Hand-crafted luxury log home built by Barbara Mandrell and husband Ken Dudney.

Welcome to our newly renovated and completely restored hand-crafted log home providing 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, one half-bath, and a sleeping loft/den, situated on a quiet 2.5 acres hillside overlooking the Yakima and Columbia River valleys. Seemingly away from it all, this luxurious home estate is close to numerous wineries, restaurants, breweries, rivers, trails, parks, shopping centers, and golf courses.
Enjoy time with family and friends in this beautiful custom log home on a private 2.5-acre hillside estate with fabulous views. This rare and exclusive home was hand built in 1984 from hand-selected 45-foot-long Montana-grown larch logs, and assembled here by original owners / builders Ken and Barbara Dudney. The home features two bedrooms, the en-suite master bedroom has a king bed and the loft has a queen, twin, and futon. There is an additional futon in the loft den. The luxurious 2-1/2 bathrooms feature a copper soaking tub, large walk-in showers, natural stone sinks, and original pull-chain toilets.

Ken Dudney and his wife Barbara, better known as the award-winning country superstar Barbara Mandrell, built this home for Ken’s grandmother in the style of a traditional Tennessee log cabin, with a “living-stone” lava-rock foundation supporting hand-crafted log walls.

Barbara and Ken first stayed here during Barbara’s recovery from her near-fatal car accident in 1984. They returned often, and stayed here when visiting Ken’s grandmother and other local relatives until they sold the home in 1996. The home has been carefully restored and renovated, with modern touches and comforts added to maintain the luxurious but rustic nature of the home.

This was the first log home built by Ken Dudney, but not the last. He became a salesman for the company that helped design this home, Rustics of Lindburgh Lake. He went on to help design and build log homes for Barbara’s sister, Irlene, and their own 27,000 square-foot log mansion named “The Fontanel” in White Creek, Tennessee.

Built in 1987-1988 on a 136-acre estate with Montana-grown larch logs, The Fontanel Mansion is the world’s largest log home. It was three stories tall, complete with more than 20 rooms, 13 bathrooms, five fireplaces, two kitchens, a bowling alley/shooting range, soda fountain, and a helipad.

Larch, or tamarack, is one of few rare deciduous conifers which loses its’ needles and goes dormant every winter. It is a slower-growing tree producing a tighter-grained wood, dense with decay and insect resistant sap, which also gives it a rich reddish-orange hue.

The dark bark and knots left from the hand-peeling contrasting against the reddish-orange tint of the logs is ultimately what attracted Ken and Barbara to use larch in all their homes. They also recognized the density, strength, and durability of larch were a perfect match for the harsh 4-season environments of Washington and Tennessee, where their homes were built.

Due to its’ scarcity and cost, larch is rarely used to build log homes today.
We welcome you to experience this extremely rare mix of modern amenities wrapped in warm hand-hewn logs, nestled among tall evergreens and lush landscaping, surrounded by the sun-soaked hills and winding rivers of Washington wine country.