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

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Rail Time

Went to Raleigh for a few days but back now and starting the rail system for the cabin. The rails for the loft are will include a 2x6 top cap (once the rails are complete). This photo shows the start of the rail system at the loft. I'll be adding rhododendron twigs between the top and bottom rail in the next few days.


Each section post is bolted to the floor and glued. Once attached, it ain't going anywhere! I'm glad to be starting these rails because we've had an unprotected area that's 10' to the floor below...ouch!

I'm working the rails from the top down and from the bottom up. They all converge and mate into the tree at the top of the stairs.

Tomorrow I'll add the bottom rail to the stairs (photo to the left). Once the bottom rail is in place then I'll start adding the rhododendron twigs. It will make more sense once the twigs are in place.

I'll do a better job getting posts out. I've been working but slowly so I might post every few days to make it look like I've accomplished something.

More coming,
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