Cedar fencing for the interior of the bathroom in cabin

Started by suburbancowboy, June 20, 2011, 09:48:45 AM

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suburbancowboy

I will be starting the bathroom in the cabin in a few weeks and I am thinking about putting cedar fencing boards on the inside of the walls in the bathroom.  I love the smell of the cedar, the price is very cheap right now, and it would give it that outhouse type look and feel with out having to leave the cabin.  The interior of the cabin will kind of have theme rooms.  Hence the outhouse theme in the bathroom.  I'm just wondering if any of you have done or seen something like this or see any issues with it?

keyjoy

I think its a great idea. We plan to use cedar on the walls in our house as it is plentiful here. I love the look of cedar.
You could even make the door from cedar and cut a little moon shape out of it :)


rocking23nf

Im doing my whole cabin in cedar paneling.

check the last photo for what it looks like, im going to take some more photos this weekend, I bought 135 bundles of it for 2000$ 3 years ago, each bundle covers around 15 square feet.

http://countryplans.com/smf/index.php?topic=8958.0

nathan.principe

The plan for my cabin interior is to use "re-claimed" cedar fencing that I salvaged for free.  I will use it on both gable walls and on the bathroom "exterior" walls that face in to the cabin.  for the rest I will use dry wall with a warm paint color.  i think the contrast between the weathered gray cedar and the warm paint color i choose will look really cool

suburbancowboy

Thanks for the replies.  I think that I will go for it.  The local lumber yard here has them on sale this week for 99 cents a board.


SkagitDrifter

#5
You can't beat cedar for looks and aroma.
I took it one step further and filled the stud bays in my outhouse with cedar shavings.
Provides good insulation and keeps the place smelling pretty fresh.
All the best.
Tom


Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln

rmcewen

I used cedar fence boards for interior siding in a 12'x8' "mini-cabin" I built.  I planed one side smooth and cut a rabbit in both edges so they would lay flat and overlap.  Turned out well but took a long time to do all the planing and rabbiting.

Details here:  http://blog.flgator.com/2010/01/building-a-mini-cabin-part-7-%E2%80%93-interior-siding/

and here:

http://blog.flgator.com/2010/01/building-a-mini-cabin-part-8-%E2%80%93-interior/


suburbancowboy

The only question now is to plain the fencing or leave it rough "as is" :-\



considerations

"Rough for Rustic"

I'm glad I'm not the one who will have to get the dust and cobwebs off of those fuzzy cedar walls.  Don't get me wrong, I think it would be beautiful....but since I'm the maid around here, i considered, and then decided against it.

MountainDon

Darn right on that considerations. I'm not the maid but have to keep her happy.  :D  More or less the reason we went with smooth planed boards on the gazebo ceiling.
Just because something has been done and has not failed, doesn't mean it is good design.

rwanders

Too bad cedar fence boards don't have the same cedar smell you get from hope chests and closet lining---think it's actually different species. Anybody know for sure?
Rwanders lived in Southcentral Alaska since 1967
Now lives in St Augustine, Florida

rick91351

Quote from: rwanders on June 24, 2011, 03:49:10 AM
Too bad cedar fence boards don't have the same cedar smell you get from hope chests and closet lining---think it's actually different species. Anybody know for sure?

http://www.woodfinder.com/woods/aromatic_cedar.php
Proverbs 24:3-5 Through wisdom is an house builded; an by understanding it is established.  4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.  5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

considerations

I think the cedar lined trunks and closets are things that were devised in the eastern US.  The western red cedar in the western US smells nice when cut or split, but is not nearly as pungent, and the texture is different. The lumber from the western red tree trunks is soft and "fuzzy" when cut.  The limbs produce wood that is a much tighter grain and can be used as a "hardwood".  My stair railing is western red cedar bows, and hard as nails, but it doesn't give off the distinct aroma that the eastern cedar does.