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

Friday, June 22, 2012

Scrub-a-Dub

We spent time yesterday installing the tile on the guest shower floor. We used 2" square mosaic and will use a pattern of varied sizes for the walls. We're going to give the floor a couple of days to harden before installing the walls.

There are a number of critical elements that have to be in place before the county signs off on the cabin and approves our moving in. One of those requirements is that all sinks and toilets in the living areas have to be functional. The toilet in the guest bathroom is already in place. We are using our basement laundry sink in place of a kitchen sink until we decide on the cabinet layout. Dar's sister and brother-in-law gave us a housewarming gift of our kitchen sink. It will be a farm style sink and will be ordered once we decide on the final kitchen design.

More coming,
z&D
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