This Mountain Home Goes From Rustic Cabin to Black and White Beauty
This luxury mountain home in Arizona got a whole new look inspired by its rustic roots but with plenty of modern sophistication. The popular black-and-white design trend is on full display in every room, while warm wood accents provide much-needed warmth and depth.

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Gray Contemporary Living Room With Leather Sectional
A huge brown leather sectional is a comfortable counterpoint to the great room's chic black, white and gray palette and is also in keeping with the home's other rustic details.
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Before: Rustic Living Room
The ceiling in the great room soared up and away and the space had wonderful bones. But the rustic decor had had its day.
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Gray Rustic Contemporary Living Room With Plaid Chairs
The living room's large brown leather sectional would have looked perfectly at home amongst the room's original rustic decor. But paired with black-and-white plaid armchairs, a gray rug and clean black trim, the sofa takes on a dapper new air.
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Gray Contemporary Living Room With Leather Sectional
A huge brown leather sectional is a comfortable counterpoint to the great room's chic black, white and gray palette and is also in keeping with the home's other rustic details.
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Black Railing and Indoor Balcony
A long passageway stretches across an upper floor with views down into the great room. The black railing is a welcome contrast to the walls' white.
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Before: Rustic Kitchen
The kitchen continued the cabin mood with simple wood cabinets and a huge copper sink. But designers wanted to infuse the space with more style and drama.
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Black and White Open Plan Kitchen With Lantern Pendants
A peninsula carves out subtle separation for this corner kitchen from the rest of the larger room. Its angle also adds visual interest.
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Neutral Chef Kitchen With Black Cabinets
An angled island creates a more connected flow between this kitchen and the home's other rooms. The designer kept the palette clean and simple, black cabinetry and a door giving crisp definition.
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Black and White Chef Kitchen With Subway Tiles
This kitchen is large with stately proportions, so the black cabinetry's heft feels perfectly balanced by white walls, a backsplash and countertops.
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Contemporary Rustic Dining Room With Skis
Black trim calls special attention to the home's wide open doorways and easy flow from room to room.
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Before: Dining Room
Big bay windows in the dining room showed off special views, but the style needed an update.
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Neutral Contemporary Dining Room With Gray Rug
This dining area overall has a light, bright feel. So the dark dining table and chairs serve elegantly as visual grounding.
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Before: Bedroom With Rustic Bed
All the bedrooms in the home had a similar feel, rustic wood furniture and kitschy decor.
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Gray Contemporary Bedroom With Crocheted Pouf
The designer grounded the bed and nightstands by giving them a dark gray backdrop. The rug and crocheted pouf layer in appealing texture.
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Black and White Contemporary Bathroom With Graphic Floor
A casual wood vanity nods to the home's cabin roots, but the bathroom has a much more sophisticated feel now with a graphic black-and-white tile floor and touches like the black fixtures and hardware.
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Before: Brown Rustic Bedroom
This bedroom had cabin charm, but also felt outdated.
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Before: Bathroom With Pink Towel
This bathroom handled all the necessities, but lacked sophistication.
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Before: Rustic Bunk Bedroom
Two sets of bunk beds kept all the kids comfortable, but this bedroom was ready for a more polished mood.
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Black and White Contemporary Bedroom With Five Beds
All five little (and big) monkeys get their very own beds in this dream of a kids' room that also has a tv.
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Black and White Rustic Big Bedroom
No shortage of places to sleep in the renovated bunk bedroom. Now, everyone has their own cozy twin bed and the decor has been refreshed with chic black and white plaid, snappy graphics and black doors and trim.
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Neutral Bathroom With Rustic Vanity
A thick slab, bright white countertop instantly polishes up the look of this bathroom's more rustic wood vanity.
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Before: Game Room
This game room had plenty of rustic personality but felt heavy and uninspiring.
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Before: Game Room
Wood paneling wraps the rustic game room in warmth. But the look was far too heavy for the rest of the house.
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Contemporary Rustic Game Room With Kitchenette
The renovated game room keeps the general layout of the original space—lounge at one end, kitchenette and pool table at the other—but the new palette and updated furnishings make the space feel thoroughly modern.
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Contemporary Neutral Bathroom With Gray Floor
The bathroom off the game room feels tasteful and thoroughly modern with its clean lines and neutral palette.
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Before: Rustic Bedroom
This bedroom is cabin cozy, but feels outdated and a little drab.
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Gray Contemporary Bedroom With Wood Ceiling
This bedroom gets a whole new look with a light gray finish on the ceiling and more contemporary furnishings, like the graphic rug laid over carpet and black nightstands.
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Gray Contemporary Bathroom With Plaid Floor
A subtle touch of plaid on the floor combines with this small bathroom's chic black trim for a look that's undeniably handsome.
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Brown Cabin Exterior and Driveway
This luxury mountain home in Arizona got a whole new look, inspired by its rustic roots but with plenty of modern sophistication.
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Cabin Exterior and Pine Trees
Tall pines surround this cabin in the Arizona mountains, but a short walk takes you to a grassy open meadow.
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Photo By: Rennai Hoefer