The Maple Tree Adventure: Happy New Year

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

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Happy New Year

2012 is upon us and we're plugging away at our cabin build. Been making steady progress with some weather delays. The next few days weather is predicted to be snowy and cold. Cold is OK but snowy creates some problems getting up and down the mountain. Hopefully it will be light.

Dar visited this weekend after a restful Christmas vacation in Miami.

Living room / fireplace

We took some interior photos to share. The interior is next up on the agenda. You'll notice some stacks of wood around. These are for the walls, ceiling and floors. These photos will give you a glimpse of the floor plan.