Make use of old logs in new ways to warm up a modern home.
One of the major complaints about a truly modern house is that its design often feels cold and sterile. This is due to the simplicity of design that is employed when creating a modern structure, which results in a sleek and unencumbered look. You can warm up the cool backdrop of modern design by adding touches of texture to the room with log timbers, either in the addition of architectural elements or with furniture. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
Furniture
1. Build a rustic accent table out of old timbers. Use the whole timber for the legs, creating a fat, squat base for either a card table, coffee table or sofa table. Purchase a round top composed of different woods to make a one-of-a-kind coffee table and bolt the legs onto it. Or build a top from logs, either full pieces or ones sawed in half lengthwise.
2. Cut four timbers to make a four-poster bed frame. Insert arched wrought-iron pieces between the posts for a headboard and footboard and attach with wood screws or bolts.
3. Cut logs in half lengthwise and build a box to use for storage at the foot of a bed or as a toy box in a child's room. If you are using cedar logs, this makes a nice linen-storage cedar chest.
Architectural Elements
4. Add long timbers to the ceiling of an open floor plan to create visual interest, either as beams or trusses.
5. Cut a piece of timber to fit over a fireplace and mount it to the wall by carving out a portion of the back and using mounting hardware. Place carved corbels underneath for additional support.
6. Divide a room visually by adding a floor-to-ceiling timber to use as a column. Attach the timber to the floor and the ceiling with bolts.
7. Use timbers at the entry and porch to create an inviting entrance to your home. Replace wooden porch posts with log timbers. Frame the doorway with logs to create visual interest.
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