Booth Mountain Retreat is a family blog "about establishing a family homestead outside of Chapel Hill, North Carolina." They "started with a two-story timber frame coach house and later will build an attached 1909 Gustav Stickley-designed main house." I enjoy their articles on various aspects of timber frame construction, but was especially struck by something last week – an account of the family’s visit to Cole Pottery in Sanford NC.

Whenever I head into Sanford I need to stop at Cole Pottery. It is just
before you get to Sanford and it is a great place. It is run by Neolia
and Celia Cole and Neolia’s grandson Kenneth George. Today Neolia and
Kenneth were there. It is an old building with dirt floors covered with
tar paper. The exterior is cover in vinyl siding and it is not showy.
They have a back room that they are usually throwing pots. Neolia will
usually have a cigarette going and Kenneth is quietly working.

Cole Pottery and its family owners was also the subject of New Life, a 55-minute documentary made by Jim Sharkey and distributed by folkfilms.com.