Cottage Color in Log Home Decor

These colors are ’so last year’ if you’re a decorating guru who follows the trends or match your own home decor to magazine clips and articles. In fact, they’re nearly 2 years old as the modified image below is a snippet from Canadian Home and Country April 2007.

Before the fire, in my last home, I was more about earthy tones – browns and coppers, with a venetian red bedroom that was to die for. Since I’m starting from absolute scratch with this log home, changing the color palette won’t be hard.

Are these colors ’so last year’?

Not if you were raised on the east coast. These are the colors of weathered cape cottages, November evening skies, and the ocean’s edge as it splashes on rocky shores. Something about them just says “home,” and “peace”.

The color palette provides calm in a busy, stressed world, while having enough style to make a statement, “kick off your shoes and stay a while”. They also pull me out of the kitchy, traditional log cabin decorating style that seems so overdone these days – but keep me within the country style of decor. Every room will have a personality of its very own – but these colors will weave their way into each room as scattered accents.

Will they match the striking black and white toile plate set we own? The stainless appliances? The white washed walls? Sure they will, with the right arrangement and accessories – I can’t wait to show you the finished product, but to do so I’ve got to get away from my computer and back to building this log home of ours!

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The article mentioned above showcases 2006’s annual country home show in Toronto, a show that takes in over 30,000 people interested in home decor and country style, over a weekend. This year one of our small local shops have been invited to attend – The Old Tin Shed, a bustling theme store located in Bird’s Creek, Ontario that does country decor proud.

Could I sum up The Old Tin Shed in a paragraph? No. You have to go there to experience the charm of this destination for yourself. Or, if you’re in Toronto, get yourself to the Home and Country show this fall and visit The Old Tin Shed’s corner. The Old Tin Shed’s web page of country shop photos is at http://www.theoldtinshed.com/tourtheshop.html if you just can’t wait to see what makes this primitive country store so unique.