After living in the house for about 2 years Cliff and I quickly grew tired of the log cabin look. As we discovered after we moved in the walls weren't all covered with split logs, wood 2x4, yes it wasn't properly done. We have just come to expect that with everything else in this house. Since I have summers off, I spent summer of 2009 tearing down the wood, the plaster, the nails and the screws. Then cleaning and oh my was their a ton of dirt.
Under the faux wall was wall paneling. Ugh! So being the creative one I am, I bought a ton of joint compound and plastered it on the wall, covering the grooves of the paneling and giving the walls a cool plastered texture. Then I primed and painted with a warm yellow color, which Cliff picked.
Behind the wood stove the previous homeowners spray painted a faux stone look onto the wall. Ugh again! Our solution to this was buying white ceiling tiles, which were heat resistant, and also had a tin tile design to it. We glued them to the wall and then spray painted the white tiles with heat resistant spray paint. We bought a chair rail to edge the top of the tiles with the wall. But we had a huge gap because of the way the previous owners cut the board that was behind the wood stove. To fill in the gap I bought river rocks and joint compound and created a stone mosaic of sorts. Then we put a new white shelf to replace the 2x4 wood pieces that served as shelves before. We also moved the wood stove so it wasn't at an angle. Moving it became a challenge as we had to cut off part of the pipe to the stove and then put it back together. The only way that got done properly was thanks to Cliff's father! But doing this gave us so much more room to work with.
The front room/family room still has this faux look and that is my plan for this summer. So expect to see that room too!
Under the faux wall was wall paneling. Ugh! So being the creative one I am, I bought a ton of joint compound and plastered it on the wall, covering the grooves of the paneling and giving the walls a cool plastered texture. Then I primed and painted with a warm yellow color, which Cliff picked.
Behind the wood stove the previous homeowners spray painted a faux stone look onto the wall. Ugh again! Our solution to this was buying white ceiling tiles, which were heat resistant, and also had a tin tile design to it. We glued them to the wall and then spray painted the white tiles with heat resistant spray paint. We bought a chair rail to edge the top of the tiles with the wall. But we had a huge gap because of the way the previous owners cut the board that was behind the wood stove. To fill in the gap I bought river rocks and joint compound and created a stone mosaic of sorts. Then we put a new white shelf to replace the 2x4 wood pieces that served as shelves before. We also moved the wood stove so it wasn't at an angle. Moving it became a challenge as we had to cut off part of the pipe to the stove and then put it back together. The only way that got done properly was thanks to Cliff's father! But doing this gave us so much more room to work with.
The front room/family room still has this faux look and that is my plan for this summer. So expect to see that room too!
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