Warm and cozy, just as I hoped. It took two guys about five days to get it up. It’s a lot of wood.
The addition of the ceiling helps the Cabin at Many Moons finally look like a cabin. The wood installation isn’t done yet, but I couldn’t resist showing some pictures now. For those following our DIY building process, I invite your input on upcoming choices. Join me in the fun! 🙂
Photos and captions below….
Day 1 of ceiling installation began in the middle. Already, the upstairs began to look like a cabin loft, but wait until….
…more wood is added! I finally removed the plastic from those windows (after adding a 2nd coat of stain), and voila! We have a view! I ordered a ceiling light which will go over that bare bulb — rustic wood-and-metal. Many more lighting choices to come…
This guy is masterful at making neat corners and edges with this knotty pine.
Jeff’s son and grandson came to help out, too. Now that the ceiling is in place, I’m not sure I picked the right shade of green for the walls. We needed to paint before receiving the ceiling–given Jeff’s one-year promise and the delay in receiving the wood–so it was a risk I had to take. Can always repaint, Jeff says. Hmm.
The east wall looks great. (Wish I remembered to remove the blue tape from those triangle windows. Back up on the scaffold soon!) See two bare bulbs in this photo, and two places for lights on the wood wall below the windows? I’ve ordered two kinds of rustic sconces to try on the green wall and am still thinking about sconces for the wood wall. I might get an antler chandelier to hang from that ceiling (over the dining table). Too much, maybe? We’re also trying to figure out the right trim for the windows and doors. Jeff thinks the leftover knotty pine might work. I’m not sure, since there’s so much variability in it. Would it work as well for trim as for the ceiling? I’m thinking oak, stained to match the window sashes. But I also need to lighten up things a bit. Your thoughts on lighting and trim welcome…
Same pic as above, but with ceiling fan/light turned on. It works great, casting interesting light. I sent back the first ceiling fan. Getting tired of returning things, but it’s part of the process. I haven’t figured out how we’ll change those lightbulbs. Good thing they are LEDs, so will last years. I hope!
The post-sunset view through the east patio door after I removed the plastic from it. It’s been cold for a week or more, highs in the 20s, so the ice is trying to come back. Jeff is hankerin’ to put the dock in the water. I say, “wait a bit.” We could still get more winter!
Last night’s moonrise. The full moon is a few days off. We hear coyotes at night, and Roscoe pacing. Seems all animals get a bit restless when the moon gets full. I know I do.
John & I enjoy your blog on your cabin. We’re here in Arizona enjoying 80+degree weather, & not envious at all where you live… too cold for us old bones seniors. Your cabin looks great, maybe a little darker inside as to what we like. Softer wall color may brighten your main living area. We enjoy seeing photos of you two. Happy spring!
Thanks! We both like dark green, but it might be too much for the walls now that the ceiling is up. Or maybe just one accent wall would have been enough. There is so much light in this place because of all the windows, so that’s fun reason it works but… I may have to make a correction at some point. I’ll know more once I get all the lighting in place. Appreciate your input to hide to john.
I love the look of the high ceiling with the knotty pine. It’s exciting to see the cabin coming together. To bring the outdoors inside with your great big beautiful windows, a lighter, neutral color on the wall would draw the gaze towards the trees, the water and the sky.
I am definitely rethinking wall color. The irony is, I selected the green so carefully in order to draw the eye out…because it is the closest shade to the green trees which are right outside the window. (You can’t tell that from the blog photos.) And it DID work, until the ceiling went up and it feels just too dark inside. A bit frustrating because I tried so many samples–buying them, splashing them all over the walls, waiting until the light changed and changed again. Of course almost all the photos on-line do show light walls. It’s safest, for sure. The dark green works so well in my Virginia dining room and everyone loves it…but then, it’s set off by white. I guess that’s the difference. I’m telling myself it’s not a mistake if I learned from it…! (But still hard to get past the expense and the time, which now feels wasted.)
Perfection is elusive, Mary. My personal preference for a brighter, well lit interior space came from a past experience. I moved from a bright condo with plenty of windows into one with limited natural light and I missed what I had before. You have documented how much effort went into your color choices, so if you follow your heart, it will work for you.
Hei, Mary, This is scary for me to make a comment, but you seem unsure… I love that ceiling! It’s cozy and warm. I agree with Barbara that the door and window trim should be the same as windows and ceiling. I also agree with others who suggest a light paint color on the walls. Pure white is safest in my experience. I once picked a white that had a green tint to it which my eye didn’t pick up in the store lighting. It was for our outside window trim and it looked terrible. We had to repaint all the trim (pure white this time) which hadn’t been installed yet thankfully.
Any color you decide to use with furniture, throws, pillows, etc. goes well with white. It will make the wood trim and ceiling pop and also be a contrast to the green outdoors. Winter snow won’t contrast but a darker trim will still frame it. And the light walls will brighten the long winter nights. Also, the white walls will reflect warmth if you choose warm color light bulbs rather than the bluish and greenish light bulbs. You wouldn’t think light bulbs would matter, but they do. And it might even work to leave one of the inside walls the green color for accent. That being said, it is yours not mine, so the bottom line is do what YOU like.
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that ceiling is gorgeous!
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John & I enjoy your blog on your cabin. We’re here in Arizona enjoying 80+degree weather, & not envious at all where you live… too cold for us old bones seniors. Your cabin looks great, maybe a little darker inside as to what we like. Softer wall color may brighten your main living area. We enjoy seeing photos of you two. Happy spring!
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Thanks! We both like dark green, but it might be too much for the walls now that the ceiling is up. Or maybe just one accent wall would have been enough. There is so much light in this place because of all the windows, so that’s fun reason it works but… I may have to make a correction at some point. I’ll know more once I get all the lighting in place. Appreciate your input to hide to john.
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IMO, it would look more balanced, style-wise, to have door trim match windows. Ceiling looking good!
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I love the look of the high ceiling with the knotty pine. It’s exciting to see the cabin coming together. To bring the outdoors inside with your great big beautiful windows, a lighter, neutral color on the wall would draw the gaze towards the trees, the water and the sky.
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I am definitely rethinking wall color. The irony is, I selected the green so carefully in order to draw the eye out…because it is the closest shade to the green trees which are right outside the window. (You can’t tell that from the blog photos.) And it DID work, until the ceiling went up and it feels just too dark inside. A bit frustrating because I tried so many samples–buying them, splashing them all over the walls, waiting until the light changed and changed again. Of course almost all the photos on-line do show light walls. It’s safest, for sure. The dark green works so well in my Virginia dining room and everyone loves it…but then, it’s set off by white. I guess that’s the difference. I’m telling myself it’s not a mistake if I learned from it…! (But still hard to get past the expense and the time, which now feels wasted.)
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Perfection is elusive, Mary. My personal preference for a brighter, well lit interior space came from a past experience. I moved from a bright condo with plenty of windows into one with limited natural light and I missed what I had before. You have documented how much effort went into your color choices, so if you follow your heart, it will work for you.
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Hei, Mary, This is scary for me to make a comment, but you seem unsure… I love that ceiling! It’s cozy and warm. I agree with Barbara that the door and window trim should be the same as windows and ceiling. I also agree with others who suggest a light paint color on the walls. Pure white is safest in my experience. I once picked a white that had a green tint to it which my eye didn’t pick up in the store lighting. It was for our outside window trim and it looked terrible. We had to repaint all the trim (pure white this time) which hadn’t been installed yet thankfully.
Any color you decide to use with furniture, throws, pillows, etc. goes well with white. It will make the wood trim and ceiling pop and also be a contrast to the green outdoors. Winter snow won’t contrast but a darker trim will still frame it. And the light walls will brighten the long winter nights. Also, the white walls will reflect warmth if you choose warm color light bulbs rather than the bluish and greenish light bulbs. You wouldn’t think light bulbs would matter, but they do. And it might even work to leave one of the inside walls the green color for accent. That being said, it is yours not mine, so the bottom line is do what YOU like.
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