Building our dream home in the NC mountains

It's almost mid August 2011 and the love of my life and I are getting ready to begin a year long adventure building our dream cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. We're actually in Oregon, as we speak (8/11/11) wrapping up a glorious 10 day vacation with my wife's sister and brother-in-law at their cabin in the mountains.

Why the title "The Maple Tree Adventure"? Our property is on Maple Tree Lane at an elevation of 4200'...sounds like an adventure to us.

We've talked about this for a long time and now that it's a reality, we are excited to start the process. The process should take about 10 months. The build should be completed by next fall 2012.

Our goal is to offer up a blog entry daily. Some posts might include a photo, others may not. The adventure takes my wife and me in different directions for awhile. She teaches school and will finish out her career in June 2012 in Raleigh. I, on the other hand, will head to the mountains to get the cabin rolling in the next week or so (8/16/11).

Keep us in your prayers, leave your comments and plan to visit us next spring 2013.

Kent & Darlene
210 Maple Tree Lane
West Jefferson, NC 28694

(828) 406-4823

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

A Day On Maple Tree

I spent another great day on Maple Tree. Cut more firewood for the upcoming winter season and beyond. We'll have firewood for a good while.

Spoke with Smith's Milling Company about providing interior wood for walls, ceiling and flooring. Their prices are great, quality is excellent and I like the owner...makes for a good combination. I'll be contacting them once I get a tighter schedule identified.

I shot a short little video showing the progress so far. The brush pile and stumps are gone and the road is graded in from the paved road to the housepad and workshop.

As you can see, there's a mess of firewood. Looks like we clear cut the property but rest assured we did not. It doesn't take many trees to provide a good quantity of firewood.

I met David with Yadkin Well Company on site today and we looked at the proposed well location. He seems to be good with the location and getting his equipment in to drill. He said we were on the schedule for Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. Getting water to the site is critical for mixing cement, etc.

I'm headed to Spruce Pine tomorrow to look at poplar siding. We're planning on using poplar siding in several locations on the cabin. Should be interesting. I'll take some photos and share soon.

More coming,
Z
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  1. ohagrad98September 13, 2011 at 3:26 PM

    Looks great!! I can't wait to see once the framing begins!

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  2. Limo LoriSeptember 21, 2011 at 4:32 AM

    GREAT view! I don't see why you'd ever hike again when you have a view like that.

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