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

Monday, February 13, 2012

Buttoning up

The insulation guys arrived this morning after a shaky start...they couldn't get up the mountain (but finally did) because of the road conditions. They hit it hard and finished the job this afternoon. I do believe that it will be warmer in the cabin!

I'll call in the insulation inspection for Thursday because I've got an appointment to have my truck serviced on Wednesday and I need to be here when the inspector comes a callin'. This is the last inspection until the final.




 I was able to start installing the pine on the walls. This pine was milled at Roaring River, NC and is 10" wide by 3/4" thick. Once completed, the cabin will have a rustic look to the walls. The wood has knot holes, scars, etc. to give it an old time look.

While the insulation guys were in 'my wall assembly space' I decided to start the mantle for the fireplace. I have a 4" thick slab of walnut that will be attached to the fireplace. I'll put finish on it when we get to the paint/stain stage. I used an electric planer and then a belt sander to get the surface more presentable. Tomorrow I'll use hidden lag bolts to attach it to the fireplace face above the firebox. It'll be a great place to display photographs of our grandchildren...wait a minute, we don't have any grandchildren yet! Looks like I found a place for my coveted bowling trophy ;^)

More coming,
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