Log houses were common with the Metis families because they provided a secure homestead. Plain rounded logs with the notches left on them were used for the basic square cabin. Sometimes the houses would have wood floors and the others had plain dirt floors that were wet once and a while to keep it packed down. To keep the wood floors clean they were scrubbed with hay and ashes.

The houses were kept warm with mud ovens and iron stoves and insulation. Insulation was made up of mud and hay that was put on to the outside of the house in the fall and would kept the inside of the house nice and cozy. Decorations like paper or leaves would be stuck on to the mud that came through the cracks into the house. Also decorating the walls were guns, bullet bags, and powder horns, animal skins and snowshoes. In the house you would see wooden trunks, round table, and beds with buffalo furs. Cooking pots and utensils were obtained from the trading companies or they could make them with carved wood.

Fences were also common for the Metis to have around their house to keep their animals in and to protect their animals from intruders. Houses were built by the water, which gave easy access to it whenever they needed it.