mountain cabin
Platt used skylights to bring more illumination into the center of the house. Since conventional skylights would have been inconsistent with the home’s vintage look, the architect set them on roof planes hidden from view on the outside, and obscured by light shafts on the inside — so there’s illumination without a visible source.
The kitchen is really the focal point of the house. The cabinets are made from paint-grade hardwood painted cream, then topped with a walnut glaze. The countertop is reclaimed oak. Pocket doors divide the kitchen from the neighboring screened porch, affording an easy indoor-outdoor flow and convenient access to the grill.
kitchen’s brick floor extends onto the 37- by 12-foot porch to take advantage of beautiful and secluded location, and the surrounding woods.
A cozy seating area surrounds an outdoor fireplace on the opposite side of the porch. The twig couches bring the woods into the porch,
A dining table and back deck overlook the Virginia state line and Blue Ridge Mountains.
Because there wasn't even a closet to store a broom in, Bowman built this large cabinet to hold one, in addition to dog and cat supplies, canned goods, spices and even bills and other paperwork.
Clay tiles were just handed to the installer with instructions to do a random pattern. Tile: Kepcor (colors: Black, Parsley, New Red, Cobalt, Aegean, Brussels Brown, Canary Yellow)
Colored pieces on the island. Lights: Restoration Hardware
Organized storage for cooking needs.
leather straps for handles.
Nailheads secure leather inlay panels on the range hood. Because of the black granite counters and slate floors, the space gets dark at night, so Daniels added gallery-style lighting to illuminate the cabinets. The lights also help light what's inside.
Drawers and doors on the kitchen island hold frequently used appliances and supplies on the stove-facing side, and things the couple uses only twice a month on the other.
Custom wood cabinetry is made from pieces of barn wood; using weathered metal roofing for the doors.
Fulvous is ultimately a variation of brown but can be described as having yellow undertones, like these painted walls. Fulvous is inspired by the feathers of ducks and birds.
Smith and Campbell used include donated roof shingles and copper flashing, recycled cinder blocks scouted on Craigslist and a former pickle barrel they now use to collect rainwater.
After attending the Wylde Center's Chickens Are Easy class, May studied coops online and hatched his own design. Concerned about predators and rodents, he buried reinforced wire underground to keep the hens safe.
The coop has a hinged door on the outside that allows easy access to the freshly laid eggs in the nesting boxes. It also makes it easy to clean and freshen up the area. The chickens enter from the hanging curtains at the back of the nesting boxes.
Front gate. Sprawling vines climb a custom fence that Trey designed and built from metal and stones.
The wooden slat headboard anchors the bedroom. A vintage turquoise cart serves as a nightstand and displays travel mementos.
The canoe wine rack was found at Big Mango Trading. It originally hails from Bali.
When it's time for movie night, the TV simply slides out and covers the window.
A stunning fieldstone fireplace dominates the interior of this relaxing cabin. To make sure it doesn't compete with the TV, the screen was hidden beside the chimney.
An arched window in the sleeping loft peers over a pathway wending through the rocks. Contractor Old Greenwich Builders of Denver took pains to blend the house into its setting, so each feels like an extension of the other.
A tapestry of gray, green and burgundy slate adorns the roof, which is dotted with copper snow fences and trimmed with copper gutters. Japanese rain chains take the place of downspouts, which the architect says just wouldn't have looked right on this kind of home.
The bathroom's porthole window echoes the window in the front door.
Glazed Moroccan tile adorns the walls of the shower, which has an integrated bench. The floors are glass tile.
The ceiling trusses were made from longleaf yellow pine salvaged from a Civil War–era munitions factory in Louisiana. The same wood was used on the plank floors as well. The walls are new whitewashed hemlock.
The owners enjoy a leafy outlook from the expansive rear porch. The furniture is from Summer Classics.
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