How to Create a Rustic Luxury Cabin

Decide what defines "rustic luxury" to you. Make a list of your must-have cabin elements, such as a river-stone fireplace, a wood-fired hot tub with a view of old-growth forest, a Finnish sauna or a wraparound porch. Start another list of the types of furnishings, accessories and decorative touches that appeal to you. Examples of luxuriously rustic decor features include Amish quilts and hand-crafted tables and benches made with wood from torn-down barns.

Purchase a cabin that has your must-have luxury features. Alternately, if you are rehabbing a cabin you already own, install any of the must-have features the cabin lacks, such as a screened-in yoga pavilion in the woods or a solarium with a hot tub.

Add the luxury elements you crave, such as the high-end espresso maker, the high-thread-count sheets, the ostrich-leather sofa and the pricey Hudson River School painting.

Balance and enhance the luxury elements with rustic ones. Throw a sheepskin rug in front of the hand-built river-stone fireplace. Hang a battered antique hoe on the wall next to the pricey painting. Stock the commercial-grade fridge with milk from the farm down the road and veggies from the local community-supported agriculture program.