Painting Log Cabin Interior Walls
I have no interest in painting all or even most of the log walls inside our house.
Painting log cabin interior walls. As you can see in this living room the walls are flat logs but you still can see the chinking in between. Another option would be to whitewash the walls. Examples of painted. Just 1 maybe 2 of the smaller walls instead.
Inviting rustic bedroom theme. Even dimensional lumber like stud 2x4s can be painted. But there s a real danger if you do so if you want your log cabin to last longer and you don t like to throw away money read on. With wood walls wood flooring and plenty of wood furniture neutrals could make for a dark and depressing interior.
Logs are a little different from other building materials. And if you hate it it is easier to replace the log siding wall versus covering a full log wall. Actually using log siding on your log home walls for color is a good way to go. Mar 8 2020 explore lisa mcphail s board cabin paint colors followed by 1050 people on pinterest.
So first take a look at the trim in this log house. 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. An ideal option for interior painting is the combination of primer and first coat. April 29 2019 at 4 42 pm.
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. 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. On the ceiling there are solid wood beams to break up the otherwise flat surface. 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.
Typically you ll see one wall painted to serve as a focal spot or an accent wall. Our living room would look like a dungeon. It s off white painted wood. Thinking of painting interior of log cabin and would love painting tips.
January 4 2019 at 6 49 pm. And the key word here is colors. Typically log homes have interior framed walls that can be covered with matching log siding so you may want to paint the log siding walls only. If you have a true log cabin you might want to preserve the rustic character of the interior of the log walls.
It also serves as an effective base for further coats on top of the primer. If you re dead set on painting your log cabin then do it. But now it looks like a 30 s bungalow that happens to have a few walls made of logs. Walls trim ceiling super white by benjamin moore.