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Decorating Ideas

I signed up because I am looking for any/all decorating ideas for my very small log cabin.

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Permalink Reply by Jackie Pinkston on November 28, 2009 at 4:39pm

How 'small' is your log cabin? I enjoyed the pictures!

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Permalink Reply by Kelly R on November 28, 2009 at 6:09pm

It's 1300 square feet. It has a living room and kitchen downstairs with a half bath under the stairs. The upstairs has two bedrooms, a full bath, a walk-in closet in each bedroom and a linen closet.

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Permalink Reply by Jackie Pinkston on November 28, 2009 at 11:50pm

not sure if you'll have any extra space after the half bath goes under the stairs, but I loved some of the ideas in this website for 'under stair storage' http://www.remodelista.com/posts/storage-staircase-solutions

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Permalink Reply by Kelly R on November 29, 2009 at 11:22am

Wow. That full bath was pretty cool. The house is already finished. The half bath is already under the stairs. The house was finished at the end of January so I've been in it for about 10 months.

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Permalink Reply by J. J. Lynes on May 6, 2011 at 11:30am

Kelly,

Check out my web siite, www.outofthinair.net and see if anything interests you. I create one-of-a-kind originals from ideas generated by clients to those from out of thin air. I'd be happy to produce a piece for you and your log home. Let me know.

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Permalink Reply by Katherine Elizabeth Lent on May 21, 2011 at 12:16pm

Hi, We are under contract on a 10 year old log home in Ohio. We had never set out for a log home, specifically, although we really do love it. Our hearts and sensibilities have been torn between contemporary and rustic, and as we were house hunting, we have known that we wanted a combination of the two [if we were purchasing a frame home]. That being said, now that we are [hopefully] getting a log home, we don't want to furnish it in the typical log cabin style.

We really like mid-century furnishings with a clean, uncluttered, kind of 60's feel.

Think 'The Brady Bunch'.

Obviously, this is not the Brady house but we do need to find a way to integrate non-traditional-non-cabin-non-country furnishings into it.

I think that the log walls, wood floors and wood spiral staircase are enough wood for me. I don't want a bunch of loggy furniture.

Looking on-line for inspiration has not been as fruitful as I had hoped. 99.99999% of log homes seem to be very cabin-y.

I have found a few photos that are a little more modern but the modern is accomplished via architecture,

ie: drywall, and I want to accomplish the look I want with furnishings and not by adding 'walls'. I have a blog about our log home buying adventures: http://wereohiobound.blogspot.com

I am hoping to find others who have designed their log homes in a more contemporary style or something non-traditional.

I'd also love to connect with other resale log home buyers.