02. September 2015 · Comments Off on Our Next DIY Project: A Faux Log Cabin Guest Room · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: , ,

I am mainly writing up this post so we have something to stash to Pinterest.

Dave and I joined some friends who just moved to the area in the Colorado Springs area Parade of Homes. Unlike other Parades I’d been to in other communities, this one requires you to drive all over the city to see the houses in assorted neighborhoods.

In the Banning Lewis Ranch neighborhood, about 10 minutes from our house, was a house that had a youth bedroom decorated like a hunting lodge.

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Dave and I love this! We think this can be done pretty nicely with our guest room!

We have quite a bit of leftover paint from our other painting adventures over the past couple years, so we think we can replicate this look pretty handily.

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We have some candle lanterns with which we can do something like this. I assure you the lanterns won’t hang right over the pillows like this, though.

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What’s cool is that we have plenty of older furniture that can be moved into this room and would match pretty well. I think this will be a pretty low-cost project, dealing only with the cost of the 1 x 8s for the faux log cabin wall, some painting supplies (painters tape, etc.), and some pretty new bedding to match.

How does the room look right now? Well, it’s the only space in our house that hasn’t been painted since we moved here. I don’t think it’s ever been painted, to be honest. Looks like the room’s original paint.

Our quirky guest room. For most of the year it's been a dumping ground for craft supplies, holiday decorations, and paperwork. We plan to turn this into a more welcoming space.

Our quirky guest room. For most of the year it’s been a dumping ground for craft supplies, holiday decorations, and paperwork. We plan to turn this into a more welcoming space.