A-1 Barna Log Homes

Jef Welch has been designing, planning, and building quality custom built log homes in the North Georgia area for more than 29 years. Pat Welch, Jef's wife, has an extreme talent for rustic home design, and together Jef and Pat create homes that have caught the eye and captured the pages of some of the most prestigious home magazines across the country. There is no doubt that your new home project will benefit greatly from the expertise of Jef and Pat Welch.

Jef and Pat Welch are owners of several business of which are all run professionally, fully insured, ethically opporated, and are also opporated in a debt-free status. The businesses owned and opporated by Jef & Pat Welch are:

A-1 Barna Log Homes, a DBA or Jim Barna Log Systems of North Georgia, of which this website www.BarnaUSA.com gives a comprehensive experience for individuals who have a need to understand log homes of the finest quality. Barna Log Homes has provided the very best in log home design and log home components for more than 33 years and continues to be the leader in the log home industry.

Jef and Pat work together hand in hand to ensure that the architectural design, quality of construction, appliance selection, and home décor all flow to together.  Jef’s focus is on working directly with the homeowner to put their thoughts and ideas on paper.  By listening closely to their family needs and desired architectural look, Jef is able to design the home they have always dreamed of.  One client said, “A person like Jef is hard to find because he actually listened to what we wanted and then made suggestions that would fit our needs."  Pat’s focus is on taking the homeowners around to our various vendors and helping them pick out everything from flooring to appliances.  Her expertise is so valuable that some clients offer to her hundreds of dollars an hour to help them with their interior decorating.  However, Pat enjoys it so much that she does it for free for our clients!

Chestatee Custom Contractors, Inc., is also a company owned and operated by Jef & Pat Welch. Chestatee Custom Contractors, Inc. values the reputation of building/constructing custom homes with the very best in quality construction. If you are wanting the fine details paid attention to with your Barna Log Home, you certainly want to consider the involvement of Chestatee Custom Contractors, Inc.

Five Star Executive, L.L.C., is also a company owned and operated by Jef and Pat Welch. The company is centered around a strong vision supported by Jef and Pat as they believe in spreading the word about harmful ingredients in personal care products that for years have caused cancer, and other degenerative diseases. After loosing a brother to cancer, Jef Welch has an intensity to let people know that there are products in their homes that contain extremely harmful ingredients (a.e. sodium laurel sulfate SLS, sodium lareth sulfate SLES, parabens, etc.) which are linked to neurological problems, diabetes, weight problems, heart disease, liver disease, and yes........cancer. Five Star Executive L.L.C. is the company Jef & Pat Welch have established to create the opportunity for individuals to create a safe home, free of harmful toxins.

Jef & Pat are the leading distributors in North America for SISEL International and can be researched at www.fivestarexecutive.com or www.5starexecutive.com. You owe it to yourself to know the truth about what you are absorbing through your skin daily, day after day. Go to www.fivestarexecutive.com to create your own safe home with SISEL Safe products, fully endorsed by Jef & Pat Welch.