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How to be successful at decorating your log home.

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Decorating your log home properly is an important factor in creating the impressive interior design that you desire.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    Start out slow, Pick a few fine pieces of log furniture or any other type. Place them in the room and decorate around them, adding less expensive items as you go.

  2. Step 2

    Keep a similar or consistent color and flow to your theme. Don't split a room or an entire log home up with multiple looks.

  3. Step 3

    Make the home comfortable. Choose furniture styles and material that are designed for comfort and easy living.

  4. Step 4

    Pick items that hold sentimental value or arouse memories of the past. Not only does this make your home feel more special, your family history lives on.

  5. Step 5

    Use lighting to change a room's moods. Different types of lighting, including floor lamps, table lamps, recessed lights, and dimmer switches, help provided inexpensive changes that each person can individualize.

  6. Step 6

    Remember to decorate a vacation log cabin home different from a full-time home. Vacation homes are meant to take you away from what you are familiar with five days out of the week. Pick items that are cozy and colorful.

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voliegurl said

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on 11/26/2008 Great tips. I dream of the day when I have one!!!

nethopperz said

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on 10/7/2008 Very nice article. Thank you!

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on 7/9/2008 Excellent article. These are wonderful tips! I completely agree that it's important to keep a very similar theme throughout the home.

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