blog cabin

I’ve just started watching the new season of “Blog Cabin” and I remembered I have this great log cabin to show you:

Brenda has the cutest log cabin! I am so jealous – and her hubby built it!

They painted the kitchen cabinets red and Brenda loves the color. She sent pictures so we could all drool:

red kitchen cabinets

She has a question about color for some of the rest of the cabin:

Hi Debra,

A couple of weeks ago I asked you if I should paint, stain or leave natural the stairs that my husband built in our small cabin. I told you my kitchen cabinets were painted red, and you said if I loved the red, go for it.

I still haven’t’ done anything yet, for fear I won’t like anything I do.You also said you would like to see a picture, so here is a picture. What do you think? Still paint it red?

Thanks

log cabin stairs

decorate log cabin red colors

Brenda – Cute cute cute! I love your little cabin!

I really like the red on the kitchen cabinets. From the pictures it looks like painting the stairs red would balance things. It’s a bit heavy on the red cabinet side and the stair railing gets lost because it’s all the same wood.

The beam across the middle of the room looks interesting… but I can’t really tell if it’s hanging down at ceiling height. It might be interesting to stain a dark – dark color.

Debra

Thanks for your response………The ceiling is (don’t know technical term) an “A” pitch roof and the beams are the same height as the floor in the loft area.

Are you talking about staining the stairs a dark color or staining the beams? (Which has giving me another idea)

Actually, as far as the stairs go, what I have been dwelling about is staining the steps just a regular medium shade, paint the balusters red and paint the top railing black.

Hey Brenda

I was thinking of staining the beams a dark color which would set them apart from all the matchy wood.

The idea you have for the stairs sounds cool – but… it might be busy.

I might stick with the same dark stain as the beams for the hand rail and the stair steps… and then pop on the red for for the balusters.

BTW… the dark I’m thinking of is really really dark… like mahogany.

To balance this darkness you will end up having to use something dark in the room. Like a dark coffee table or???

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Do you have any words of wisdom for Brenda? Any ideas? Leave them below in the reply section!

Hey Brenda

I was thinking of staining the beams a dark color which would set them apart from all the matchy wood.

The idea you have for the stairs sounds cool – but… it might be busy.

I might stick with the same dark stain as the beams for the hand rail and the stair steps… and then pop on the red for for the balusters.