Painted log home interior

This whole house!...A creative couple and their design team transform a tired log home into a streamlined showplace for their artwork.

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. Typically, you'll see one wall painted to serve as a focal spot or an accent wall. I have no interest in painting ALL -- or even most -- of the log walls inside our house. Just 1, maybe 2 of the smaller walls instead. Like these...

Once your new log cabin has been installed, you may be wondering how to brighten up the exterior and interior. Paint can completely transform the appearance into a bright and vibrant garden building.

a cozy rustic living room done with white wooden walls and a dark wooden ceiling with beams

I love idea of painting log walls. I really like color and am not afraid of putting it anywhere -- including interior log walls. I have also seen several log home companies displaying homes that have a painted exterior color. Here are some things to consider BEFORE painting your log home.

Choosing log cabin exterior paint colors is actually not that easy. It is because we can’t really paint the logs. Paint is meant to protect the surface underneath. Painting can prevent your stones, woods, metals, and other similar materials from rusting. Plus, color paint can add personality to your property too. So, painting a log cabin may be a good idea.

Name: Liz Mirisola and my husband, Ted, and our rescue pup, TubsLocation: Saugerties, New YorkType of home: CabinSize: 1,500 square feetYears lived in: 1 year, owned Tell us a little (or a lot) about your home and the people who live there: We had been living in New York City for 10-plus years, working the typical high-stress, long-hour grind of jobs in marketing and finance.

This rustic log house has undergone a complete overhaul by Carney Logan Burke Architects, located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Nearly three decades in the making, this tiny forever home in New Hampshire is nothing short of perfection.Though the footprint is compact, this tiny home has everything its owners need for laid-back log home living.

What was supposed to be a little advice about kitchen paint quickly turned into the entire interior design of a newly built log cabin. In 2020, a couple with three grown children called Toronto interior designer Allison Willson (who had updated their primary residence in 2013) for her opinion on the palette of their latest project: a new log cabin on Lake Redstone in Ontario.