for. Yes, you might have thought that home-mad- e log cabins went out of style about the time of Abe Lincoln but thats not so. The Murray Hansens live in a home ole Abe would have loved to call home . . . that you and I would be happy to move into . . . but for Glenn and Helen it is home. And they love every log, board and rock in it. They should . . . each one was chosen, cut and finished, all by themselves. When buying meat, compare costs per serving rather than price per pound. In the long run, it doesnt matter how much you pay per pound, but how much each serving of cooked meat costs. As a general rule, pound of meat without bone to equals one serving and one-hathree- - quarters of a pound of meat with bone equals one serving. one-quart- lf tongue-and-groove- d stand in their living room which is styled and decorated like a hunting lodge in the wild, except their home sits in the center of a residential seciton in Murray. The Hansens Our fireplace, Glenn explains, is double and serves two large rooms. Every stone in the huge thing came from about Wasatch Boulevard here in Salt Lake County. We would split large boulders and take only the rocks that had color inside. We laid every rock all by ourselves, too. In fact, Glenn goes on, we not only did all the construction work, the finishing, the cabinets, but did the painting and decorating as well. The interior decor of the home is tangible testament to the artistry of Mr. Hansen who is now retired. It took four and a half years to complete our home, they both relate, and we paid for everything right as we went along. The Hansens have lived on their present property since 1930. Their son, Jay, as a teen-agegave up many an evenings fun and chasing with his peers while he stayed at home and helped his parents build the log home. r, Glen and Helen Hansen stand by the home that they built. From choosing the trees as they stood in the forest, to the finished, painted and stained wood, the two Murrayites did it all. new-fashion- log-cabi- n One--H SfeiCcl cut Diiuta You need lVi pound whole round steak and this pasta is called Twisted Spaghetti. Why? I wouldn't know because it doesnt resemble spaghetti at all. Its little 2 inch twisted pasta that looks like twisted rope and in Italian its called Cut Fusilli. Anyhow its good. You need 2 cups. Cut the round steak into strips 2x3 inches long. Heat a skillet with 2 tablespoons oil. Brown, without crowding the steak strips and put into a bowl. Mix with 1 beef bouillon powder. 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