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 DIY Log Corners and Accent Lighting

Support beams or faux accents?

Log accents can do more than just add character to a setting.  In this project, the logs actually provided a place to mount lights and concealed the wiring.  An interior room with plaster walls was given a facelift by adding quartered log accents in the corners.

The quartered log section fits nicely in a corner of the room.  Because a plaster wall is seldom flush or 100% squared, I removed approximately one inch of wood from the back of the log (the "V" that meets the corner).  This permitted me to seat the log firmly between the two adjoining walls.

Using a router, I plowed a 1/2" trough the length of the log on the back portion that rests against the wall. This provided a place to run the electrical wires for the lights.  The lighting fixtures operate from a pull chain instead of a wall switch.  By doing this I was able to make my electrical connection to a receptacle on the wall. The wires from the corner log to the receptacle were tucked behind the baseboard, thus no wires are visible.

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