Painting Log Cabin Interior Walls

In the log home pictured above black cabinets add striking contrast to the pale knotty pine log walls while quartz countertops a soapstone farmhouse sink and stainless steel appliances round out the efficient kitchen s offerings.

Painting log cabin interior walls.

It also serves as an effective base for further coats on top of the primer. I have no interest in painting all or even most of the log walls inside our house. 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. If you have a true log cabin you might want to preserve the rustic character of the interior of the log walls.

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. 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. Inviting rustic bedroom theme. But now it looks like a 30 s bungalow that happens to have a few walls made of logs.

Examples of painted. Logs are a little different from other building materials. April 29 2019 at 4 42 pm. An ideal option for interior painting is the combination of primer and first coat.

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. On the ceiling there are solid wood beams to break up the otherwise flat surface. Did you use oil based or latex paint. January 4 2019 at 6 49 pm.

Another option would be to whitewash the walls. Tour this little log cabin here. Just 1 maybe 2 of the smaller walls instead. Actually using log siding on your log home walls for color is a good way to go.

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. 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. Even dimensional lumber like stud 2x4s can be painted. Tips for painting the interior cabin walls ensure the wood is completely dry by checking the roof for leaks.

If you re not crazy about the half log interior wall look consider going with flat log walls instead. Walls trim ceiling super white by benjamin moore. In addition get rid of humidifiers inside the house and give the wood some time to dry up completely before painting it. If you re dead set on painting your log cabin then do it.

Typically you ll see one wall painted to serve as a focal spot or an accent wall. And if you hate it it is easier to replace the log siding wall versus covering a full log wall. As you can see in this living room the walls are flat logs but you still can see the chinking in between.