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, April 28, 2012

The boss was pleased

The boss came up for the weekend and apparently she was pleased with the progress so far.

I mentioned a few posts ago about the barn tin that we bought in Nash County specifically for our cabin. Well this weekend we decided to install the tin on the kitchen ceiling. The photo to the right is of Darlene using the nail gun to install the tin.

You might be wondering, "have they lost their mind...rusted tin on the kitchen ceiling". No we haven't lost our minds...we wanted to add different elements to the cabin and keep it rustic in nature. The kitchen ceiling will be sprayed with satin polyurethane to protect it and keep it from flaking.




This is a shot of the ceiling 'closeup'. My question to you is..."why don't YOU have rusted tin on your kitchen ceiling?"

More coming,

z
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  1. Limo LoriMay 22, 2012 at 7:39 AM

    That is darn cool! I like it, and I really like your Boss' style! While we don't have rusted tin on the ceiling of our kitchen, we have plenty of rust in other places. And, we've also added to the rustic charm by discovering rotten roof rafters. Yay! I bet you didn't think of that particular style detail did you?

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