Christmas, 2011 - Gifts from the Mountain - The Cove at Celo Mountain

GIFTS FROM THE MOUNTAIN
to your family through the generations  

Your legacy begins  

 Designed and built locally in the time-honored tradition of American craftsmanship at its best

Two major events are happening up on Celo this December.  

Foxwood, the first 2 bedroom/2 bath Cabin/Cottage at Celo has a projected December 25 completion date. (The first 2 Cabins at Celo are built and sold as 1 bedroom and 1 bedroom with loft.) In addition, there is an unfinished level in Foxwood with a separate entrance that could easily be made into another bedroom, bath, sitting area and storage space - for you to complete at your convenience (or we will do it for you.) This pre-construction price listed includes land, septic, and well.  While we are Voice-Over and Internet ready (all utilities are in and underground, and we will have fiber optics before Asheville!),this is a perfect time to disconnect from the world at-large in order to reconnect with your family and friends.  Come back to our simple way of life in these wonderful, small American home towns in the High Country of the Blue Ridge.  Unwind.  Relax in front of the roaring fire of your cabin in the mountains before heading out for your favorite mountain sport or event.

Speaking of favorite events, the TRAC (Toe River Arts Council) Open Studio Tour - touted as the Premier Open Studio Tour in America - will be held December 2, 3, and 4.  Drive through the breathtaking scenery of this Blue Ridge Parkway area (or sign up for a guided tour) to the studios from which our celebrated arts and crafts movement of Western North Carolina originates. Many of our artists are internationally or nationally acclaimed, are designated NC Living Treasures, and have their works in the Smithsonian.  We are also home to the world-renowned Penland School of Crafts, which is also on the tour.  Choose heritage gifts, made by some of America's foremost artisans, that will be treasured through the generations.

While all of these Handmade In America gifts are made for a lifetime of enjoyment, if you choose Woodrock, the spec home now beginning on a 1.32 acre estate lot, you will have the option of participating in the ground-up building of your 3 bedroom/4bath home, if you so choose, with a completion date of spring, 2012.

Make this holiday season unique in beginning your own legacy of giving the gift of American handmade craft.  The umbrella organization of our Toe River Arts Council, Handmade in America, says it best.

Come back home for Christmas.  Your mountains await you.

For more information with features and floor plan for Foxwood, The Cabin/Cottage at Celo

For more information with features and floor plan for Woodrock, the spec home

For more information on the TRAC Open Studio Tour

For a 2-1/2 minute video of The Cove at Celo Mountain

Holiday Happenings - HandMade in America - near The Cove at Celo Mountain

The holiday season is almost upon us. What better way to spend time with family, friends, or quiet time alone with a favorite pet or book than snuggled up by a cozy fire in the great room or the outdoor living area in your own Cabin at Celo or mountain hideaway. Then get out and about in one of America's top destinations - the Asheville, North Carolina area - right off of America's Favorite Drive - the Blue Ridge Parkway. Enjoy hiking, fly-fishing, kayaking, skiing, horseback riding, scenic driving along the Parkway, gallery and studio shopping among some of America’s most acclaimed artisans, and a host of other activities within 5-30 minutes of your cabin front door.

Remember receiving something handcarved or made just for you by your father or grandfather - or some treasured time together fishing, hunting, hiking or skiing? Do you still have that keepsake quilt lovingly made by your grandmother, or the painstakingly handcrafted doll clothes? HandMade in America still supports this art of connection and undergirds the continuing legacy of our heritage crafts and traditions. Come enjoy this with us - the old-fashioned, endearing, and enduring way of celebrating holidays.

• Celebrate Halloween with the 2010 Season Closing Show at Altapass Orchard with fabulous live music and clogging - Oct 31
• Join the Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina Road Rally - November 6,
• Participate in the National Gingerbread House Competition and Exhibition at the historic, world-ranked Grove Park Inn and Spa - Nov 15 - Jan 2
• Take the self-guided Toe River Arts Council Open Studio Tour - December 3-5, 2010 - “The Premier Open Studio Tour in the Country”- free
• Choose and cut your own Christmas Tree, buy fresh wreaths and mistletoe from several of our local farms.
• Select handmade gifts and signed copies of the book behind The Home of the Perfect Christmas Tree store.

There is another place here that returns you to more treasured memories of childhood and camp in a pristine sanctuary in the middle of Pisgah National Forest right off the Blue Ridge Parkway - complete with outdoor fireplaces and cook areas for roasting marshmallows and grilling hot dogs, firepits surrounded with handcrafted outdoor furniture where you can spend hours relishing the company of family and friends, miles of hiking trails , trout ponds where you can teach your own children or grandchildren to fly-fish before taking them out on our ancient rivers, a custom-designed tree house for hours of stimulating make-believe adventures, lean-to's along the creeks for reading, meditating, or enjoying a glass of wine or a thermos of hot tea. This is The Cove at Celo Mountain. The acclaimed art and craft of Western North Carolina surround us here too - from the art-commissioned, hand-forged entrance gate to our own unique quilt block. Our owners are the Corporate Underwriters of The Quilt Trails of Western North Carolina that adorn not only our own properties but the houses, barns, and businesses of the communities that surround us. It is this co-mingled beauty of art and nature that makes Celo living such a transforming experience. Seneca said it best centuries ago, "All art is but an imitation of nature."



Come back to this simple, powerful way of living in the beauty of nature and the comfort of handmade craft.