Painting Log Cabin Interior Walls

This log cabin has an appealing southwestern theme.

Painting log cabin interior walls.

The answer is no it won t. Creamy white walls look great paired with the natural half log wall wood ceiling and timber trimmed windows. Unfortunately logs on cabins are exposed to harsh weather conditions which create the perfect environment for rotting to take place when coupled with paint. 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.

No taking down walls in a log house for just 10k either because that means that you immediately need to redo the floors. You might be able to get the flat parts of the house painted for 10k but not logs. Imagine a beach cabin with a light blue stain painted on the ceilings with bright white rafters and trim. I also would leave painting the log walls as a last resort.

Why does wood rot. 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. Don t ever paint a log cabin.

Great led lighting will go a long way to making your home feel brighter. There s nothing stopping you. If you re dead set on painting your log cabin then do it. An ideal option for interior painting is the combination of primer and first coat.

And you shouldn t paint logs. There are lots of options when it comes to painting the interior log walls of your home. 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. Some track lighting which you can direct the lights to hit warm log walls and bounce off would work.

In reality you can. Why can t you paint a log cabin. I think it detracts from the warm log home feel. 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.

You can t do flooring for a whole house for 10k unless it s carpet. Painting a log cabin is likely to cause more harm than good. In fact it will cause your logs to rot. While paint protects other things like metals and stone it actually destroys wood.

Your only real option would be to paint the wall an even darker color. An elegant modern reading nook. Paint doesn t protect logs like it does other things. So don t do it.

The wood is enough of a neutral and the addition of tans beiges or grays would be nothing but dreary. We re talking about log walls. A little girl s room could be pretty in pink or purple.