Guide To Furnishing Your Cabin With Log Furniture
Updated: Sep. 28, 2022Whether it's a cabin in the woods, a beachside shack or an A-frame, here's your guide to log furniture and décor.
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Buying Log Furniture
When furnishing a cabin, the natural tendency is to go, well, natural! Luckily, there is a lot of beautiful log furniture for you to consider for your ideal wood-on-wood combinations.
Each wood type has its own characteristics. Pine is knotty and traditional, while white cedar is known for its solidness, scent and beauty. Much of it is made in the U.S. by skilled craftspeople, which means prices tend to be higher than bargain pieces you might normally seek for a cabin. However, you’re investing in pieces that will last several lifetimes, are often sustainably harvested or grown, and can be finished to your exact liking.
When log furniture wood is properly treated and finished (unfinished wood will stain and age quickly), it should need little care. A regular light dusting, an occasional wipe-down with a wood cleaner (spray the rag, not the furniture itself, then wipe) and a coat of protective carnauba and beeswax with orange oil will bring out its natural beauty and keep it looking perfectly rustic.
Log Cabin Desk
As many of us embrace remote work, maybe your vacation getaway can be a satellite office. If so, include a does-it-all desk ($1,278). This one is well made, with mortise-and-tenon joinery and drawers with dovetail joints. The bark-on hickory legs add the rustic touch log furniture is known for.
Log Cabin Dining Table
This dining table is like a choose-your-décor adventure: Choose your aspen — light or dark — for this Beaver Creek dining table ($1,459). Choose clear or honey finish, or ask for the “extra character” logs to make it a true showstopper in your cabin.
Each table is made from dead-standing Aspen trees and comes with natural variations. You may even detect an elk rubbing. There are matching chairs as well as a bench, available for whatever seating work best for you.
Log Cabin Hutch
If you’re looking for a does-it-all log furniture splurge, this would be it. This hutch ($2,439) is a statement piece in a living room, kitchen or great room. It could easily serve as not only a focal point, but a main location to store dishes, serving pieces, pots and pans, or even gear and tackle.
Made in the U.S. from red cedar and featuring glass doors, this piece would become an instant family heirloom.
Log Cabin Swivel Bar Stools
Pull up a bar stool ($369 and up) and ask for a cold one!. Made from white cedar logs, these stools bolster a pine seat and chair back that can feature a cutout from a menu of six cabin-y themes. Think loons, fish, deer heads, etc.
Choose your seat height and whether you want arms on your stools. You can let the builder apply the finish or do it yourself. Cheers!
Log Cabin Bunk Beds
Invoke memories of happy times at sleepover summer camp and accommodate all your guests with rustic log bunk beds. If you have the square footage, consider this twin-over-full setup ($1,369), which allows one more camper to cuddle up.
Each log used for this bed was hand-peeled to reveal its one-of-a-kind natural design, and assembled with mortise-and-tenon joinery. You can finish it yourself or pay the builder do it for you.
Log Cabin Sofa
This log sofa ($1,719) is handmade in the U.S. by master furniture makers who created this living-room showpiece with hickory. Each harvested log is dried for three months, then further dried in a kiln for optimal furniture-making. Then they use steam bending and traditional joinery to create each sofa, which is topped with three deep-brown, foam-filled cushions. Choose your back cushion pattern from their list.
Log Cabin Deck Furniture
Wouldn’t it be fun to sneak away for a tête-à-tête on the deck with that special someone on this white cedar table-and-chairs set ($339)? The traditional Adirondack-style backs are designed for comfort, the log legs add the rustic cabin feel to your deck, and the galvanized hardware stands up to the elements. This set, which cannot be separated, comes unfinished for you to customize.
Log Cabin Nightstand
You could flank a log bed for a max log effect, but this log nightstand would also look fabulous beside a wrought-iron bed. This dual-drawer nightstand by Montana Woodworks ($441) is made from pine (so cabin-y!) and comes stained and lacquered, so no finish work is required. The multiple textures add even more warmth to the wood.
Log Cabin Loveseat, Futon and Ottoman
Another important thing to consider when furnishing a cabin is making it multipurpose, since you probably have less space and fewer rooms than your primary home.
This log loveseat ($2,369) is made with hand-peeled logs and finished with varnish. The flattened logs on the back side ensure a comfortable sleep. The versatile ottoman gives you space to put up your feet, set a tray of drinks, play a card game or seat an extra guest.
Log Cabin Bed
While this bed isn’t actually made of logs, it certainly is a log cabin bed ($587)! Made of wood with a rustic walnut finish, it’s twin-sized so you can bet that kids will want first dibs once they see it. Assembly required.
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