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Rustic Decor

rustic chair in sunlightIt is important in any home to be able to create a special place for when you want solitude.

Sometimes you just need a place to kick back and read in a place where you can get away from it all.

Here it is all about simplicity. A comfortable wingback chair, a comfortable throw in warm sunlight offers a soothing and peaceful retreat.

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copper pot rackIneeded a pot rack here at the lodge. I couldn’t have one hanging overhead with cathedral ceilings in the kitchen and even if I could I didn’t want to interrupt the space.

I use my copper pots and pans. What is the point of having them if you don’t use them?

I have seen iron pot racks, wood pot racks, stainless steel pot racks and an assortment of others but I didn’t care for the designs nor the cost. I wanted a simple pot rack that I could mount on the sidewall. The pot rack needed to be simple, about 5 to 6 feet long and tight to the wall.

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Disguising Track Lights in a Log Home Kitchen

I have not been a big fan of track lighting but it does have its place and time. In an effort to provide more light in the kitchen here at the lodge, the previous owners had installed track lights on the log trusses overhead. As if Ethel Merman stepped in to sing Ave Maria [...]

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Log Cabin Decor: A Rustic Door Knocker

Your front door says a great deal about you, your home and provides the perfect canvas on which to welcome your guests.
Whatever door color or style you choose pay just as much attention to the door knocker that you mount. Visiting a specialty hardware store one can find an assortment of door knockers from [...]

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Log Home Decorating: Antique Coffee Grinders

Few things are as fine as a steaming cup of freshly ground coffee. Here at the lodge I must admit I have fallen to the canned grounds for daily use however the weekends when I have the time to enjoy freshly ground.
There are a couple of coffee grinders here. An antique wall mounted [...]

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Carved from the Heart

Over the years I have had the great privilege of acquiring carvings of astounding detail.
Currently here at Bearfort Lodge hidden in plain sight amongst the logs for the joy of discovery are numerous songbirds carved by Dave and Pam Berari. So far here at the Lodge you will find wrens, chickadees, nuthatches, warblers, blue birds, [...]

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Rustic Details: A Place to Hang Your Hat

Needing a place to hang my Stetson and slicker I had found and old leather wrapped coat hook and mounted it next to the wall phone near the bar.
The old wall phone does indeed work.
Above the phone is a small collection of dry flies from the spring of 1922 on the Esopus River in Upstate [...]

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