Inside Mad River

Jamie and I are indeed partners in business and in life. We married in 2000 after meeting “on-the-water” in Southport, NC and soon created our first Mad River business: Home Building. I managed the “business” side while Jamie, with his 20+ years of building experience, worked his craft as a fine carpenter and hands-on builder. It was named Mad River after Jamie’s hometown and favorite ski area in Vermont. We built the business during the boom years in Southport and it was a grand time all around until the market crash of 2008. With a crippled economy and business, Jamie and I left Southport in 2010 bound for a new adventure and landed in Jamie’s old stomping grounds…Vermont. The adventure lasted a few short years until Southern-born me soon found the cold winters too much to bear and by 2013 we decided to come “home” to Southport.

With the economy improving, we the resilient couple that we are hit the reset button. Jamie continued doing the only thing he’s ever done...carpentry...and I set out to follow a long time dream of opening a home decor store. Mad River Studio & Store became a reality in 2014 and the Mad River brand was expanded from Building House to Creating Home.