Step into Fish Creek Cabin: An award-winning log home in Jackson Hole

Log home exterior at dusk with glowing windows, stone chimneys and a flagstone dining patio

This Jackson Hole log home was designed by Peter Zimmerman Architects in collaboration with custom home builder Yellowstone Traditions, located in Wilson, Wyoming. Known as Fish Creek Cabin, it sits at the end of a quiet road on land surrounded by conservation property, with views of the Tetons and Sleeping Indian Mountain. In 2018, the project won a Palladio Award.

The homeowners wanted a family retreat that was very functional for their lifestyle. The idea was to make the house look like an old homestead that had been added onto over the years.

The project team worked together to create an incredible design, from the positioning of this home on its site to the landscaping. Every detail is both highly functional and visually stunning. Continue below to tour the rest of this home, plus tips for bringing log cabin warmth into your own space…

Log home front entry with a covered porch and wood door, with mountains behind

What We Love About This Home

This log home is stunning, with so many details that offer a wow-factor. The wood floors, wood beams and large stone fireplaces are exquisite. Incorporating modern conveniences into any traditional or historically correct interior is not easy to do. It takes more planning and attention to detail to achieve the results of this home. Fantastic!

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Log Exterior, Swimming Pond and Hot Tub

Flagstone patio with a rustic dining set beside a stone chimney, with mountain views at sunset

Above: The walls are built from small logs salvaged from old barns along with reclaimed lodgepole pine. The tops of the stone chimneys are crenellated to mimic the jagged peaks nearby.

Covered breezeway linking a log home to its garage, with aspen trees and boulders

Above: A covered walkway connects the house to a separate garage.

Front of a log home framed by aspen trees with mountains in the background

Natural swimming pond with stone steps beside a log home's covered porch

Wooden barrel hot tub in a meadow near a log home's covered porch and stone chimney

Above: Stone paths lead to a natural swimming pond and a hot tub made to look like an old wooden rain barrel.

Living Room with a Moss Rock Fireplace

Vaulted living room with log beams, an iron chandelier, leather chairs and a tall window with mountain views

Above: The living room has hand-hewn timbers and beams made from standing dead logs. Every material in this log home is reclaimed, right down to the antique oak floors.

Stone fireplace in a log home living room with a Western landscape painting above

Above: The living room features a floor-to-ceiling fireplace clad in moss rock veneer.

Rustic Kitchen and Dining Room

Rustic kitchen with soapstone counters, wood cabinets, a black range hood and a wood island

Above: This 300-square-foot rustic kitchen has honed soapstone countertops and a custom range hood.

Dining room with an iron ring chandelier and log beams beside a kitchen bar with green leather stools

Rustic kitchen with glass-front cabinets, copper pendants, a wood-topped island and green leather barstools

Above: The walnut-topped island is lined with leather barstools from Hickory Chair. The cabinet hardware is from Montana Sash & Door.

Staircase and Entry

Entry hall with log posts, a twig-rail staircase, an arched door and a stone wall

Arched plank door and antique cabinet beneath a twig-rail staircase, with a Western painting and a boulder

Above: Large boulders sit at the base of the staircases, as if the house had been built around stones too heavy to move.

Owner’s Bedroom and Bathroom

Primary bedroom with a log loft balcony, iron chandelier, stone fireplace and window seat

Above: The vaulted owner’s bedroom features a stone fireplace and an iron chandelier from Rose Tarlow.

Primary bathroom with a reclaimed wood vanity, gilded mirror and a soaking tub by a window

Above: Antique wormy chestnut wraps the vanity and tub in this rustic bathroom.

Soaking tub with a marble deck and wood surround in a window alcove with forest views

Above: Set into a window alcove, the soaking tub feels like it is up in the treetops.

Walk-in shower with marble walls, a stone bench and a fieldstone wall

Glass shower with a stone bench and fieldstone wall in a log home bathroom

Above: The back of a stone fireplace forms one wall of the shower.

Powder Room and Kids’ Bunk Room

Powder room with tooled leather walls, candle sconces, a tall mirror and a hammered vessel sink

Above: Tooled leather covers the walls of the powder room.

Log bunk beds with a ladder behind a sliding barn door, beside a window seat and antler chandelier

Above: Log bunk beds and a sliding barn door give the bunk room a fun cabin feel.

Upstairs Bedroom, Spiral Staircase and Loft

Bedroom under a sloped log ceiling with a Teton landscape painting, leather armchair and rust-colored rug

Iron spiral staircase built around a lodgepole pine trunk with its roots intact, beside a desk and leather chair

Above: This spiral staircase wraps around a windblown lodgepole pine, roots and all. The tree was found in Montana and lifted in by crane through a section of roof left open just for it.

Upstairs landing with log rafters, a writing desk, leather club chairs and a twig railing

Twig writing desk and chair beside French doors opening to a covered log balcony

Above: A twig writing desk sits beside doors that open onto a covered balcony.

Fire Pit and Trapper’s Cabin

Fire pit with wood Adirondack chairs beside a log cabin in the woods at dusk

Above: Wooden chairs circle a fire pit in the trees.

Covered outdoor living room with tree-trunk columns, a stone chimney and rustic twig furniture

Above: The roof of the outdoor living room rests on tree-trunk columns with the bark still visible.

Small log cabin with a covered porch, stacked firewood and rocking chairs among aspen trees

Log cabin with a metal roof and stovepipe set in tall grass and aspen trees

Above: The original trapper’s cabin was rebuilt on site and serves as a little time capsule away from the main house.

Log cabin interior with a daybed, twig furniture, a Western painting and a red patterned rug

Above: Terry Winchell filled the cabin with 1930s pieces, including furniture by Bob Kranenberg, who built Jackson’s Million Dollar Cowboy Bar.

Log cabin porch with a Dutch door, antlers, vintage snowshoes, a vintage sign and stacked firewood

How to Get the Log Cabin Look in Your Own Home

Start with reclaimed wood. Even one wall of salvaged barnwood or a few reclaimed ceiling beams can give a room instant age and character.
Build around a stone fireplace. A floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, like the moss rock one in this living room, gives everyone a natural place to gather. Stone veneer can create a similar look for less.
Mix in antiques and vintage finds. This home was furnished so it would feel collected over time. Look for old trunks, Western art and hickory chairs at antique shops and estate sales.
Choose iron and handmade lighting. A hand-forged chandelier or simple iron sconces suit log walls far better than shiny modern fixtures.
Layer warm textiles. Leather, suede, wool blankets and patterned rugs keep all that wood and stone from feeling cold.
Create cozy nooks. The kitchen here has a lower ceiling on purpose so it feels snug. Window seats, reading corners and bunk rooms create the same snug feeling.
Bring the outdoors in. Natural boulders, tree-trunk posts and branch railings connect the house to the landscape around it.