Outdoor living · Asheville & Western NC

Backyards that earn
a Saturday morning.

Hand-built cedar decks, dry-laid stone patios, firepits, and pergolas — designed for the way Asheville actually lives outside, season after season.

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Built in the mountains, for the mountains

We don't build to a catalog. We build to your slope, your sun, and the way your family actually uses a backyard.

Every Cedar & Stone project starts with two hours on-site — measuring grade changes, watching where the afternoon sun lands, and listening to what's missing about the way you already live outside.

Then we draw it by hand, source the cedar from a single mill in Boone, and build it ourselves. No subcontracted crews. No drop-and-disappear.

217
Builds since 2011
14 yrs
In Buncombe County
5 yr
Workmanship warranty
Cedar deck with stone fire pit overlooking the Blue Ridge mountains Recent build · Black Mountain, NC
What we build

Four crafts. One crew. Built to outlast the next owner.

Most of our clients hire us for one of these — and then call back the next spring for another.

Custom Cedar Decks

Hand-graded Western Red Cedar and Ipé hardwood, hidden fastener systems, custom railings, and stair runs that fit the slope — not the lumberyard's standard rise.

Dry-Laid Stone Patios

Tennessee fieldstone, Pennsylvania bluestone, locally-quarried granite. Laid on a compacted base that won't shift through Blue Ridge freeze-thaw cycles.

Firepits & Outdoor Fireplaces

Wood-burning or natural-gas, masonry-built from native fieldstone with proper draft engineering — so smoke goes up, not into your guests' faces.

Cedar Pergolas & Pavilions

Through-bolted, mortise-and-tenon framing in 6×6 cedar timbers. Designed to hold a swing, a string of lights, and a heavy snow load — all at once.

Materials & process

Three things we do differently than the big franchise builders.

Cedar from one mill

We source every cedar board from Boone Lumber in Watauga County — same supplier, same grade, every job.

  • Tight-knot Western Red
  • Kiln-dried, not green-stamped
  • Site-stained before install

Hand-drawn plans

Every project gets a paper drawing first — done at your kitchen table after we've walked the site twice.

  • 1:1 scale stake-out on site
  • Sun-path study before grading
  • Material samples in your hand

Our crew, not subs

Six full-time carpenters and masons on payroll. No revolving subcontractors, no language barrier on site.

  • Same lead carpenter start-to-finish
  • Daily site clean-up
  • 5-year workmanship warranty
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Cedar & Stone took two long visits before they drew a single line. When the deck went in eight weeks later, the rail height matched the kitchen window perfectly. That's not luck — that's the entire reason we hired them.
SARAH & THOMAS R. · Black Mountain, NC · Cedar deck + stone firepit, 2024
Start a conversation

Tell us about your backyard.
We'll come walk it with you.

No pressure pitch, no upcharge surprises. We'll spend two hours on-site, ask better questions than you expect, and follow up with a hand-drawn plan and an honest price.

Studio
(828) 274-8190
Build inquiries
hello@cedarandstone.build
Workshop
340 Riverside Dr, Asheville, NC 28801
Booking
Spring 2026 build calendar — limited slots
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