Western logs add warmth to this Eastern contemporary home, which features streamlined furniture, black iron railings, and cool shades of stone gray to give the space a modern edge. To bring contemporary style to your cabin, look for simple lines, and eliminate anything fussy or frilly. Bold geometric shapes, like this home's blocky fireplace, squared floor tiles, and rectilinear iron bed.

In the living room, a Stickley-style armchair upholstered in red gets along just fine with the clean-lined sofas and blocky stone coffee table.

Not buying into traditional log-house mind-sets, the architect and homeowners chose contemporary cabinetry then used the same teal green stain carried throughout the house via the trim.

(Photos by Barry Halkin)