 Mountain Construction Enterprises goes for Green Reprinted from The Blowing Rocket, Blowing Rock, N.C., Thursday, September 3, 2009 Two of the issues that have dominated our nation for the past two years have been the economic downturn and the desire for ecologically sound, or “green,” ways of doing things. Both of these issues have had a... click here for more |
 Mountain Respite | Timber Frame Home in Rural North Carolina
“Mountain Respite” A Virginia family’s vacations center around their timber frame home in rural North Carolina. Story and Photography by Esther & Franklin Schmidt. Featured in Timber Frame Homes, Fall 2003. It was the natural thing for Bob and Carol Tanner to take up a second residence in the southern... click here for more |
 A Timber Home Escape - Building a Tennessee Timber Frame House
A Tennessee home rewards a Gulf Coast couple Story by Teresa L. Wolff; Photos by Steven McBride Photography Reprinted from Log Homes Illustrated, May 2006 When Cheri Nelson and Charles Wendland met 15 years ago, she was managing office buildings in Orlando, Florida, and he had just flown there from... click here for more |
 Blue Ridge Parkway Education Shelter at Linville Falls Built by Mountain Construction
Reprinted from The Scenic: The Journal of the Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation, Annual Report 2008
Where do school buses full of school children go on the Parkway? Well, first where there are restroom facilities; and second, where there is shelter. This need is soon to be fulfilled with the transfer of... click here for more |
 Preserving Nature at Innoshowen | Foscoe, NC Mountain Home Reprinted from Marquee Homes of the Mountain South, Fall 2007 Preserving Nature at Innoshowen Story By Linda Kramer Most of us have a love and respect for nature, but Jim and Jo Ann Griffin have totally incorporated its perfection into their lives-and their 4,900-square-foot craftsman style mountain home in Foscoe,... click here for more |
 The Return of Miramichi: Restoring a Blowing Rock Luxury Home The Return of Miramichi: Mark Kirkpatrick’s Mountain Construction Enterprises Is Restoring One of Western N.C.’s Most Famous Landmark Homes Story by Jerry Burns Reprinted from The Blowing Rocket, July 29, 2006 If Joseph and Annie Cannon were still alive and wanted to fix up their home, Mark Kirkpatrick would definitely... click here for more |
 Building Artisan Custom Homes for Over 25 Years Reprinted from High Country Press October 11, 2007 “Building Artisan Custom Homes for Over 25 Years” Mountain Construction Enterprises, Inc. Custom Builders and Timber Framing and Hearthstone Homes of Western North Carolina. Story by Sam Calhoun A bronze keychain sits on Mark Kirkpatrick’s computer keyboard that is inscribed with the... click here for more |
 A North Carolina Log Home Designed with a Sense of Timelessness
“Family Legacy,” by Franklin and Esther Schmidt, featured in Log Homes Illustrated, 2005 Annual Buyer’s Directory* High in the mountains of North Carolina, set amid 200 acres of hills and peaks, and surrounded by national forest land, is a log house that can only be described as grand. Although its... click here for more |
 Solar Goes Chic | Boone Home Goes Green Story by Sam Calhoun Photography by Nicholas Hurst Reprinted from High Country Press, April 30, 2009 The same solar panels that were used on the Mir Space Station are now the core building blocks of an aesthetically pleasing solar power system on a private roof in Boone. The panels—thin-film solar... click here for more |
 An Authentic Home Restoration | The Cannon Estate in Blowing Rock, NC The Cannon Estate in Blowing Rock Story by Linda Kramer Reprinted from High Country Magazine, July 2008 On a peak overlooking Johns River Gorge sits one of the most prominent historic seasonal homes in Blowing Rock still in private hands. Joseph and Annie Ludlow Cannon built this magnificent home in... click here for more |
 Money Matters: Undo The Math
When trying to calculate your home’s cost, multiplication doesn’t add up. From Log Home Living, February 2010, www.loghomeliving.com By Roland Sweet The first question people planning a log home ask is how much money they’ll need. All they know for a fact is how much money they have, although some... click here for more |
 Home is Where the Heritage Is - Western North Carolina Log Home
"Home is Where the Heritage Is"tory by Iyna Bort Caruso; Photos by F&E Schmidt Photography; Featured in Log Home Design Ideas, July 2003 Dubbed “The Overflow Lodge,” this guest house on an 80-acre compound in western North Carolina is as much about the family as it is for the family.... click here for more |
 Circle of Friends - Black Mountain, North Carolina Timber Frame Cabin
“Circle of Friends: A North Carolina Couple builds an artistic timber frame home with a little help from their friends.” Story by Deirdre R. Schwiesow; Photography by Rich Frutchey; Featured in Timber Home Living, June/July 2005 In the early 20th century, Black Mountain, North Carolina was a hotbed of the... click here for more |
 Just A Little North Carolina Log Home “Just a Little Log Home” By Scott Robertson Reprinted from Marquee Magazine, Autumn 2003 When a prominent North Carolina physician said he wanted an out-of-the-way place to build a log home, he didn’t settle for second best. He hired realtor Gail Smart of Blowing Rock Properties to find the perfect... click here for more |
 A Perfect Personal Retreat | Mountain City, Tennessee Log Home
A City Couple Creates A Perfect Personal Retreat Story by Jessica Klarp Photos by Steven McBride, Courtesy of Hearthstone, Inc. Garage Photo by Ben York Mark Kirkpatrick by Carey Cloninger Reprinted from Pinnacle Living Mountain Homes Southern Style magazine, Summer 2006 High on a hill in sleepy Mountain City, Tenn.... click here for more |
 A TyneCastle Getaway | A Banner Elk Timber Frame Home
A Carolina Getaway Refreshes a Florida Family Story and Photos by Franklin and Esther Schmidt Reprinted from Timber Homes Illustrated, Fall 1999
Dan Robbie built the house that proves you can get away from it all. Almost a mile up in the mountains of North Carolina, the 5,200-square-foot timber-frame retreat... click here for more |
 Charlotte Architects Build a Blowing Rock NC Luxury Home
Charlotte architect couple found the perfect spot, then built their perfect retreat in Blowing Rock By Jessica Beil Hindman Reprinted from The Charlotte Observer, June 27, 2009 The small, pixilated screen on Susan Hensey’s BlackBerry shows an ocean of soft clouds below layers of mountain peaks – a place of... click here for more |
