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, January 24, 2012

Sad or Happy Day...not sure!

Today was a monumental day. It's day 100 of the building of our cabin on Big Tree. As you may recall, we laid the first block of our foundation on October 14, 2011. After 100 days, we have completed the exterior of the cabin*.

This photo shows my good friend Tim and me at the end of day 100. Tim has finished 99% of his assigned task and done it above and beyond the call of duty. He has been the best in helping keep this project on schedule and has worked with the highest degree of quality. We owe him a lot. Many thanks to James as well for his hard work.

We are now starting on the interior work. That includes plumbing, electrical and trim work. The electrician will be by tomorrow to begin roughing in the cabin for electrical service. The plumber will follow once the electrical work is complete.

As soon as the electrician and plumber complete their work, we get another inspection then on to insulation.

We'll be installing all of the interior trim after the insulation inspection. Well not exactly...remember Tim's 99% level? He'll be back to help us with the ceiling installation then he'll be 100% complete.

Stay tuned because the interior is going to start taking shape!

More coming,
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* There are a few exterior elements that still need to be completed. I'll be finishing those over the next few weeks.

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