A couple’s dream home comes to life in the dramatic Blue Ridge Mountains

A hidden powder room, a folding glass wall, and a spa under a pergola in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Front of the modern mountain house at sunset, with white stone walls, dark siding, flat roofs, and a curved paver driveway

Petri Architecture has designed this visually striking modern mountain home, built by Living Stone Design + Build, at Laurel Ridge Farms in Waynesville, North Carolina. The project began years earlier and several states away, when one of the owners came across a house online and announced that someone had gotten into her head and built her dream home. That house turned out to be the work of this same architect and builder. When the couple later moved to Western North Carolina, they hired the same team.

They purchased five wooded acres and came to the first meeting with a wish list: a glass-walled wine room, an exercise room upstairs, and outdoor living areas with a kitchen and a spa. Known as Stoneridge Haven, the house occupies the one level acre on the property, with the main living spaces facing west toward the Blue Ridge Mountains.

ID.ology Interiors & Design carried out the interiors in walnut, white stone, and wide-plank wood floors, leaving plenty of wall space for the couple’s art. Have a look at the finished home below…

Arriving at the Motor Court

Front of the modern mountain house at sunset, with flat roofs, white stone and dark siding, a curving paver driveway, and layers of green mountains behind it

White stone, dark siding, and flat roofs with deep overhangs give the house a low profile against the mountains. A paver driveway curves up to the motor court and garage.

Front of the house at sunset seen from the gravel drive, with a stone and weathered steel address marker in the foreground

Above: A marker of weathered steel and stone displays the house number at the top of the gravel drive.

Closer front view at sunset showing two garage doors with frosted glass panels, glass entry doors, and a balcony above the garage

Motor court at sunset with a paver driveway, two garage doors with frosted glass panels, and the covered front entry

Garage doors with frosted glass panels face the motor court, with a balcony just above.

Ground-level view across the paver motor court to the garage doors and the lit front entry at sunset

Curved retaining wall along the driveway with alternating dark wood and light panels and wall sconces, leading to a garage door

Above: Along the drive, a curved retaining wall alternates dark wood and light panels, with sconces mounted on the wood sections.

Exterior detail of a second-floor balcony with a glass railing and a wicker chair under a deep roof overhang lined in wood

Above: Wood lines the underside of every roof overhang, including the one sheltering this second-floor balcony.

Front entry with a glass door under a wood-lined canopy, lit steps, a rain chain, gas lanterns, and house numbers on a white stone wall

At the front entry, LED strips light the steps, gas lanterns flank the glass door, and a rain chain carries water down from the canopy.

Paver walkway leading to the glass front door, with gas lanterns on white stone walls and lit steps at dusk

Foyer With a Glass Wine Room

Entry foyer with a glass-enclosed wine room, a glass front door open to the motor court, and a sculpture niche set in the white stone wall

Step through the front door, and the first thing you see is the glass-enclosed wine room, which was high on the owners’ wish list. An illuminated niche in the stone wall opposite displays a sculpture.

Glass-enclosed wine room with black steel frames and floor-to-ceiling bottle racks beside the front entry

Hallway beside the glass wine room leading to a bedroom doorway, with carved antique wood doors on the left

Above: Across from the wine room, the owners installed a set of antique carved doors they sourced themselves.

Foyer window framing a driftwood sculpture on a glass console table, with a cluster of teardrop pendants above and a walnut slat wall at the right

A glass console in front of the foyer window holds a driftwood sculpture, beneath a cluster of teardrop pendants.

Foyer with a driftwood sculpture on a glass console table in front of a large window, beside a walnut slat wall with its concealed door closed

The same foyer view with the concealed door in the walnut slat wall open

Above: One section of the walnut slat wall is actually a door, and it opens to the powder room.

Walnut slat wall with a concealed pivot door open to the powder room, beside the glass wine room

Powder room with a chiseled-edge stone vanity, a backlit mirror, and a cluster of mirrored glass pendant lights

Inside the powder room, the vanity has a chiseled stone edge and a backlit mirror, with a cluster of mirrored glass pendants beside it.

Powder room with a floating chiseled-edge stone vanity, a backlit mirror, a textured tile wall, and baskets on the shelf below

Ragdoll cat walking across the foyer rug, with the great room and a mountain view visible through the white stone portal behind

Above: The family’s Ragdoll cat greets visitors in the foyer.

White stone portal with a steel beam and three lit steps leading from the foyer down to the great room

A steel beam tops the white stone portal between the foyer and the great room, where three illuminated steps lead down to the main living area.

View from the raised foyer down the steps into the great room, with the fireplace wall and glass doors to the patio

Double-Height Great Room

Double-height great room with a wood-paneled ceiling, a ring chandelier, a textured stone fireplace wall flanked by walnut shelving, and a leather sofa

The great room features a wood-paneled ceiling and a ring chandelier. The fireplace wall has a textured stone finish, and the walnut shelves beside it display pottery and keepsakes.

Looking up at the great room's wood ceiling and ring chandelier above the fireplace wall and the white stone portal to the entry

Great room seen from behind the leather sofa, facing the stone fireplace with artwork above it and walnut shelving on both sides

Above: The hearth is a slab of dark veined stone that extends well past the linear fireplace.

Great room with a leather sofa, a stone fireplace wall with walnut shelves, and a wall of folding glass doors facing the mountains

Great room seating area with a leather sofa and two leather sling chairs facing a linear fireplace, with folding glass doors to a covered patio and mountains beyond

Leather sling chairs and a sofa face the fire, while clerestory windows above the patio doors let in the afternoon sun.

Seating area with two leather sling chairs and a leather sofa facing a linear fireplace, open to the covered patio

Two large Native American portrait paintings hung above a carved wood chest, between the stone entry portal and the kitchen

Above: Two large portraits share the wall between the foyer and the kitchen, above a carved wood chest.

Great room with the folding glass doors fully open to a covered patio dining area and a mountain view

Folding glass doors open the entire back wall of the great room to the covered patio.

View from the sofa through open folding doors to the covered patio, with a dining table, ceiling fan, heaters, and mountains beyond

Wood-framed folding glass doors partly open to the covered patio, with a dining table and a mountain view

Covered patio dining area seen from inside through the open wall of folding doors, with mountains in the distance

Above: With the doors folded away, the living area and the patio become one large room.

Kitchen With Walnut Cabinetry

Kitchen with a white waterfall island seating six, four cube pendant lights, and gray and walnut flat-panel cabinetry

The kitchen features European flat-panel cabinetry in walnut and matte gray, along with a white waterfall island that seats six. Four cube pendants light the island, and black steel beams cross the ceiling overhead.

Straight-on view of the kitchen island with six stools and four cube pendants, with a walnut buffet and herringbone wood backsplash at the right

Angled view of the kitchen island with six counter stools, a mudroom to the left, and a breakfast area with a round glass table to the right

View down the kitchen between the island and a wall of gray and walnut cabinetry toward a window wall, with black ceiling beams and two portrait paintings

Above: A wall of windows brings morning light to the sink side of the kitchen.

Kitchen with a white waterfall island, walnut and gray cabinetry, cube pendant lights, and a wall of windows above the sink

Kitchen island with a waterfall end, open to the great room with its fireplace wall and the white stone portal to the entry

Kitchen island with walnut drawers and a waterfall end, looking toward the breakfast nook, the patio doors, and the great room fireplace

Deep walnut drawers line the working side of the island, which also holds the main sink.

View down the white quartz island and its sink toward the breakfast nook and folding glass doors, with a covered patio and mountains beyond

Above: The island looks straight through the breakfast nook and patio doors to the mountains.

Four geometric cube pendant lights hanging from a kitchen ceiling with black steel beams

Each pendant holds a set of LED rings inside a thin metal cube.

Kitchen island with counter stools seen from one end, with the breakfast table beside the windows beyond

Kitchen seen over the back of the leather sofa, with six stools at the island and a hallway to the right

Charcuterie board, two wine bottles, a wine glass, and a white orchid on the quartz kitchen island

Buffet detail with a herringbone walnut backsplash, gray upper cabinets, a dark stone counter, and open shelves holding pottery and framed photos

Above: A herringbone walnut backsplash sets off the buffet, where open shelves hold family photos and pottery.

View past the kitchen island and flat-panel cabinets into a mudroom with a walnut door

Mudroom with a walnut door, light wood cabinets, a floating bench, and a hexagon tile floor

Above: Just off the kitchen is the mudroom, with a built-in bench, light wood cabinets, and a hexagon tile floor.

Laundry room with blue-gray cabinets, a colorful veined stone countertop, an undermount sink, and a front-loading washer

The laundry room has blue-gray cabinets and a stone counter with dramatic gold and blue veining.

Breakfast Nook and Beverage Bar

Breakfast nook with a round glass table on a tree-root base, white leather chairs, a ring pendant, and windows looking to the patio and mountains

A round glass table on a tree-root base makes the breakfast nook a great spot for morning coffee with a mountain view.

Beverage bar with walnut cabinetry, a built-in coffee machine, a wine fridge, a bar sink, and an elongated hexagon tile backsplash with lit open shelves

Steps from the kitchen, the beverage bar has a built-in Miele coffee system, a wine fridge, and a bar sink. Elongated hexagon tile covers the wall behind the walnut shelves and their built-in lights.

Coffee and beverage bar with a built-in coffee machine and wine fridge in walnut cabinetry, beside a hallway with a sliding barn door and a patterned runner

Covered Patio and Outdoor Kitchen

Covered patio with a concrete dining table and wicker chairs under a wood ceiling with a fan and heaters, an outdoor kitchen at the left, and mountains beyond

Out on the covered patio, a concrete dining table seats six beneath a ceiling fan and infrared heaters, so the owners can eat outside for much of the year.

Covered outdoor kitchen running along the house, with stainless steel grills, a white stone wall, and a bar cart in the foreground

Outdoor kitchen with dark cabinetry, stainless steel grills, a wood ceiling with a heater, and a white stone wall with a sink

The outdoor kitchen has two stainless steel grills, refrigerator drawers, and a sink along a white stone wall.

Covered outdoor kitchen with two stainless steel grills, dark cabinetry, a white stone wall, and a mountain view through the opening above the grills

Above: Whoever is at the grill gets a mountain view through the opening above it.

What We Love About This Home

This modern mountain home is full of details we did not expect, from the wine room at the front door to the powder room hidden in a wall of walnut. We are especially loving the folding glass doors that open the great room to the patio, the herringbone wood wall along the staircase, and the owners’ art, which gives every room personality. On a cool mountain evening, the spa under the pergola would be hard to leave.

Tell Us: What do you think of the glass wine room in the foyer: a showpiece or too much on display? Please let us know your thoughts in the Comments below!

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Owner’s Bedroom Suite

Primary bedroom with a floor-to-ceiling upholstered headboard wall, clerestory windows, French doors to a deck, and a large framed poster of two dancers in the foreground

Down the hallway past the wine room, the owner’s bedroom features a floor-to-ceiling upholstered headboard wall and clerestory windows. A large poster of two dancers in a burl wood frame greets you near the door.

Primary bedroom with a floor-to-ceiling gray upholstered headboard wall, clerestory windows, a ceiling fan, and French doors to a deck

Primary bed with gray upholstered headboard panels and glass pendant lights, beside French doors to a deck

Above: Glass pendants take the place of bedside lamps, leaving the nightstands clear.

View from the primary bed through open doors to a deck with a fire table, with wooded hills beyond

French doors open from the bedroom to a private deck.

Deck with a hexagonal fire table and two cushioned armchairs overlooking wooded hills and distant mountains

Above: A hexagonal fire table and cushioned chairs furnish the deck, which overlooks wooded hills and distant mountains.

Deck off the primary bedroom looking across the lawn to a pergola and spa, with mountains in the distance

Owner’s Bathroom With a Soaking Tub

Primary bathroom with vanities on both sides, vessel sinks, a patterned tile floor, and a freestanding tub in front of a floor-to-ceiling window

The owner’s bathroom features vanities on both sides and a patterned tile floor leading to a freestanding tub.

White freestanding tub in front of a floor-to-ceiling window, between a glass shower and the vanity cabinetry

Above: The tub is right up against a wall of glass, looking into the treetops.

Primary bathroom vanity with two white vessel sinks, three black-framed mirrors, wall sconces, and a mosaic tile wall

The main vanity includes two vessel sinks, a makeup station between them, and a mosaic tile wall behind.

Vanity detail with a white vessel sink, a wall-mounted faucet, a black-framed mirror, and a mosaic tile wall

Walk-in shower with wood-look tile on the walls and ceiling, a rain shower head set in a skylight recess, a floating stone bench, and a pebble floor

In the walk-in shower, wood-look tile covers the walls and ceiling, and a rain head drops from a recess below a skylight.

Walk-in shower with the ceiling rain head running, wood-look tile, a floating stone bench, and a pebble floor behind glass doors

Shower interior with two wall-mounted shower heads, a hand shower, a recessed niche, and a floating stone bench

Above: A stone bench runs the width of the back wall, above a pebble tile floor.

Guest Bedrooms and Bathrooms

Guest bedroom with a dark wood sleigh bed, red and white bedding, brass pendant lights, and windows looking out to a mountain

This guest bedroom looks out to the mountains, with brass pendants beside a dark wood sleigh bed.

Bedside detail in the guest bedroom with a brass pendant light, a leather trunk used as a nightstand, and a dark wood dresser

Above: A leather trunk serves as the nightstand.

Guest bathroom with a floating dark stone vanity, a fluted wood-look tile wall, a wall-mounted toilet, and a rounded brass-framed mirror between two sconces

The guest bathroom combines fluted wood-look tile with dark stone and a brass-framed mirror hung from a leather strap.

Guest bathroom seen through an open wood door, with a glass-enclosed shower, dark wall tile, and a pebble shower floor

Guest bedroom with a dark wood bed, a tan quilt, three small clerestory windows, and larger windows looking into the woods

In a second guest bedroom, three small windows sit high above the bed.

View from the guest bed to windows on two walls framing a mountain view

Above: Windows on two walls take in the mountains.

Bathroom with a wood vanity and integrated sink, a textured tile wall, and a glass-enclosed tub and shower

Staircase, Landing, and Home Gym

Staircase with light oak treads and step lights beside a herringbone walnut wood wall

A herringbone walnut wall follows the staircase from the ground floor to the landing above, and step lights guide the way after dark.

Upstairs landing with a herringbone walnut feature wall and matching concealed door, a sliding wood barn door, and a cable railing at the stairwell

At the top, a door finished in the same herringbone wood all but disappears into the wall.

Upstairs landing looking down the stairwell beside a herringbone wood wall, with glass pendant lights and a cable railing

Sliding wood barn door with frosted glass insets, partly open to a home gym

Above: A sliding barn door with frosted glass insets opens to the home gym.

Home gym with weight machines and a treadmill, with windows on two sides looking out to mountains

The owners asked for the gym to be upstairs, where it looks out to the mountains.

Home gym with a treadmill, a weight bench, and dumbbells beside windows looking out to mountains

Balcony with a wicker chaise, a glass railing, and a wood-lined roof overhang, with a sliding door open to the upstairs landing and hills in the distance

Above: Off the landing, a balcony with a glass railing and a wicker chaise makes a quiet place to enjoy the scenery.

Pergola, Spa, and Backyard

Louvered pergola over a wicker daybed beside a sunken spa set into decking, with bare woods and hills behind

A louvered pergola shades a wicker daybed beside the spa and its surrounding deck.

Aerial side view of the house at sunset with a deck and fire table, a pergola, and a lawn above a stone retaining wall

This aerial view shows the owner’s bedroom deck on the left and the pergola on the right.

Aerial view at sunset of the house on a hillside terrace held by a stone retaining wall, surrounded by woods with mountains in the distance

Aerial view of the back of the house at sunset, with covered patios, a fenced lawn, and a stone retaining wall below

The level yard exists thanks to this stone retaining wall. When the builders broke ground, they found the soil could not support the foundation, so they brought in new fill and built the wall to hold the lawn and patios in place.

Aerial view of the back of the house at sunset, showing covered patios and a fenced lawn above a stone retaining wall, against a wooded hillside