Log Cabin Painted White Inside

Logs actually need to be able to breathe not just while they re drying out before construction but during and long after construction.

Log cabin painted white inside.

Typically you ll see one wall painted to serve as a focal spot or an accent wall. If your log cabin walls are uncoated and new the first thing you need to do is apply a primer in order to protect the log cabin materials beneath. Brightly painted furniture and fabrics make a log interior warm and happy. This was a good choice since she decided last year to paint her natural wood cabinetry a butter yellow in the adjoining kitchen.

He also has a cabin that he transformed in north georgia that is stunning so i took his advice and painted it all white p s. It also serves as an effective base for further coats on top of the primer. Jun 24 2019 explore theresa driska s board log homes painted followed by 261 people on pinterest. See more ideas about log homes log cabin interior cabin interiors.

The following pictures show some of the ways that you can still have a nice log home without necessarily having shades of brown as your primary color scheme. You could leave them to darken naturally over time or apply a stain or clear finish to enhance the color and texture of the logs. Whether you prefer the classic rustic cabin look or you re wanting to create a space with a more modern air here are 27 beautiful log cabin interior design ideas to consider. We have lots of touch ups so they re fixing it then.

Our living room would look like a dungeon. An ideal option for interior painting is the combination of primer and first coat. The interior sides of the walls were already painted when we moved into our 1935 log cabin and i can t imagine them being wood. The bedroom with the green ceiling was not actually the room that was supposed to get the green ceiling so it will be re painted white early next week.

So the moisture that s inside stays inside. Terry recently had her sofa reupholstered in this happy warm yellow. By painting the exposed logs on your cabin you re preventing the logs from being able to breathe. The rustic appeal of log cabins often leads homeowner s to veer towards the same style of interior but there are certainly no hard rules.

If you have a true log cabin you might want to preserve the rustic character of the interior of the log walls. Discussion in painters talk started by jon harvey jul 25 2018. We now want to paint the inside white what would people recommend. But now it looks like a 30 s bungalow that happens to have a few walls made of logs.

I have no interest in painting all or even most of the log walls inside our house. Painting inside log cabin.