First, your home looks like it will be amazing.

I've been doing some searches for photos for log homes, and I've come across a few using a similar color red. This one is in a kitchen, but I love the color. I think it could definitely be used as an accent elsewhere.

Most rooms look best when blue, red and yellow are represented. Since you have lots of yellow already, and the wood can equal red, try adding some blue and a little more red to most rooms.

Thank you both! Beautiful choices and great ideas. My mind is now officially spinning!

I agree that reds would be a good choice, however instead of blue, I would suggest olive greens or taupey greens.

With log homes, I believe its best to highlight the log work and not the drywall. I would suggest painting the walls a light beige color to draw the attention and the eyes to the log walls, trusses and other log features.

I agree with Great Divide although I do believe there is room for some more color without detracting from the logs. One thing to consider is not only the color of the wall but also the texture. An understated skip trowel technique will look much better than a standard knock down. If your budget allows, I would also consider looking at products like American Clay plaster. You can work in about any color and texture with much more depth and motion when compared to paint. Good luck

I own a log home. In my kitchen, I painted the 15-foot-high drywall wall a terra cotta color from Martha Stewart's paint (not "Flower Pot," which is too orange for me.) The floors are pine as well and I like the warmth of the terra cotta with the wood. My pots,pans, glasses and china, as well as decorative accessories are in the cobalt blue family. I have no upper cabinets, so all this blue is displayed on open shelves.

my mom and dad have the warmest looking home i've ever seen and it is a log home. The walls are now a color similar to the terra cotta mentioned above. She has lots of warm wood furniture and the place receives compliments from everyone who walks in the door

Thank you for the texture and terra cotta ideas. I'm definitely going for warmth and love the texture idea! Thank you for the picture….beautiful!

create a current color palette to offset the green - add pops of "pinky fudgsicle", "mauvy purply", "peachy brick", with a warm camel, perhaps with tiny pops of "light turquoise sea"

Take a walk through the woods. What colors among the trees are you attracted to. There is much more out there than just the yellow of wood. See what makes your heart go yummmm... the different rich, foliage greens, wild flower passion colors, blue river streams and sky, earthy dirt browns... what is pleasing to YOUR eyes?

I think a denim blue (with a striated effect) a terra cotta orangy brown (but I see that was rec'd a bit earlier). Some red or coral even pink.

How about painting the walls charcoal grey. this would really highhlight the gold tones in the woodwork. Add some pops of colour with artwork on grey walls...

I am also building a log cabin . I don't care for any sheetrock in a log cabin however I suggest instead of colored walls use use a stucco in a warm terra cotta or even a beige/taupe color. This will "fit" in with the logs where painting the walls will look extremely cheap...I've seen the way the walls painted in a log cabin ruin the whole cabin! You want the wall to dissappear basically so it fits into the log cabin theme. Afterall log cabins were not intented to have sheetrock walls in them. Be extremely careful with your color choice.
You can accent with bold colors by building shelves and displaying your chinaware,vases ,ect...

There are many nice natural stone tile can continue the natural look of the rest of the home. Wallpapers can give you natural looks such as a seagrass or ...
that fits with your decor. The large wall could be an area to hang live plants over the stone tile. look for articles on succulents added to panels to for a striking green area. Good luck!
see the photo of the cork look

here is the living wall art of succulents I was referring to.,

I think this is an awesome idea as well as the stucco, I am useing cork in my bathroom and it looks wonderful. A wall done in cork? That would be really nice as well as the stone! Even a combination would look good which is what I think I'll put in my mudroom...stone on the bottom with cork up the wall and floor! I certainly didn't exspect to get an idea for my cabin but thanks!

PS I love the mural as well...

Since those logs were once denizens of the forest I would think greens (and browns) would be fine choices. Perhaps even a gradient or, if you are really ambitious, some ferny or leafy stencillings (and they need not be overly obvious. A minor change in shade to hint at the forest floor or canopy would be sufficient for the walls to be more than just supporting actors in the log infrastructure.)

I don't believe the wall appointments are going to seriously detract from the mass and beauty of the timberworks.

We have a log home as well. They are a darker brown color, but we have sheetrock in a few rooms and halls. Throughout the home we used a lot of natural colors. Most of the sheetrock is a neutral yellow - Ralph Lauren county cork. Our laundry room is a brick red, and master bath is terra cotta. The only other color I would add is an olive green maybe. It's such a neutral pallete that everything goes with it. The living room is the yellow with purple and mushroom, my bedroom has the yellow and log walls and I have dark brown and a blue from Restoration Hardware. I love it!

use something totally unexpected for a log home--like 3d wall panels, in a neutral color and not a super modern pattern--then add fabulous art--or make the whole wall a piece of art with mosaic tile...log homes are lovely but i am never surprised by anything inside...surprise me! good luck

gizwizmom--you are right on target...i love your ideas! add some green!

check out the "red" that Frank Lloyd Wright called "Cherokee Red".

A soft Gage green brings out a real warmth in wood tones. If you really want more color, cranberry and even blues in tones ranging from cobalt to turquoise . All of these colors bring out different tones in the wood in dramatic ways. Also, the light within the space has to be considered . If the area is bright and open, the darker colors I mentioned will keep the space feeling closer and warm. The lighter sage green could be used in darker ares to lighten the space, and have a better light flow in the areas. On the exterior, it would depend on the person's taste, where the house is located, and exposure to the eliments . I'd still pick one of these same colors.

Most log homes seem to be dark as light does not bounce off the log walls. Try stone tile on a wall, the pebble type they use in bathrooms and showers. I think it would be a real eye catcher and transition from wood to stone is pretty much as natural as you can get.

Thank you all for your ideas, experience and pictures. This has been so helpful for me! I believe I'll be going with a neutral warm white or beige with a texture and then do colorful, punchy artwork, furniture and Persian rugs to provide the colors I love.

I love this look! If you need me to make custom matching switch plates ad outlet covers, just let me know! Mark - www.rusticwoodstudio.com