Log cabin window treatments

Owning a piece of land and getting away from it all sounds great, but you have some homework to do first.

A cabin covered with antique pine needed a serious boost of natural light. This homeowner made the most of her existing windows with light-bouncing shades.

Log cabin tour, rustic decorating, before/after decorating

With savvy planning, you can have the modern log cabin of your dreams. Here are a few things to add to your wish list.

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We have a variety of 84" panel curtains here at Primitive Star Quilt Shop. Shop plaids, checks, solids and prints here!

Loon Peak® This window valence is the very picture of peace, as lichen green, warm red, and shades of the earthen brown combine as nature's perfect palette. Stately moose and lumbering bear claim ownership to the uncharted wilds of earth and pine. The polyester plush comforter, lined with a luxurious faux shearling, is as soft as a whispering breeze.

There was a beautiful two story log and stone home in Berea, KY, the town I grew up in, that I coveted so badly as a teenager. It was just under 100 years old and the land it sat on was bordered by split rails, forsythia and quince which was so beautiful in the spring with the abundance of yellow from the forsythia intermingled with the red of the quince. I always dreamed of buying that house and was devastated when some one bought it, promptly tore it down, and built a gas station. I fail…

Log cabin curtains can vary from perky country curtains, to heavy drapes or custom window blinds, or even bare windows with rustic valences.

Should you use curtains in your cabin or rustic mountain home? Lot's of photos to help you make up your mind.