Lackluster to Lodge in the Mountains
by
Rick
2 Materials
$10
10 Months
Medium
I've been chipping away to make this plain mountain home into my vacation lodge. It has great bones to transform into a lodge feel, so each trip I have a project in mind.
This before photo of the open concept kitchen/dining/den was perfect but not lodge. I began with the cheapest change: paint.
I chose colors offered from nature: pine green, cranberry, moss green, oak brown. Previously, no color existed.
Another view of the bar top into the kitchen, before closing.
This split photo shows before and after. I've used rock to attach to the dining wall.
I couldn't afford to replace all doors and trim so I faux painted them oak to match the existing oak floors.
Open concept. Lots of light.
Added rock platforms for all posts, front and back, to 'beef' up the look of a lodge. Stained the cedar siding.
I finished the walkout basement adding another 3 bedrooms, a den, and a split bathroom. Designing on a dime, I've tried my hand at pallet furniture for the den. The bath vanity was my old dining table chopped to fit. Concrete stained in natural hiking path colors including moss colors.
River rock floor, tile 'wood' look make the room shower feel sauna like. A creek tile mosaic helps to relax.
Wooden look tiles with sunflower shower heads.
Framed off the steel support poles in wood and rock to match fireplace.
Pallet wall. Thrift store furniture.
New fireplace with hearth and great spot to gather for movie night.
Every bedroom has a theme. This is 'camping' room.
A reading room that doubles as a bedroom with a pullout. Later, this becomes the 'railroad room' with model trains and locomotive lanterns.
A dead hallway becomes a winter sport vignette.
Pop of plum with the new stain and accent trim color.
Christmas 2017, feeling blessed.
Found a local artesian who carved doors.
I cant resist to recycle something into a lodge decor item. Old trunks, sleds, smoking pipe collection, or vintage paint by number paintings of deer, elk, bear.
Even an old tractor!
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This is truly gorgeous! I love the changes you have made!
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its so pretty I love the changes you have made it’s very pretty and feels rustic at the same time
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