How to Re-Create A Cosy Winter Cabin at Home
by
Rebecca
The days are getting shorter and the nights aregetting colder. One way to stay comfortable during this time of year is toredecorate your living room to make it cosy, warm and inviting. You canrecreate a cosy log cabin look in your living room without having to completelyremodel. Try these quick, easy and impactful decorating ideas.
Lovely Logs
Use vinyl siding with a wood-effect look to makeyour walls look like the walls of a log cabin. Vinyl siding is easy to put up,and has a luxurious, natural look. It also has the added benefit of being easyto clean.
Creating the Illusion of Warmth
Warm colours and earthy tones make your home feelwarmer, even in the winter. If you have a fireplace, make it a focal point ofthe room. Even if you don't use the heating often, you can still turn on theflame-effect lights to make yourself feel nice and cosy. Using plenty ofcandles in the room can make it feel warmer too.
Accessorise
Throws, curtains, draft excluders and rugs are allgreat winter accessories. Give your home the authentic log-cabin look with afaux animal skin rug. Lay thick wool or velvet blankets on the sofa, and choosedark, heavy linen curtains for your windows. If you don't have draft excludersfitted to your doors, get a handmade draft excluding snake to complete therustic look.
When it comes to choosing patterns, it's OK to mixand match, within reason. Some good rules of thumb to remember are that youshould try to have 70% of your room in one colour, with 20% in a secondarycolour, and the remainder in an accent colour. When you're combining patterns,you can mix large patterns with medium patterns, or medium with small. Don'tcombine large and small, however, because this tends to look cluttered andmessy.
If you are mixing several different patterns, tryto make sure that the main colour in each pattern is the same. When you'regoing for a rustic log-cabin design, it's OK to have a mixture of colours andpatterns - after all, woodsmen and hunters from the olden days couldn't exactlyorder their furniture from Ikea. Even so, it's nice to have your room look"designed". You can even add natural looking wooden features likeshelving and even doors - http://www.ukoakdoors.co.uk/ have some great rustic style pieces.
Making SpaceLog cabins aren'tparticularly large living spaces, but their owners do make creative use of thespace they have. If you want a similar look for your living room, try not tomake it too cluttered. The key elements of the room should be a coffee table,seating area, the fireplace and the window. You probably want a TV andentertainment area, but that's all you should try to fit into the room. Don'toverload the room with too much clutter. If at all possible, try to hide anymodern games consoles and entertainment gadgets in a wooden cabinet, to keep aconsistent country look throughout the room.
Lovely Logs
Use vinyl siding with a wood-effect look to makeyour walls look like the walls of a log cabin. Vinyl siding is easy to put up,and has a luxurious, natural look. It also has the added benefit of being easyto clean.
Creating the Illusion of Warmth
Warm colours and earthy tones make your home feelwarmer, even in the winter. If you have a fireplace, make it a focal point ofthe room. Even if you don't use the heating often, you can still turn on theflame-effect lights to make yourself feel nice and cosy. Using plenty ofcandles in the room can make it feel warmer too.
Accessorise
Throws, curtains, draft excluders and rugs are allgreat winter accessories. Give your home the authentic log-cabin look with afaux animal skin rug. Lay thick wool or velvet blankets on the sofa, and choosedark, heavy linen curtains for your windows. If you don't have draft excludersfitted to your doors, get a handmade draft excluding snake to complete therustic look.
When it comes to choosing patterns, it's OK to mixand match, within reason. Some good rules of thumb to remember are that youshould try to have 70% of your room in one colour, with 20% in a secondarycolour, and the remainder in an accent colour. When you're combining patterns,you can mix large patterns with medium patterns, or medium with small. Don'tcombine large and small, however, because this tends to look cluttered andmessy.
If you are mixing several different patterns, tryto make sure that the main colour in each pattern is the same. When you'regoing for a rustic log-cabin design, it's OK to have a mixture of colours andpatterns - after all, woodsmen and hunters from the olden days couldn't exactlyorder their furniture from Ikea. Even so, it's nice to have your room look"designed". You can even add natural looking wooden features likeshelving and even doors - http://www.ukoakdoors.co.uk/ have some great rustic style pieces.
Making SpaceLog cabins aren'tparticularly large living spaces, but their owners do make creative use of thespace they have. If you want a similar look for your living room, try not tomake it too cluttered. The key elements of the room should be a coffee table,seating area, the fireplace and the window. You probably want a TV andentertainment area, but that's all you should try to fit into the room. Don'toverload the room with too much clutter. If at all possible, try to hide anymodern games consoles and entertainment gadgets in a wooden cabinet, to keep aconsistent country look throughout the room.
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