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

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Brrrrrrrrrrr!

Stranded, marooned, isolated, shipwrecked...and loving every minute of it!

It's snowing cats and dogs today. A real winter wonderland. I don't think the truck is going anywhere for a few days. The road down the mountain will be iffy at best until we get some thawing on Monday at the earliest. It's actually a welcome change and I'm enjoying throwing back for a day or so. It would be better if Darlene were here with me. Not long now!

This morning I wrapped up and headed to the cabin on the 2 mile round trip trail. I was well insulated so the sold really didn't bother me at all. I wanted to go to get some measurements of my shop equipment. I need the measurements for layout purposes. I want to set up an 'efficient use of space' workshop. I'll be making most of our cabinetry, etc. and need the space to be ready soon.





Here's a look from out the shop door this morning. As you can see, the snow was starting to kick into high gear.

I was able to do some serious thinking about shop layout and put some more stuff away in the shop attic. As the morning went on it got colder so I decided to head back to make a drawing of the shop floor and what goes in to it.

This afternoon will be spent thinking about material needed. I'll be starting the walls on Monday. I'm excited to start the push to the end, cold weather or not!

More coming,
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