Interior Restoration

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The Log House

Interior Restoration

Rather than restore the interior to 18th century rustic, Clyde and Ruth chose to finish the inside in an Arts and Crafts rendering of Early American.

They individually selected each plank of virgin timber from the Blue Ridge Mountains. The rooms are paneled in curly maple, curly cherry, and wormy chestnut. Floors are made of wide oak planks or locust.

The woodwork was executed by two craftsmen from Yancey County. They worked almost two years to custom craft the interior. An appraiser described their work as "wood work that is unique and not likely to be duplicated anywhere in North Carolina."

The curly cherry kitchen was hand crafted not just for visual appeal, but utility. At left the "cabinet doors" on each side of the sink pull down to provide countertop workspace. A 10' long built in table is hinged in the middle. When one end is lifted and a gate opened, there are the stairs to the basement.

When restoration began the inside consisted of many small rooms. Using the original floor levels, they created fewer, but larger rooms. The restoration was designed for possible additions at a later date (enclosure of the back terrace for a family room and a bedroom above the kitchen).

The keeping room has wormy chestnut walls, locust floors and pine beamed ceiling. The fireplace is lined in soapstone.

The bedrooms both have curly maple walls, oak and peg floors, and pine beamed cathedral ceilings. The beams beneath the loft at left are the only beams salvageable from the original house.

Latches, hinges, and other iron work hand wrought by Daniel Boone IV.

The floors are oak planks laid with counter sunk screws with walnut "pegs" inlayed on top.

While bathrooms are not original to a log home, this "modern convenience" was added to the house with a stone exterior and the interior walls are unfinished Crab Orchard flagstone to give the look and feel of the outdoors.