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

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Steady pace inspite of the weather

We've had some steady rain and tonight a blast of snow and dropping temps. I don't have any photos because of the rain.

Most of the deck material has been delivered and Tim and James will (if they can get up the mountain tomorrow) continue to build the deck and porch.

They have almost finished all of the interior walls. I'd say there is about an hour's worth left before they're done inside. Once they get the decking on then the windows will go in and we'll have the cabin secure before Christmas.

I'll have some photos in the next day or two for sure...cold but dry, I hope.

More coming
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  1. Bill FlemingDecember 8, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    Looks like things are going great! Let me know when you are back in Raleigh and I will buy lunch!

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