Log House Kitchen Cabinets
Shopping for the right rustic kitchen cabinets for a log home or cabin is not always easy.
Log house kitchen cabinets. Kitchen designs the kitchen is the heart of any home so be sure to plan your log home kitchen to perfection. For sound advice browse log home living s collection of log home kitchen design articles. Kitchens and bathrooms are focal points in any home and nothing detracts from the unique beauty of a log home like having standard cabinets from a local home center. Depending on how dark the stain is on the log cabin.
Then fasten the screws at the tops of the slots. See more ideas about cabin kitchens log cabin kitchens log homes. If you allow them to run all the way to the ceiling they could interfere with. Have you seen log trim on any cabinets at lowe s or home depot.
See also how to select cabinets for your log home. The cabinetry you choose will make a big impact on your log home kitchen. Since log cabins put emphasis on natural finishes kitchen cabinets are usually made of solid wood. Space the 2 by 4 furring strips every 16 to 20 inches behind the entire cabinet run and make sure there is a 2 by 4 behind each end of the cabinet.
To create slots for the screws use a 7 1 4 inch circular saw on the 2 by 4s. The interior is very simple sometimes only one room is available. The log cabin kitchen is a part of a log cabin being a small house erected of logs notched at the ends. From the ground up.
Finding the perfect rustic kitchen and bathroom cabinets can be a huge relief for many cabin owners. From rustic to traditional to contemporary there s a cabinet style to suit any design. This log home features a generously sized kitchen with vaulted ceilings a bi level island with a sink and bar red stained cabinets by crown point cabinetry and a warm country atmosphere. In early times such houses were built by hunters and wilderness dwellers.
Shaker designs and simple flat panel designs both work well. Also cut the 2 by 4s so they reach only to the top of the cabinets. The modern cottages are built more spacious but in accordance with the same technology using logs to get that special rustic effect. If you live in a timber home or log home or wish you did chances are you love the outdoors mountains forests and brooks.
Check out ten of the most popular cabinet styles to see which one will go best with the look of your log home. Painted kitchen cabinets in pale greens yellows off white or even bright white add not only a spot of color but light to a log cabin kitchen. The common style has been remained until now. Solid colored cabinets can also be found but they are usually still made from solid wood and are simply painted over and given a weathered finish.
It can be finished to match the color of the log cabin finishes or can also be completely different. This lets the logs move without affecting the cabinets. The pine rustic kitchen cabinets in this log cabin kitchen contrast nicely with the darker tile floor and the beams and ceiling overhead.