Log cabin interior drywall colour?
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Comments (2)Lovely views, too. Yes, a wood floor would be way too much wood. How about a light colored tile floor? Or simply replace the carpeting with new carpet for a warm feel underfoot?...See More1795 Log Cabin- Need advice!
Comments (11)Sweet! Seems to have a dual personality - your older more historic exterior and the interior a more generic, mid-late 1900s cabin style. Nothing wrong with that, just that thats what it is. Agree with the above that since interior panelling is not historic, you would not offend the old house gods by painting or a whitewash stain. You could take it in many directions. If it was mine Id research colonial colors and furnishings of that era - not to do a full on, museum-like restoration but just use it as starting point for inspiration. One school of thought about furnishing and decorating old houses is to be eclectic and take from styles from the time it was built, on up to present time, using your design sense to choose things that fit together well so you dont have too much of a visual hodge-podge.. In other words, it doesnt have to look 1795 but it could be taken back to some imaginery point in say 1934 or 1958. Heck, take it back to 2017 if you want - the idea is that these later periods would still have some older pieces mixed in with the new. Hope that makes sense - Im cutting down caffeine so the writing doesnt flow as well as it did!...See MoreLake Cabin - ratio of wood paneling vs. drywall
Comments (6)I would use wood anywhere that maintenance of drywall could be problematic. My first husband's family had a lake house in Michigan - big old 3 story Victorian with porches on almost the entire house. The entire inside of the house was done in tongue/grove beadboard, including the ceilings. It was built around 1901-1903 and they felt this was the most maintenance-free material to use. It has proven to be so! Yes, a few darkened spots where water from a roof leak came in, but plaster (only choice in those days) would have been damaged far worse. It was stained darker only in the LR/DR and up the stairs. And yes, all those porches DID make it dark inside! The rest of the beadboard was left unfinished and natural. If there is paneling on a wall, use wood trim the same color. This is why I would not use "wood accents" in the bedrooms - hard to know where to start/stop....See MorePaint color?drywall/backsplash tile/granite counter-log home kitchen
Comments (11)Thanks Patricia...paled grayed green sounds appealing-Ill look at those colors...as for cabinets-yes, theyll be installed directly on the log wall...we're blessed with an amazing cabinetmaker who is skilled in log home cabinet installation....we also have kiln dried logs-so they wont shrink/settle too much. Ill attach a pic (not a great one, but the only I could find at the moment) of the lower furing wall we had originally built for the lowers--then tore out-because that would have made a backsplash stick out several inches-a ledge--it would have looked weird, & would have pushed fridge & cabinets out too..eating up several inches of kitchen space. So, we took out the furing wall-moved the fridge outlet to the corner, literally, of the log wall & drywall (can see it in my 1st pic of original post-midway up the wall) & plumbing was able to come up through the floor instead of the wall-I conceded & instead of a wall switch am doing an air switch in counter for disposal-only thing left was switch for over sink light-which for convenience-I wanted near the sink-so we're doing a shallow mount light switch under the upper cabinet, to right of sink-unconventional I believe-but a good tradeoff in my mind. Our cabinetmaker is making the upper cabinet rails a little longer anyway for lights/outlets under the cabinets-so I think it will work out ok. I may need to always point out to guests where that switch is-but worth it in order to have a normal 4" granite backsplash on the log wall. The tile will cover the open areas on the drywall/range side--including behind the chimney hood. Sooo..thats the plan-its been one of those ongoing challenges that went on for quite some time-& we finally got everyomes input & solved the problem..yay! :) Now for the fun stuff :)...See Morecalidesign
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