Living On Curry Road: Work Is Showing (Finally)

Welcome to the Adventures of Living On Curry Road

Rye, Arkansas is located eleven miles north of Warren, AR, fifteen miles west of Monticello, AR and approximately thirty miles south of Pine Bluff, AR. Rye has been the home of the Curry family for over five generations. This family has farmed this land producing cattle, chickens, timber. The area is beautiful and the family culture is equally impressive with its generations of family that continue to live by the standards that made America a great country.

Rye, AR and the Curry family are a story of strong American values and the building of personal character, the love of God and a lot of very hard dedicated work. Donald Curry and Kay Curry are the current owners of most of the original farm land originally developed by the generations of Curry family. Kay Curry is the daughter of Jimmy and Hazel Baker and married Donald over fifty years ago. Both have continued the legacy of the farm life on Curry Road. Donald and Kay have raised a family of two daughters and one son. Mark Curry currently operates a cattle operation as well as four chicken houses on his part of the property. Lisa Tooke, wife of Dennis Tooke of Lake Charles, La and Donna Curry, of Little Rock, AR plan to retire back to the farm land when thier retirement time comes.

Jane and I were asked to help in a restoration of the 104 year old house shown above. We are so blessed to be allowed to have input as well as provide a labor of love to help restore this house to its original beauty for Donald and Kay Curry

As Jane and I came into the property with our RV, we came down the gravel road leading to Curry Road. We came down this gravel road and had to stop and take a picture. We are including that picture with this overview so you too can see the beauty of this area.

It reminded us of the book “The Painted House” by John Grisham and we hope you will get the same response.

Jane, Carl and Charlie Pierce

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Work Is Showing (Finally)

We thought we would give a few pics of the more boring progress. Its been a hot summer and the days are getting hotter, but, Thanksgiving is approaching so we got to keep at it. The work is really fun and not at all like WORK. These pics are the result of basically a few weeks of work since I have been in Miami for over 5 weeks, so, Jane, Kay and Donald have keep the ship sailing.

We were able to get these custom built cabinets for a "song" really, a song. Custom made, brass hardware, four eye drop in cooking top. We think they will fit where they are once we get the floor correct. The hutch in the background will be come a part of the counter top with lights inside the hutch shinning down.

We also got 20 or so shelves that are finished just like the cabinets and we plan to make open shelfs on the walls instead of cabinets. Hopefully that will resemble the era of the house's construction.