I would not cover up the beautiful logs if it were my home. Do you have more photos so I can see how much damage there is? Hard to tell with this photo. From what I can see, I would probably either leave it this way and call it 'distressed' or have it fixed. The logs are beautiful I wouldn't want to hide them.

Sophie Wheeler- I would flatten them before installing anything over it, maybe install rustic looking wood? Not completely sure.... looking for ideas! Thanks in advance.

Artsphartsy- the logs in the rest of the house are in great shape. Unfortunately, these logs are an eyesore. This room is my least favorite room in the house. Half of the house is from the 70's and the the rest is newer construction with high ceilings. I have many pictures to share. I will start with this room and focus on this wall for now.

Can you take a photo of the whole wall from further away, please?

As this room will be renovated further, when you turn it into your master suite, I’d suggest you simply cover this damage with a mirror, art, a tapestry/quilt or furniture (or just ignore it) for the time being. You probably have an idea now of how this room will ultimately look but, as you go through your renovation, other ideas for furniture arrangement, decor etc. may occur to you that would address this. If not, then you could repost your question, with room pictures and furniture, which would doubtlessly net you some great suggestions.

We are trying to finish the master this spring. I am not planning on doing much to the bedroom itself, just adding light colored curtains, adding light strips, maybe painting in between the logs because this ceiling is the lowest one in the entire house. We already installed carpet because there was no wood flooring under the bottom kitchen cabinets. Remember this room used to be a kitchen! There already is an existing bathroom here that we will completely gut and redo.

Before:

& this is our new kitchen (moved to another room):

Enjoy the journey- I have thought about putting together a wall of photos and words to cover it up.

Inspiration:

Penny design- here is a picture of the whole wall:

IMO you could do this space a favor by drywall there is too much wood and not in a good way. Iwould at the least drywall that wall.You have the is very contemporary vibe going on in the kitchen and I would carry that into the bedroom

I would get in touch with a local university and see if any art students wanted to play around with it...Nothing to intricate or drastic or huge, but maybe incorporate some rough carvings here and there...

If you're artistic at all and have a dremel, you could see what appears, yourself :)

Clearly you can't repair it so it's either that or cover it or live with it. There are mirrors or vintage quilts...You could hang drapery as a backdrop for a beautiful cheval mirror, or you could wallpaper some panels and frame them (they just hang up like a picture)

Valentina Belov, I think the logs still look beautiful after seeing the new photo of the whole wall head on. I would live with them and leave them alone. They look rustic and I think it would be a mistake to mess with them and add any more detail to them. I would just treat the wall as being distressed. It adds character and tells a story of history, not bad at all. You could leave the wall as it is with nothing on it and it would be fine, or if you are leaving the dresser there you could hang a nice extra large art canvas either framed or unframed, or hang a huge framed & matted large Black & white photo, on that wall. The art will draw the attention to itself and I doubt that you or anyone else will even notice the distressing on the logs anymore. Make sure you go very large with the art though, because art the wrong size for a wall won't look right. Almost nothing bothers me more than art too small for the wall it's on. You don't have to cover the wall completely, still leave a wood border around the art. You could also hang a large mirror there. Your furniture is pretty large and also needs large art which is proportional to it. The smooth texture of mirror glass, or picture frame glass would be a nice contrast in visual texture to the rough texture of the wood wall. As a general rule, hang art at eye level, which is 58″ to 60″ off the ground to center of image. Also, generally should hang art at least a few inches lower than the top of the door frame.