'Very customizable.' Kentucky company builds Amish Made Cabins for people around the country

Update: This story has been updated to reflect a change in Amish Made Cabins' plan for these custom cabins.

Amish Made Cabins in Shepherdsville is a family-owned-and-operated business that has been building modular cabins for nearly 16 years. Owners Jim and Pamela White and their team — which includes their sons Brian White and Courtney White, as well as Courtney’s wife, Jenny White — serve homeowners in multiple states, delivering fully customized, Kentucky-built cabins to people around the country.

Cabin construction

"(We create) high-quality, beautifully crafted, Amish modular homes," Jenny told the Courier Journal. "We refer to them as cabins because they have all knotty pine on the inside."

She adds that everything is constructed at their manufacturing shop in Munfordville, then delivered to their destinations. The homes can be anywhere from one to five bedrooms and up to a little more than 1,500 square feet.

"They’re conventionally built, so there are two-by-six walls (and) two-by-ten floors," Jenny said. "We use commercial-grade, waterproof, vinyl plank flooring. And we use pre-finished knotty pine interior walls and ceiling boards."

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She emphasizes that many of these pre-selected features were chosen to ensure low maintenance. The streamlined process also means a cabin can go from concept to completion rather quickly. A finished cabin typically takes about 15 weeks to build, from order to delivery.

"They’re very customizable," Jenny added. "Other companies' (homes) are really cookie cutter — what you see is what you get. We are very flexible. Because they're hand-built by the Amish, (we can) do whatever it is the customer is looking for."

Completely custom

Homeowners have a few different siding options, including board-and-batten siding as well as maintenance-friendly lap siding.

"For the customer that (wants) that cabin look (without) the maintenance that comes along with it, we do offer white cedar log siding," Jenny said. "However, you are going to have to get out there every four to six years to re-stain and re-seal to protect those logs."

She adds that on the inside, painted shiplap is an option for those who want to get away from a total cabin look. Homeowners can also choose from various solid surface countertops in different colors and edge profiles, as well as modern upgrades such as LED light fixtures.

Certain styles also offer a hinged roof, with or without a loft. The Amish Built Homes team has even created hidden pantries, wraparound front porches, and other one-of-a-kind cabin requests.

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Some new builds the company is working on include homes that will be 18 to 20 feet longer than average — longer than anything they've built before. Each one will also include carpet, which is a feature Jenny says is not easily installed in a cabin.

"We’re trying to make them less like a cabin and more like a conventional home," she said.

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nuts & bolts

Homes: Each Amish Made Cabins home will be 16 feet by 70 feet.

Distinctive elements: Fully furnished with appliances and carpet. Each will be built in Kentucky to the current Residential Codes adopted by the state of Kentucky backed by engineered plans and a 41-point inspection process.

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Custom-built home from Kentucky's Amish Made Cabins: how to order