Your log walls will absorb 50% of the light in your log home, so you will need to be especially diligent in selecting and placing the lighting in your log home. 

Here are some great lighting ideas that won’t break the bank but will light up and showcase the beauty of your log home!

Some people use dimmer switches throughout the house. Others pick and choose specifically where they think they'll get the most benefit from varying light levels.

For me, one of those places is the bathroom. Particularly, the master bathroom. Here's why...

Did you know?...
You should place all light switches on the latch side of a door, not the hinge side.

This makes it easier to access the lights as you walk in or out of a room.

Makes sense, right?

Yeah, well there's a whole lot more to the placement of light switches than just which side of the door they go on!

Here are a bunch more tips, along with some things that could ultimately affect the placement your light switches...