Living Stone Design together with ID.ology Interiors & Design designed this gorgeous mountain contemporary rustic home nestled in Asheville, a city in western North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. This idyllic family home features main-level living, universal design, and low-maintenance finishes, which are flexible for all ages.

Highlights of this 2,462 square-foot home include three bedrooms and three bathrooms, a unique art gallery entry, and an open layout to maximize expansive views with a large deck, all on one level. Built into a hillside, a lower level features additional bedrooms, recreational space, outdoor living, and patio space.

Features: Energy Star Certified, NC Green Built Home, Universally Designed plan, Low Maintenance, Passive Solar Design, Smart Floor Plan.

Need To Know: This home plan called “The Rock Ridge Ranch” works well with most mountain lots and is perfectly designed for sloping lots with a knoll. The floor plan is featured below, full construction documents tailored to fit your needs can be purchased at the builder’s website, Living Stone Design.

Exterior Features

• Main level, zero clearance entry
• Low-maintenance finishes such as natural stone and stucco
• Hardi-Panel and/or Cedar siding
• Vinyl windows with SDL’s, Low-E glass
• Standing seam metal roof
• Covered entryway, heated entry gallery, and large deck
• Oversized windows and doors
• Sleek cable railing

What We Love: This radiant contemporary rustic mountain home offers a warm and inviting living environment for daily living. Integrated into a mountainside, large windows frame sweeping views over the tranquil mountains of North Carolina. An idyllic main level floor plan is perfect for aging in place. We think this beautiful home has plenty of incredible amenities to offer its lucky inhabitants.

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Note: Have a look at a couple of other amazing home tours that we have featured here on One Kindesign from the builders of this home, Living Stone Design: Victorian farmhouse in Georgia gets transformed with charming details and Beautifully inspiring mountain home nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Above: There is a large deck off the great room and a dramatic stone fireplace with built-ins.

This home boasts dramatic angular vaulted ceilings, expansive windows, and large full-size slider doors that create a wall of glass to open out the back.

Interior Features:

• 9” ceilings with unlimited vaulting potential
• Large open kitchen with oversized island and seating
• Space for entertaining with open dining, great room, and fireplace
• Universal design (Aging-in-Place)
• Granite countertops
• Stainless steel appliances
• The large master suite features a home office, large walk-in closet, and soaking tub
• Oversized walk-in closet
• Large laundry room with cabinetry
• 3” oak hardwood flooring, tiles, and stone floors throughout
• Kohler plumbing fixtures

Above: There is an attached 2-car garage on the main level.

Photos: Courtesy of Living Stone Design + Build