You Don’t Need to Live in the Mountains to Have a ‘Mountain Home’ – Here’s How to Recreate This Nostalgic Trend Anywhere

A cozy living room with rustic influence. A large, patterned sofa sits against a wall with two sets of french doors, accent chairs are on either side of the couch, a coffee table sits in the middle of the room, and a deer head hangs on the wall.

I've always been drawn to the aesthetic of mountain homes. Their charming rusticity, their innate warmth, and their vibrant sense of character. And since Kendall Jenner and her own mountain home entered my consciousness (and the rest of the design-led world's), I can't get enough of this slightly nostalgic, slightly grandma-esque look.

The only slight issue I face is that I live in New Jersey, a state that's practically the antithesis of mountain living. However, that does not need to hold me back in recreating this cozy, but chic look. The mountain house aesthetic isn't one that's restricted by geography. It's more of a feeling, a mood that reflects the characterful, eclectic, and layered atmosphere of mountain homes. If you know what you are doing, it can be translated anywhere.