Wooden house facade in snowfall with large windows and chairs on the porch, surrounded by snow-covered ground.
Modern rustic interior with wooden walls and floor, featuring a large pivot door, sidelights, and a small rug in the entryway. Exterior snowy landscape visible through windows.
View of a snow-covered landscape with a rustic wooden cabin porch and distant barn in winter.
Log cabin kitchen interior with wooden beams, marble island, bar stools, pendant lights, and a large window view of snowy landscape.
Wood-paneled hallway with carpet and rustic decor
Rustic kitchen with log cabin design, featuring wooden beams, wooden cabinets, marble countertop with four chairs, pendant lighting, and large windows.
Cozy dining nook with wooden paneling, built-in benches, a wooden table, and a modern ceiling light fixture, overlooking a snowy landscape through a large window.
A cozy log cabin interior with a modern touch, featuring a stone fireplace, wood ceiling beams, large windows with a snowy view, gray sectional sofa, and stylish wooden chairs around a square coffee table.
Rustic living room with log walls, wooden beams, and a stone fireplace. Features a gray sectional sofa, modern armchairs, and a coffee table. A wall-mounted TV and a bar area with shelves holding bottles and glasses are also visible.
Cozy living room and kitchen in a log cabin featuring a wooden ceiling with exposed beams, gray sectional sofa, leather armchairs, modern kitchen with marble countertops, pendant lights, and a geometric patterned rug on hardwood floors.
Rustic bedroom with log walls, a bed with white linens, a large window, and a bison artwork above the headboard. The room features wood flooring and a ceiling fan.
Wooden wardrobe with drawers and a partially open door leading to a bathroom with tiled floor and towel racks.
Modern bathroom with dual sinks, gray marble countertops, and mirrors. Features a glass-enclosed bathtub with black tile surround, wooden accents, and a central doorway leading to a bedroom. A gray bath mat and small decorative items are visible on t
Cozy log cabin bedroom with large bed, wooden furniture, and rustic decor.
Modern bathroom with dark wooden cabinets, marble countertop, double sinks, large mirror, hanging pendant lights, and decorative vase with dried plants.
Rustic log cabin bedroom with wooden beams, ceiling fan, white bedding, modern artwork, dresser, flat-screen TV, armchair, sliding glass doors, and mountain view through large windows.
Modern bathroom with double sink, marble countertop, and wooden cabinets. Large mirror above sinks, pendant lights, and a basket on the floor. Blue-tiled shower in the background.

Black Dog

This historic cabin restoration brought new life and clean lines to this creek side family retreat. After much consideration, if felt right to utilize the original stacked log structure of the ranch as the core of the new home. This intimate 2-bedroom cabin allows guests to unplug with ease and luxurious accommodations in this remote high valley setting. While designed to reinforce the original cabin’s rustic charm, contemporary amenities abound.

Custom millwork integrates throughout the gracious entry, mudroom, baths, wardrobe closets, dining banquet, and walk-in pantry. Modernists at heart, the clients enjoy the juxtaposition of warm rustic textures with a ‘less is more mindset’ towards detailing. Cowboys and city slickers alike feel right at home here.

COLLABORATORS

Builder: Clayton Wallace Construction
Interior Design: NYE Design
Photography: Krafty Photos

“Matt and his team helped us completely reimagine the dwelling, while dealing with numerous limitations. 

Projects like ours will inevitably encounter challenges as work progresses.  MB Architects worked through them in marvelous cooperation with our contractor, making solid but subtle adjustments along the way that made the final product even more spectacular.  

In the end, they delivered a thoroughly modern western home that is almost inconceivable in beauty and functionality.  Most importantly, they never lost sight of the fact that it was our home and not theirs — a trait not common in many architectural firms. It is simply the perfect house for us.”