Almost 40 years ago, a family purchased a tract of land nestled in the Appalachian mountain range in Pendleton County, West Virginia. At that time a small, one-room A-frame cabin sat in relative isolation at the base elevation of the rolling property along a winding dirt road that served as the only vehicular access to the site. Over the years the cabin was expanded to include a living space and bedroom, roughly tripling the size of the house. Eventually, the structure deteriorated, water began to creep into the roofing, and the low slung lay-in ceiling of the living room began to show signs of mold. This sparked the undertaking of a significant, yet restrained renovation predicated on reinventing the place while maintaining traces of its past.