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

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

The front door is the item of the day

We worked on the front door today. The exterior is finished except for the area below the threshold. That will be filled in with siding material.

The design around the door is made of poplar siding . The graphic at the top depicts the mountain range we see from our viewing porch. KD, the wonder dog, is guarding the entrance. She's all bark and very little bite...mostly lick!







The inside of the door is finished as well. Trim around the door and wall siding are complete. The door handle and lock set are installed too. The bear we blogged about a few days ago can't possibly get in...unless he has a key :^)

Tomorrow (Tuesday) we head to Tennessee to pick up the last of our locust. Four 8' locust post will complete the entrance area.

I'm going to splurge and buy Darlene breakfast in Boone on the way to Rodney's (he's our locust post guru).


We're very excited because we have company this coming weekend...Kyle and Olesea and Ada, the almost wonder dog, will be visiting for a few days. Ada will spend a couple of weeks with us while K&O jet off to Saint Marten for a much needed vacation.

More coming,
z&D
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