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Russia’s “Wooden Homes” Magazine Features MossCreek’s American Style On The Cover
“Wooden Homes” magazine of Russia just featured one of MossCreek’s unique rustic homes on the cover of their popular magazine. The “Eagles Nest” by MossCreek was chosen by the magazine as an example of American rustic style homes to present to their international readership. Additionally, the magazine included a feature story about this exciting home. MossCreek is currently working on a very large project near Moscow, and we are thrilled that our style is becoming more popular the world over. Please click here to see the article.
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Teal Design Completed and Photo Tour
One of the first of MossCreek’s newest, and certainly most popular, hybrid home designs is now completed. The Teal features 3 bedroooms, 2.5 bathrooms, master bedroom on the main level, and an open living plan, all in just over 2,300 square feet! An optional lower level can include a den and additional bedrooms, a home theatre, or even an office area and fitness room. The options are many and as varied as our design clients. Please click here to see the photos of this great new home and we hope you enjoy your home tour. |
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New England Resort Home Completed
MossCreek has just received photos of a beautiful home that we designed. The home was designed for a client who wanted a gathering place for family and friends at a popular New England Ski Resort. Featuring a beautiful timber frame in the great room and master bedroom, the home is an excellent example of the style that MossCreek has become so well known for. With a year-round outdoor living area, a fun terrace level recreation area, and a perfectly-sized carriage house apartment, this home is ideal for summer get togethers as well as après’ ski celebrations by the fire. Please click here to view the photos of this beautiful home, and MossCreek will be happy to design your own personal mountain resort. |
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MossCreek OldSquaw Design Almost Ready For New Owners
One of our “main and lower level” designs is just a couple weeks away from completion in the Balsam Mountain development in Western North Carolina. Featuring a main level and lower level only, the OldSquaw design has been very popular with our clients who are looking for just such a plan. We are excited to bring you these progress photos of an extremely well executed home, and as soon as the owner’s are all moved in we will be doing a complete photo tour. In the meantime, enjoy the photos, AND the beautiful views from this outstanding home. Please click here to see the photos. |
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Timberline Camp and Barn Owl in Pennsylvania
We just visited several MossCreek designed homes in Pennsylvania. Among them are a Timberline Camp and Barn Owl that are underway in the Poconos region. Both homes are done as timber frame homes, and both are for sale. The builder would be happy to finish the interiors “to your specifications”. The Timberline Camp is located adjacent to a golf course, and the Barn Owl is a lakefront home. If you would like more information on these homes, or would like to tour them, we would be happy to put you in contact with the builder. Please click here to see photos of both homes. |
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Not One, but TWO Cascades Lodge Designs Underway!
Two versions of one of our most popular designs, the “Cascades Lodge”, are now underway in Pennsylvania. One of them is being built as a “hybrid” home, is nearly complete, and is already being lived in. The other is being built as an “all-log” home and is moving along nicely, with the owners hoping to move in by Christmas. We were lucky enough to visit both of them just recently, and we wanted to share interior photos of one and construction photos of the other with you. The Cascades Lodge plan is now available as a “Ready to Purchase” plan from MossCreek. Please click here to see photos of both of these great homes. |
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Blue Ridge Mountains Kokanee
One of the most recent examples of the popular MossCreek Kokanee design is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Southern Appalachians. This home features an incredible view, numerous outdoor spaces, a spacious kitchen and great room, large bedrooms, and was constructed as an “all-log” home. One of the more unique features of the home is a wine cellar that is actually carved into the rock below the home. The owners use the residence for entertaining year-round, but they are especially fond of Christmas, so an extensive collection of Christmas decorations is always on display. Please click here to see a complete photo tour of this beautiful mountain home.
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MossCreek Brings Rustic, Elegant, and Eclectic Together in a New York Project
MossCreek is fortunate to work with unique clients to create special homes, and we are pleased to bring you photographs of just such a home that we designed in rural New York state. Working closely with our client we developed a showcase home for their extensive collection of early American art as well as the work of contemporary artisans. Through the extensive use of reclaimed materials, and even entire structures, an inviting home and an outdoor pavilion/guest house were designed to take full advantage of a picture-perfect setting. The end result is a country retreat that is a refuge from the city. MossCreek specializes in designing one-of-a kind projects such as this retreat, and we welcome the opportunity to do the same for you. We would like to thank photographer Bjorn Wallender for so perfectly capturing this home, and you can click here to see the complete tour.
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MossCreek Hybrid Timber Frame Home Coming Along Well
We had an opportunity to make another visit to one of our latest projects and we wanted to share the photographs with you. Featuring many of the design elements that MossCreek is known for, the home is well on the way to completion, and the clients hope to spend the holidays in it. As you look at the photos you will see items such as poplar bark, timber frame purlins and braces, timber frame gable truss work, random length cedar shingle siding, and even a generously sized stone water table. All of these details help give this home its distinctive MossCreek style, and our clients report that on any given weekend several people visit the home to see this truly unique residence. Please click here to see the photos.
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MossCreek just began a new custom design project at the Southpointe community on Lake James in North Carolina. As we always do with our custom projects, the first step was meeting with the client at their build site. After viewing the build site, and the great views, we went to a nearby restaurant and began sketching with the client. Please click here to see photos of the project site as well as some of the floor plan and elevation drawings that were developed during this first meeting. |
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Lake Anna Project Conceptual Design Phase Completed
Our project in Lake Anna, Virginia is moving forward and our clients have now received a highly detailed set of conceptual drawings with floor plans and elevations for their review. These drawings help further define the project and are useful to builders as they begin providing estimates to our design clients. Please click here to see the latest drawings.
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Dutchess County, New York “Kokanee” Design Home Tour
We now have interior photos of a stunning version of a MossCreek Kokanee design that was just completed in Dutchess County, New York. This home features many distinctive MossCreek elements of design such as twig railings, birch bark siding, and even antique barn siding inside the home! With its unique interior spaces, and extensive stone work on the exterior, this is a truly exceptional home. Please click here to be taken to the photo tour of this exciting residence.
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MossCreek Expands Advertising in Russia
MossCreek has begun regular advertisements in two premier Russia magazines; “Beautiful Houses” and “Wooden Houses”. This is in addition to our presence at home shows in Moscow, and also our ongoing project near Moscow. The advertisements have been well received, and have already generated inquiries from countries such as Armenia, Kazakhstan, Russia, and even Ukraine. We thought you might like to see how our style crosses borders, and so by clicking here you can look at all the advertisements. If you click on any of the images, you will be taken to a larger version of the advertisement. Enjoy! |
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MossCreek Cabin Designs “Reinvented” Featured In “Cozy Cabins” Interview
The popular “Cozy Cabins” magazine interviewed MossCreek’s president, Allen Halcomb, to get MossCreek’s insight into the growing cabin market. The interview, which also featured photos of completed versions of the MossCreek Settler’s Forge and Teal designs, discusses the many ways through design to create stunning exterior and interior designs for smaller homes. MossCreek, long recognized for their design leadership in log, timber frame, and hybrid homes is a frequent contributor to many magazines, and our homes are often seen in North American and European publications. Please click here to see this article, and many more featuring MossCreek. |
Please click here to see several before & after photographs
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Reclaimed and Repurposed Barn Becomes a Nature Center
One of the more interesting and rewarding projects MossCreek has been involved in is now complete and serving the community. MossCreek was approached by the Palmer family of LaTrobe, PA to help create a lasting tribute to Mrs. Winnie Palmer. A centuries-old timber frame barn had been chosen by Mrs. Palmer to become a Nature Center, and also be part of the St. Vincent’s University campus. As an integral part of the project, MossCreek was commissioned to do a historical survey, and to create “as-built” drawings of the barn. Once this information was gathered, MossCreek then developed plans for the restoration and re-purposing of the barn into a Nature and Interpretative Center. The barn was then disassembled, moved, re-assembled, and remodeled to its new form. Please click here to see several before and after photographs of this rewarding project. We think you will agree that the Barn is now restored to its former beauty, and is filling a new role as the Winner Palmer Nature Reserve admirably. |
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Timber Home Living Magazine Features Pronghorn Club MossCreek Hybrid Home
The 2011 Annual Buyer’s Guide from Timber Home Living features a stunning hybrid log home designed by MossCreek. This luxury lodge is in the upscale Pronghorn Golf Club which is located in Bend, OR. Incorporating log, stone, and extensive rustic detailing, this beautiful retreat is right on the golf course. The Pronghorn Club golf course is part of the exclusive Troon Golf worldwide family of golf courses. MossCreek has also created the Golf by MossCreek collection of homes, and any one of them would look perfect on one of the many Troon Golf and Troon Prive’ courses. |
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MossCreek Kokanee in New York – First Photos
A timber frame home based on MossCreek Kokanee design was just completed in upstate New York, and we are excited to bring you some of the first photographs of the home. Long one of the favorite MossCreek mountain home designs, several versions of the Kokanee been completed throughout the country. You’ll notice the use of birch bark, twig railings, and extensive stone work in the photos, and the build site is nothing short of spectacular. A special thanks to the Eldorado Stone company for providing us with photos of this great home. To see more pictures of the home, please
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New MossCreek Designed Timber Frame Home Now Under Construction
MossCreek has been following the progress of one of our latest projects, and we are happy to bring you these latest photos. Since the home is located very near our offices, we have been fortunate to make several trips to the site (by land and air). Located right along a river, the home features timber frame trusses inside and out, and MossCreek incorporated numerous large windows into the design of the home for the clients to enjoy both the view and the sound of the river. We were able to take some aerial views of the project as well so you can see how MossCreek designed the home to fit the site. Please click here to see all the most recent progress photos. |
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Holzhaus Exhibition 2010
In November, MossCreek featured their quintessentially American designs at the Holzhaus Exhibition 2010 in Moscow. The exhibition, whose name translates from German to English as "timber house", featured log home and timber frame providers from around the world. Fourteen thousand Muscovites attended the exhibition from November 11th to 14th to gather ideas for the construction of their countryside dachas. MossCreek's participation in the exhibition was in response to a growing interest in their work by the Russian marketplace. |
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MossCreek Mountain Top Home Design Featured in Dream Home Showcase
Dream Home Showcase Magazine just featured another great MossCreek custom designed home. The “Mountain Top” home was created by MossCreek for clients who were looking for a great floorplan with modern conveniences, but they also wanted their home to include antique and reclaimed materials along with historical design elements. The build site was a beautiful location with incredible mountain views in the ultra high-end community Mountain Top Lake and Golf Club, and the clients were extremely happy with the results. To read the article, please click here. For even more photos of the beautiful home, please click here. |
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Introducing the American West Series of Home Plans by MossCreek
MossCreek announces our latest series of home designs to our Ready for Purchase Plan Sets. Building on the success of our Rustic Lake Home Series, we have incorporated many of the popular floor plan features of homes such as the Canvasback, Raven’s Nest, and Pintail with an added touch of the American west on the exterior. Carefully selected materials and details have been implemented that echo the history and feel of America's western pioneer expansion. And as with all Ready for Purchase Plan Sets, these new designs can easily be modified to your specific needs. We hope you enjoy our new collection. Please click here to view these exciting new plans for sale.
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MossCreek Cabin Design Completed – First Photos
One of MossCreek’s newest designs, the Settler’s Forge, has just been completed and we are excited to present it to you. Erwin Loveland, MossCreek photographer, visited the home just as the fall colors were beginning to make their appearance, and we hope you enjoy his photos. The Settler’s Forge is one of MossCreek’s new cabin designs, and the plan is available for sale direct from MossCreek. You can learn more about this plan, and many other plans for sale, in the “Portfolio/Ready to Purchase Plans” section of our website. Please click here to see the photos. |
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Manhattan Clients choose MossCreek for Historic Lakefront Cabin Restoration and Addition
MossCreek was in Manhattan recently to meet with a couple who are restoring a decades old log cabin located in a nearby upscale lake enclave. After initial meetings in Manhattan, MossCreek and their clients journeyed out to the cabin for an onsite meeting and design session. The clients want to retain as much of the original structure as possible, while at the same time creating a historically-accurate addition to the home. Please click here to see photos of this unique structure, its beautiful setting, and some of the design work done while at the cabin. |
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Russian Project Continues
In September MossCreek made a second trip to the Moscow area to review updated designs drawings with our client there. As can be seen in the photos, site construction for roads and general grading is well underway. During the three day visit numerous design revisions were made and the drawings were then re-sketched for the clients’ approval. Please click here to see the latest photos. |
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Seattle Project Continues Ahead of Schedule
Construction of a new MossCreek designed home located just outside of Seattle, WA is moving along well ahead of schedule. The exterior of the home is 99% complete and the interiors are really starting to come to life. In a classic MossCreek style, the home features reclaimed timbers on both the interior and exterior. This, combined with the use of long roof overhangs and stone water tables, allows the home to integrate nicely into the surrounding landscape. Click here for the latest progress photos. |
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MossCreek appears in Dream Home Showcase
MossCreek was featured again in the continuing “Dream Home” magazine series. In the latest issue, a stunning home that we designed in Greenville, South Carolina is shown. The home includes numerous decks and outside living spaces, as well as sweeping walls of windows to capitalize on the great views from the hillside location. Please click here to see the article. |
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Exceptional Properties Magazine features MossCreek lodge in Montana
The editors of Exceptional Properties and Robb Report were so impressed with a lodge that MossCreek designed for a Montana fly-fishing resort, that they featured the lodge in their article “Sporting Communities”. Located along side the Big Hole River in Montana, the MossCreek created lodge has become a prime destination for fly-fishing enthusiasts from around the country. Please click here to read more. |
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Stay in a MossCreek Cabin
We are often asked “Where can I see a MossCreek Home?” And, now that we have created several cabin designs, people want to know “Where can I stay in a MossCreek Cabin?” We are now happy to share with you a location where you can stay in a MossCreek Cabin, and see MossCreek homes; on Lake Norris in Tennessee can be found the “Willows Communities”. The developers commissioned MossCreek to create several small designs for them, and among these are the Cider Mill, and Settler’s Forge. Visitors can now stay in these homes through a rental program offered by the Willows. Located within this same development can be found both a MossCreek “Pintail” and “Teal” home that have been built as private residences. For more information about the Willows please click here.
Website link is: http://www.thewillowscommunities.com/index.html |
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Log Home University Features MossCreek Design
The Log Home University has chosen a design by MossCreek as their icon for a new branding and marketing campaign. The Library at the Eagles Nest development in Banner Elk North Carolina is a MossCreek designed structure that was selected by the University as an example of the finest work in log home design. Click Here to see the advertising campaign, as well as photos and sketches of the library. |
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Lake Anna, Virginia Residence
Just after our return from Russia, MossCreek was off to beautiful Lake Anna in Virginia to begin a new project there. Our clients wish is for a lake house that can be enjoyed in the years to come, and they have engaged MossCreek to create a home that encompasses the gorgeous lake views and provides numerous outdoor living areas. Click Here to see the early sketches and some photos of our lakeside site meeting. |
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MossCreek In Russia
MossCreek just returned from Russia where we began the design of a new estate outside of Moscow. This new project will feature a main residence and a guest house; both located on a private lake. For this project, MossCreek will be providing all aspects of the design, including interiors and furnishings, as well as making frequent visits to the site throughout construction. Please Click Here to see the first design sketches and photos from our trip. |
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Challenging Site For A New MossCreek Home
MossCreek just returned from a new project kick-off for one of our most challenging build-sites yet. We were greeted with heavy rains at the job site, and once the skies cleared, we could see that this design would call upon all our skills. The site is a slope bordered on one side by a creek, another by a large Beech tree, and then two utility easements. The building envelope is long and narrow, but with a great view of the creek, and the client wanted to be sure that the exterior of the home incorporated all the features that create the unique MossCreek style. The floor plan also needed to maximize the available square footage. MossCreek continues to work closely with the client to create a great home, and you can Click Here to see initial sketches. |
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Clients Looking For Warmer Winters Look to MossCreek
MossCreek is currently working with clients from the Great Lakes region who are moving south in search of warmer winters and easier year-round living. The clients are building in a development near Chattanooga, Tennessee in which MossCreek has already created another home as well as some of the community amenities. As the clients’ needs have changed, so have their home requirements, and MossCreek has already created a couple different versions of their “perfect home” for them to review. As part of our custom design services, clients work with MossCreek to refine initial design concepts as much as needed, MossCreek then takes the final design and creates the construction documents. Please Click Here to see the Kick Off. |
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MossCreek Goes West, Again
MossCreek has created many great homes in the western states, including one of our largest homes ever, and MossCreek Brand Manager/Photographer Erwin Loveland just returned from a 7 week, 11,277 mile western states road trip. During the trip, Erwin visited MossCreek designed homes both under construction and completed. In all, projects in 11 states including the resort communities of Big Sky MT, Jackson Hole WY, Park City UT, Durango CO and Canada, were visited. In addition to taking numerous photos, Erwin met with several builders, developers, and even potential new MossCreek design clients on the trip. We have always enjoyed working in the western states, and we will be back there again soon. Please Click Here to see the trip photos. |
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MossCreek announces a new design in the "high desert" style of central Oregon
MossCreek announces a new design in the "high desert" style of central Oregon. The high desert has been a mainstay for MossCreek custom homes, and now MossCreek is sharing some of their sensibility in new design called the Blacktail Lodge. Click here to see this new design. Watch for others to come soon. |
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Timber Home Living's Best Homes of the Year 2010
THL has selected a home designed by MossCreek
to feature in their Best Homes of the Year 2010 edition. The
feature article, which is appropriately titled "Natural
Appeal", highlights the mixed-materials style that MossCreek
name has become synonymous with. In the article, a North Carolina
couple describes the process of achieving their dream home
high in the Appalachian Mountains. Click
here to read this informative article. |
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Good Design by MossCreek
This month's Log Home Living features
an article written by MossCreek on the varying styles of log
homes around the world. MossCreek activities stretch across
the globe and in this article, MossCreek shares some of their
insights and observations regarding the unique history and
upcoming trends of log homes in differing cultures. Click
here to read this informative article.
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Modern Meets Rustic
Preliminary drawings for a new home to be built just outside of Sun Valley, ID, have been completed by MossCreek. The client's request was to create a home that looked very rugged and aged on the front, and then blend modern elements into the right side and rear elevations, overlooking the river. On the interior, a large circular stairway ascends up a silo stairway, along with many other unique features. Click here to see the early and final sketches of this new home by MossCreek. |
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Site Review for New MossCreek Project
Placing a new home on the land is very important,
and MossCreek just held a site review meeting for one of our
current projects to make sure everything was perfect. The
clients and their builder met with MossCreek at the job site
to determine the best placement of the home. A view stand
was constructed so that everyone could see the view from the
actual height of the home, and the outline of the residence
was marked with stakes and flags to help everyone visualize
the finished structure. Click
Here to see photos of the meeting and the resulting site
plan for what will be a great home. |
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Decoy Design Under Construction
One of MossCreek’s newest home designs,
the Decoy, is proving to be quite popular. We recently visited
one of the first of these homes being built and were able
to get these “hot off the press” progress photos.
We think you will agree that the home is looking great, and
that all those “MossCreek Touches” are being built
just right. Click Here to
see how it is coming along. |
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Lakeside Lodge Featured in Dream Cabin Showcase
This month's Dream Cabin Showcase features a project designed
by MossCreek in McCall, ID. The article highlights the pleasing
experience of a Boise couple realizing their dream vacation
home by working with MossCreek and their unique custom design
service. Click
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Seattle Project Site Visit - Update!
MossCreek just completed another site visit
and inspection of one of our latest custom design projects.
Located just outside of Seattle, WA, construction of the home
is moving right along. The majority of the timber frame has
been assembled, as well as the exterior walls and interior
framing. As part of our contracted project services, MossCreek
is evaluating construction progress, reviewing contractor
billing, and continuing the design process with the homeowners
for the interior finishes of the house. Click
here for photos of the site visit and timber frame installation.
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Sizable Log Home Project Nearing Completion of Design Phase
MossCreek is currently finishing the preliminary
design phase of a large log home in the Midwest. The new project
contains over 35,000 s.f. of area under roof constructed from
hand peeled logs. A porte-cochere, wine room, dining hall,
great room, and master suite are located on the main level.
The lower level features a large game room, five expansive
bedroom suites, kitchen/bar, and a large media room.
Click here to see the
latest design iterations. |
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Curb Appeal MossCreek Style
We are frequently asked to “MossCreek-ify”
existing structures to give them the “MossCreek Look”,
and recently we did just that for a group of Golf Villas.
The Villas were already built in a traditional suburban style
but not selling well. The owner commissioned MossCreek to
give them a much more eye-catching exterior. The challenge
for MossCreek was to give them an exterior of rustic elegance
without having to make major structural changes to the existing
buildings. Please click here
to see before and after photos, as well as several interior
photos. You can also visit the website of the villas at www.sanctuarygolfvillas.com
. We hope you will agree that the “MossCreek Look”
looks great! |
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Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire Estate Guest Cabins
Work was just completed on a unique project
by MossCreek in New Hampshire. The owner of the largest privately
owned section of land on Lake Winnipesaukee commissioned MossCreek
to redesign several guest cabins located, literally, at the
water’s edge. The cabins were in need of a design updating,
but they could not be expanded beyond their existing size
and had to blend in with their surroundings. The designers
at MossCreek created new exteriors for the cabins, and made
suggestions as to interior updates, all with the intent of
maintaining their original charm. Amongst other visitors,
the music group “Counting Crows” have been guests
in the new-old cabins. Click
Here to see photos of the completed cabins and their beautiful
setting. |
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New England Region Photo Tour
The team at MossCreek has created several
great projects in the New England region, so Brand Manager/Photographer
Erwin Loveland made a whirlwind flight through the region
to photograph many of them. With a couple diversions due to
wintery weather, photo shoots were done in New Jersey, New
Hampshire, and Vermont. The whole trip was completed in only
six days and it was most enjoyable to reconnect with some
of our past clients. Please click
here to see some photos of the trip. |
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Quail Ridge Lodge, Louisville, Mississippi Erwin Loveland, MossCreek Brand Manager
and Photographer, recently flew down south to Louisville,
Mississippi to photograph the MossCreek designed “Quail
Ridge Lodge” project. The lodge serves as a conference
facility, guest suites, and hunting lodge for a large manufacturing
company located in Louisville. Erwin flew a Maule aircraft
to an airport just 15 minutes from the lodge, and this enabled
the entire trip and shoot to be done in one day. Click
here to see the photos. |
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Franklin, Tennessee Project Kick-Off MossCreek just kicked-off a new project
in Franklin, TN, which located just outside of Nashville.
Our clients are building on a portion of a farm that has been
in their family for quite some time, and are looking forward
to sharing their new home with friends and, of course, grandchildren.
As you will see in the photos, they were excited at the progress
we made at our meeting. Please click
here to see more. |
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RiverDance Privately Owned Vacation Rental, Marshall, NC MossCreek fans wanting to stay in a MossCreek
Designed home can now do that! In Marshall, NC you will find
“RiverDance”, a privately owned vacation rental
that is available to all. Based on the MossCreek “Barn
Owl” design, RiverDance was built by a couple that have
always been great admirers of MossCreek, and they are happy
to share the home with others. For more information
you can check out www.riverdancenc.com.
You can also click here
for some recent photos of the home.
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New York, Cabinetry Design at Clive Christian MossCreek traveled to Manhattan’s
Clive Christian New York to work with Jacqueline Weeman and
the homeowners on the design of cabinetry for a new home on
the drawing boards at MossCreek. The new home is a mix of
Tahoe Lodge and English Manor styles and Clive’s English
cabinetry was selected to counterpoint the masculine tone
of the architectural design. Click
here to see photos.
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High Mountain Camp Open House The developers of the Sunalei Preserve community
near Boone, NC one again turns to MossCreek for great design.
MossCreek was commissioned to design a new clubhouse for the
development, and MossCreek was invited to the recent open
house event. MossCreek had already designed the main lodge
for the development and the Vista Lodge residence. The “High
Mountain Camp” clubhouse is the newest MossCreek design,
and photos of all these projects can be seen in the Photo
Gallery/Home Tour section of our website. Also, more
MossCreek homes are underway within the development. Please
click here for additional
photos of the open house event.
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Cheyenne, Wyoming Project Kick-Off
MossCreek recently traveled to the heart of Cowboy Country to kick off a new custom design. The project site is a 1500 acre spread just outside of Cheyenne Wyoming with blue sky views and amazing rock formations. Working from a folding table at the project site, we sketched out a home that took full advantage of the views. We even put the folding furniture to good use by “staging” the rooms within the footprint of the new home so as to visualize the views. While in Cheyenne, we also visited the Cowboy Hall Of Fame, wrangled an invitation to next year’s Frontier Days, and even did some Boot Scootin’ at a local watering hole. Click here to see photos of the project kick-off. |
Seattle Area Residence Kick-Off
MossCreek recently traveled to the
Seattle, WA area to kick-off the design of a new 13,000 s.f.
estate home. The new home is to be built from stone and reclaimed
timbers with forged steel banding. Not only did MossCreek have
a chance to make the acquaintance of some new friends, but the
time spent was very productive and much progress accomplished
with the design. Click here
to see some photos and early sketches. |
Suncadia Resort Meeting
Members of the MossCreek team met with
the Jennifer Kramer, Design Review Manager of Suncadia to review
the development’s current design objectives for a client
project in Suncadia. While there, they also visited completed
MossCreek homes in Suncadia and Tumble Creek. Suncadia is located
in Cle Elum, WA. Click here
to see the photos. |
Priest Lake Residence Photo Shoot
MossCreek recently traveled to Priest
lake, ID to take scouting shots for a recently completed timber
frame home on Priest Lake within the national forest. These
photos were taken as a precursor for a more formal photo shoot
by a major home publication. The home was designed for a couple
from the Seattle area and is used as their summer weekend home.
The design features an traditional German cradle frame, giving
it a highly unique look. The walls are “half timbered”
which means the reclaimed Douglas Fir timber frame was first
erected and the exterior walls were built between the post and
beams of the primitive frame style. Click
here to see the photos. |
MossCreek Speaks at Wilderness Trail Event
Erwin Loveland, Brand Manager and photographer
for MossCreek, attended and spoke at an evening of dining and
entertainment highlighting the accomplishments and opportunities
at Wilderness Trail Golf Resort & Spa in Banner Elk, NC.
The event was held at Litton’s Restaurant, an historic
eatery in Knoxville, TN. Click
here to see the collection of homes by MossCreek available
at Wilderness Trail. |
Stardust Duplex Kick Off
MossCreek met with the owners of Stardust
Marina, Norris Lake, TN, to begin the re-design of a series
of upscale duplexes on one of the nation’s fastest growing
lakes. Waterfront development of homes, restaurants, and marinas
on Norris Lake over the last few years has exceeded $100 million
and is continuing unabated. Click to see the preliminary design
of the duplexes. |
Eagles Nest Video Shoot, Banner Elk, NC
MossCreek met with videographers to
shoot an interview about architectural style of the community
and how it was derived. Much of the shooting was done outside
the famous “Sterling Bobcat” residence. The temperatures
were bitterly cold, but everything came off without a hitch.
The footage is to be used in an upcoming show on the Discovery
Channel and PBS, about development in the western North Carolina
mountains. Click to see
pictures from the shoot. |
Tatanka Spirit Residence Kick Off
MossCreek began the design of a new
home for a well known British author of children’s books
in the black hills of South Dakota. The new home is to be located
on a 10 acre parcel inside Tatanka Spirit, on the outskirts
of Rapid City, SD. The owners plan to spend summers in
their new home enjoying the wild landscape of this untamed area.
Click to see pictures of Tatanka
Spirit. |
Sunalei Residence Open House
The owners of a recently completed
MossCreek home in Sunalei Preserve, Boone, NC, treated MossCreek
to special wine and cheese showing of their home for the Thanksgiving
season. This handsome home of stone, timber, and glass was beautifully
decorated and the owners from KY were excited to be moved in
and starting their new journey in a MossCreek home. Click
here to see pictures. |
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Bear Wallow Springs Open House Party
The owners of a newly finished MossCreek home in Lake Toxaway Country Club hosted an open house to show off their new home. Friends, family, the local community, and participants in the construction were all invited for the holiday season get together. The owners, from Danville, KY, thought the holidays would be a wonderful time to have everyone come see their newly completed home. Final decorating and move in are still a few weeks away. Click here to see photographs. |
Mountain Top Residence Site Review
MossCreek stopped by one of its project sites in the prestigious
MountainTop Golf & Lake Club, Cashiers, NC to check on progress.
This rustic manor home features an array of authentic mountain
materials by MossCreek Elements. The exterior features antique
dovetail logs, rhododendron railing, course stone, poplar bark,
rusted barn tin, antique shakes, and new cut timber frame pieces.
Click here to see the progress
photos. |
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Balsam Mountain Residence Photography Shoot Complete
In 2007, MossCreek designed what has become the signature home in Balsam Mountain Preserve, Waynesville, NC, for a family from Indianapolis. The owners wanted a rustic style home that would blend into the natural setting. By using materials from MossCreek Elements, the owners were able to achieve just what they were looking for. Click here to see the photographs. |
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MossCreek Attends Strategic Meeting in Miami, FL
The meeting was for the Expansion of an Existing Golf Resort in St. Petersburg, RU. Taking a break from the winter cold, MossCreek traveled to Miami for the next round in planning meetings for this large upscale resort in the new “Chicago” of Eurasia. |
Lake Rhodiss Residence Kick-Off, Valdese, NC
MossCreek met with a couple from Miami to kick-off the design of their new mountain home. The project meeting started early on the lake front lot and ended late in the afternoon with developed sketches of the floor plans and front and rear elevations. Click here to see photographs and sketches. |
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Laurel Magazine Publishes Brock Residence by MossCreek, Lake Toxaway, NC
The original structure was crafted in 1812 in Indiana and has now been moved to Lake Toxaway, NC to become part of an adaptive reuse project in 2008. Combined with other antique structures and materials, this is truly a one of a kind home. |
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Custom Wood Homes publishes International Design Trends expose’ by MossCreek This around the world tour of what’s
happening across the globe in rustic home design, from Russia
to Appalachia, could only have been written by MossCreek as
a result of their extensive work and travel. |
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Cozy Cabins Publishes “The New Cabin,”an Interview with MossCreek The editors of County’s Best Log Homes
sat down with Allen Halcomb of MossCreek and Zac Guy of Appalachian
Antique Hardwoods (MossCreek Elements) to find out the newest
trends in cabin design and materials. |
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Russian Golf Project Meets First Approval Step
St. Petersburg, RU MossCreek is currently designing estate
homes for a golf resort outside of St. Petersburg, RU. We
are pleased to announce that today the Russian Master Plan
passed the approval with the City Chief Architect and the
planning project documentation was officially submitted to
the authorities.
This was one of the considerably significant stages of the
project development and thanks everyone for their inputs,
hard work, and assistance to make this happen. Click
here to see one of the home designs. |
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South Peak Project Approved
Lincoln, NH
We are pleased to announce that South
Peak Resort in Lincoln, NH has approved the design of a custom
residence designed by MossCreek. The design for this ultimate
ski vacation home was started in the summer for a
client from Boston. During the first day of the project kick-off
meeting, MossCreek worked with the client to create initial
sketches of the design that incorporated all the features
and style they were looking for. The next day, a preliminary
presentation was made to the developer in order to receive
their initial comments.
Featured in the design is a generous great
room with three sides of glass and heavy timber trusses. A
large master bedroom on the main, with guest rooms on the
second level, insures privacy for the owner and their guests.
The extensive outdoor living porch extends into an open terrace
to accommodate gatherings of family and friends.
The lower level features two additional
bedrooms, a den, gym, and wine cellar.
To complete this ultimate ski retreat,
a “ski tuning” hut has been located across a bridge
over “Moss Creek”, and connects to the ski-in/ski-out
area. Click
here to see the preliminary design. |
