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, January 25, 2012

An electrifying day

Johnny pulling wire to a switch
Johnny and Willy, our electricians, were at the door this morning at 7:15am ready to start running wire and getting us ready for power.

The electrical rough-in, as it's called, will take a few days. Most of the wiring was run today but there's still more to do before we can get our electrical inspection. I'm hoping that all of the switches, lights, etc. are where Dar wants them. We went over it a couple of weeks ago and I think we're good BUT she'll be visiting this weekend and checking my memory.

Johnny said that there's no problem if she wants something moved. He sure knows how to work with the ladies!


I spent part of the day getting material for some of the interior and also picked up a lavatory (fancy word for sink). I looked at our railing system on the deck/porch and will get that material in the next few days.

Things are hopping during the day but my evenings quiet down a lot. I spend most of my time learning about new stuff. I'm learning some new moves using Photoshop (software for photo editing). I wanted to share one I'm working on right now. Our dog KD has three eyes and I'm going to remove the center one and post the corrected image soon.

Wish me luck!

KD, the wonder dog!

More coming,
z

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