Interior Cabin Painting in Blue Ridge

This Blue Ridge cabin had good bones and tired color. Beige walls ran through the bedrooms and hallway, the basement shiplap was pale yellow on top and raw pine below, and the white wainscot and knotty pine ceilings were waiting for a wall color that could stand up to them. We repainted the cabin top to bottom, then assembled a wooden playset in the yard before we packed up.

Navy under vaulted pine ceilings

The main bedrooms went deep navy above the white wainscot. Knotty pine ceilings read warmer against a dark wall, and the white gable ends and window trim now stand out as clean lines. Every edge was cut in by hand first, along the wainscot cap, the window casings and the ceiling line, so the rolled coats could go on fast without touching the trim.

The hallway got the same navy, which ties the bedrooms together as you walk through.

Blue-gray board-and-batten and a green accent wall

One bedroom with a white tray ceiling went a softer blue-gray. On the long wall, white double battens run from the wainscot cap to the crown and break the color into panels. In another room, a single dark green accent wall sits above the white wainscot and gives the space its own color without darkening the whole room.

Striped shiplap in the basement

The basement was the biggest change. The upper walls were pale yellow shiplap and the lower walls were bare pine. We painted all of it in three horizontal bands: forest green on top, a sage stripe through the middle, and navy below. The built-in shelves at the end of the room went navy to match, so they read as part of the wall.

Shiplap takes longer than drywall because every seam has to be brushed before the boards are rolled, or the gaps show through as bare wood lines. You can see that step in the middle photo below.

A playset assembled in the yard

Outside, we assembled a wooden playset on the slope behind the cabin: a two-story clubhouse with a climbing wall, a green wave slide, a nest swing and two belt swings. The clubhouse has a play kitchen with a sink and stove, and there is a picnic table under the deck. On sloped mountain ground, most of the work is getting the frame level and square before the slide and swings go on.

All 25 photos are in the Blue Ridge cabin painting and playset project. For more on what we paint, see interior painting and cabinet painting. Playsets, saunas and game rooms are on our rental amenities page.

We paint cabins across Blue Ridge, Morganton, Mineral Bluff and Cherry Log. If your cabin needs new color, send us a quote request with a few photos.

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