A passion for rustic log homes!
The Luney Bend
By Luna Pointer Hollett
Located in Semora, Caswell County, North Carolina on my 60 acre portion of the Pointer family 1903 farm. The home was completed in February 2008, built from century old tobacco barns that were torn down and moved to the site. The logs are hand hewn diamond notched pine logs.
We named our home The Luney Bend. A play on words, my name, Luna, and it is on the bend of a creek. Built by craftsman Kevin Thomas "The Log Whisperer" from Dobson, N.C. All of the trim is made from old tobacco sticks, windows are trimmed in cedar to warn off bugs. No sheet-rock or paint in the house!
Wormy maple cabinets were made on site, old looking tin panels for back splash, beams are tobacco barn tier poles, logs, or 16 x 20 boards from CA. Floors are hand scraped teak or oak wooden (pattern of teak Tobacco Road!)
The rock all came from our family farms... old pre civil war foundation home, barns or old cabins local to the area... none purchased. Square Footage: about 2000 finished w/ a full unfinished basement about 1200 sq feet, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, den, kitchen, loft, 2 story foyer.
The bathroom mirrors are made from Horse's Hames (went around their neck to hold plow line). One is an antique washstand w/vessel sink and mirror. Shower curtain has a tobacco sheet appliqued on it. Bathroom cabinet had to be scribed out of old barn wood to fit into the bath. All sinks are vessel.., one made out of a teak gnarly bowl.
Light fixtures were hand crafted by a NC artisan, Micheal Felk.
Front door is from an old (about 1900) textile mill: Dan River Mills.
The home features 3 porches, one 60 x 10, 2 are screened in 30 x 10 w/ outside fireplace.
One porch we call the Team Porch and has 14 rocking chairs representing my cousins and my family's colleges or universities UNC Chapel Hill, NC State, Univ of GA, Auburn, Ole Miss, Elon University, Birmingham Southern, Spring Hill, Averett University, Queen's University in Canada, Cumberland School of Law, and Appalachian State University.
Here is a poem I wrote about our cabin.
The Luney Bend
Welcoming you to Luna's place of insanity or peace of mind
Getting here, sure took enough time
Thanking Great Uncle Al, Grandpa Will, and my Daddy for the farm
Caring cousins, Ann Margaret and Carolyn for the barn
Paying tribute to my ancestor's past
Hoping the tobacco barn cabin is built to last
Wishing beams, stone, and logs could talk
Learning the path our ancestors did walk
Farming meant many a long hot day
Sharing with family and others was their way
Working side by side is what Jack and Wallace knew
Loving and sharing like brothers often do
Sitting on the porch, rocking away
Remembering times of a simpler way
Neighboring Pointer cousins lived so near
Being without a playmate, never a fear
Traipsing through these woods not so long ago
Laughing kids Bill, Jack, CR, Barbara, Jane and Jo
Chasing lightening bugs bright spark
Fishing with a pole and hook till dark
Curing tobacco on a hot summer night
Making food in the embers, a child's delight
Roasting marshmallows and hot dogs, oh my
Filling barns with rooms of tobacco to dry
Planning and working hard made this place
Becoming a reality took many a caring face
Meandering road with a creek side view
Designing credit to CR, Jack, Sonny, and Jimmy is due
Saluting CR, Jack, and their extended families too
Becoming a home is because of all of you
Buying warehouse bricks from South Boston, VA
Knowing that would make, my Mama, Mildred's day
Wishing, my sister, Barbara, were here to play
Seeing her again though, will come another day
Finding a four leaf clover in the grass
Indicating good things would come to pass
Rusting horseshoe hanging on a post nearby
Seeing a double rainbow, brilliant in the sky
Experiencing three signs of luck on site
Validating my decision was right
Enjoying the stream running through
Thinking of nothing else I'd rather do
Hearing the babbling brook down below
Leaving will be hard, you know
Appreciating Dave, my husband, always there
Sawing, digging, moving didn't seem to care
Tolerating my antics with a caring face
Understanding my need to build this place
Sharing every bit of work and more
Doing things for a wife, he must adore!
Feeling fortunate to find, Log Whisperer, Kevin Thomas
Delivering my dream was his promise
Understanding tranquil places are too few
Appreciating his coming to share my view
Creating a paradise just beyond the field
Knowing my field of dreams is so real
Looking over the 60 acres of land
Realizing this was a great plan
Having family and friends surround you
Building my Luney Bend was the right thing to do
