Let me start by stating that I don't write blogs about listings very often (and this one isn't even mine). In this case I felt compelled to at least post a few pictures of this "cute as a button" home for sale just outside of Blowing Rock.

"Winterhaven" has been featured in Southern Living Magazine four times and it's easy to see why.

No stone is left unturned when it comes to the architectural design or the aesthetic details. Entering through the stone columns and down the short driveway you will be amazed by the beautifully detailed white brick home with matching garden cottage set around a landscaped circular drive.

When you walk through the door, you feel like you've stepped back in time and yet the home still has all of the modern finishes that you would expect from a home of this caliber.

This home has so many quaint features: from the arched windows, slipper claw foot tubs and glass knobs on all of the doors, to the detailed nooks and crannies and gourmet kitchen. The home sits on a level estate lot of 7.75 acres looking out over Grandfather Mountain.

Winterhaven evokes a feeling of romance that is hard to describe. A place where the past and present are seamlessly fused to create into one feeling of home.

Boone Cabin Rentals NC - Mast General Store 

When staying in a Boone cabin rentals NC a must on my agenda is the Mast General Store. When I visit Boone  or Blowing Rock from my home in Cary NC I always stay at Serenity Falls Rental Cabin one of the many Boone cabin rentals NC.  The hardest part is deciding what to do when we go to "town".  Town of course being Boone.  

The Mast General Store is always on the top of our list.  Established in 1883, it's like walking back in time entering the doors of an authentic General Store.  My kids first run to the barrels of loose "penny" candy. (Of course, now its $5.95 a pound) Candy I remember from my youth.  

Let's see if you remember:

• candy dots on strips of paper?
• wax bottles filled with "sugary syrup"?
• Zots?
• Razzle Dazzles?
• candy cigarettes (yes, even in 2009!)

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Boone Cabin Rentals NC - Mast General Store  was first published on Cary Real Estate Blogger.com- A blog by Linda Lohman

Boone Cabin Rentals NC-  Boone All Year-Round

Boone all year-round is known as the "Heart of the High Country".  Home of Appalachian University, one of the top 15 universities for the south, Boone benefits from the college enegry.  Art festivals, and shopping from boutiques to antique stores attract "Ladies Weekend Get-Aways". Skiing, hiking, hunting, historing landmaks, and of course Christmas Tree picken' are family favorites.  Christmas Tree Pickin' is what brought my family to Serenity Falls Rental Cabin all those years ago from our home in Cary NC.

• Grandfather Mountain - Mile High Bridge
• Daniel Boone Inn - Family Style eating
• Mast General Store- Old Fashion Candy by the pound
• Farmer's Harware Boutiques - Booth vendors 
• Gem Mining
• Skiing
• Blue Ridge Parkway- for driving and hiking
• I could go on for pages and pages listing activities available in Boone all year round!

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