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

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Ceiling, ceiling, ceiling, done!

After a few days the ceiling is finished. Many thanks to Tim for all his help. We have a little 1x6 pine tongue and groove wood left from the ceiling but it won't go to waste.

We also finished the trim around the skylights. The skylights are almost 20' above the floor and having the scaffolding in place sure made it easier to install.

Tim left after lunch and is heading on to another job. Not as interesting as ours I'm sure. We'll miss him. He might be back if I need a hand.


I'm starting to add some interesting rustic trim as you can see. This photo is of the base where the ceiling fan connects to the ceiling. The square piece is poplar and the trim is maple. Makes for a nice touch.

Tomorrow I'm continuing with the fan trim (2 more fans) and then back to the walls.

I got a call from a guy about some mountain laurel he has and wants to get rid of. Mountain laurel and rhododendron are used to make railing. We've got about 25' that we need to make so this is perfect timing.

I've had the wood stove on for the past couple of days and it does take the chill off. Can't wait to see it in full time action next winter.

More coming,
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