Painting Log Cabin Interior Walls

There are lots of options when it comes to painting the interior log walls of your home.

Painting log cabin interior walls.

In fact it will cause your logs to rot. And you shouldn t paint logs. I think it detracts from the warm log home feel. Paint doesn t protect logs like it does other things.

Some track lighting which you can direct the lights to hit warm log walls and bounce off would work. Imagine a beach cabin with a light blue stain painted on the ceilings with bright white rafters and trim. Don t ever paint a log cabin. If you stain keep in mind that the more color pigment in the stain the more often you ll need to re stain to keep it looking sharp.

The red tones from the rug and couch upholstery work well with the artwork and curtains within the space. We re talking about log walls. In reality you can. So to recap the best complements to a log cabin interior include whites and saturated versions of colors such as yellow blue red and green.

The answer is no it won t. If you re dead set on painting your log cabin then do it. A little girl s room could be pretty in pink or purple. No taking down walls in a log house for just 10k either because that means that you immediately need to redo the floors.

There s nothing stopping you. Why can t you paint a log cabin. Painting a log cabin is likely to cause more harm than good. Your only real option would be to paint the wall an even darker color.

It also serves as an effective base for further coats on top of the primer. I have also seen a lavender bathroom in a log home that was absolutely beautiful. Why does wood rot. So don t do it.

Unfortunately logs on cabins are exposed to harsh weather conditions which create the perfect environment for rotting to take place when coupled with paint. An ideal option for interior painting is the combination of primer and first coat. An elegant modern reading nook. In this case it would probably mean painting and or staining that wall a very very dark shade of brown which would be the most neutral choice as i see it.

You might be able to get the flat parts of the house painted for 10k but not logs. The wood is enough of a neutral and the addition of tans beiges or grays would be nothing but dreary. You can t do flooring for a whole house for 10k unless it s carpet. This log cabin has an appealing southwestern theme.

Great led lighting will go a long way to making your home feel brighter. Natural wood products such as cedar shingles and trim pine lap siding or exterior grade plywood can be stained a variety of tones or left to weather gray. I also would leave painting the log walls as a last resort.