Decorating A Log Home
It takes a special type of person to choose a log cabin for his or her
home. Many times, these people are unconventional, eccentric or free
spirits. Log cabins come with their own unique decorating issues. At
one time, normal and usual furniture fashions don’t fit with the
image of a log cabin or because of their size don’t fit. However,
due to an increase in the popularity of log cabins, more and more
furniture stores are carrying styles and sizes that compliment the
simplicity of a log cabin home along with the furniture decorating
stores are starting to carry other decorating necessities to complete a
room.
In log home decorating, the key is to maintain the simple and natural
air of former times when log cabins where the norm. It’s easy to
go overboard since modern homes are usually have an over abundance of
furniture log cabins should have only the basic amount of furniture
needed to create an open, simple flowing space. Creating this balance
can take considerable thought and patience with each piece most log
cabin rooms can not be purchased as a set but must be assembled from
individual pieces. A complex piece off set by a simpler accent or piece
a perfect balance would be a simple piece used to bring attention to a
more complex design.
Windows are the focal points of most rooms, so what you choose to cover
them can be essential to the entire look of your room. Window coverings
from the log cabin era were simple, they served two purposes, to block
out the weather and control the amount of light that came in. However,
window treatments should be used to accent the window and draw
attention to it so that the natural setting beyond it is brought into
the room. Most modern fabrics will look out of place in your log cabin,
so choosing more natural fabrics in your decorating scheme will go a
long way to completing a simple and natural log cabin look. Finally,
another addition that will go along way to making your simplistic and
natural log cabin look complete. That addition is Americana folk art,
this is either handmade crafts or made from items found in nature and
used in their natural form. For example, using a collection of small
twigs to form a picture frame, or making use of a pair of antlers to
hold coats and scarves. This type of folk art brings scenes of the past
into your modern log cabin. Another thing to remember is to put away
modern appliances, like television sets and radios, even refrigerators
and freezers into built in cabinets or armoires so they don’t
detract from the old world setting you worked hard to create.
To recap, log cabin decorating focuses on using natural elements and
contrasting simplistic and complex designs, natural fabrics and
Americana folk art to create a warm, peaceful and relaxing environment
that reminds us of simpler and less complex times.
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