Decorative Light Switch Plates for Beach or Lake Cabins
Friday, February 9th, 2007
While there are plenty of log homes and cabins up in the mountains, log dwellings are popular in lakeside and seaside locations too. If you’ve got a fisherman (or fisherwoman) in the family, and you’d like to decorate your home with some related decor, you could have fun choosing light switch plates that reflect the family’s tastes.
These jumping fish plates from Fishin’ Online will certainly put you in the mood to go out and toss a line in the lake. The hand-crafted, hand-painted plates start at $26, and you can get them for whatever kind of switches are on your walls.
Usually when you see log furniture, it makes you think rustic thoughts, but the Mongolian long-haired fur and Asian-inspired curved wood in this piece gives it a more modern and polished edge. Designed by Milan-based Patricia Urquiola, the solid beech armchair comes varnished or you can get it lacquered in black or orange. Of course, it’ll likely be more expensive than the log chair Billy Bob from down the street can make you using nothing but an axe…
One of the hard parts about building a log home can be figuring out how to light it effectively. You need some sort of ceiling illumination to brighten your living space and show off your soaring beamed ceilings, but the idea of drilling holes into that lovely wood for recessed lighting can make you cringe. Just relying on floor and table lamps probably isn’t enough, so many log home owners decide to work with track lighting. 