Down A Gravel Road

Down A Gravel Road
Finding Curry Road

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







Thursday, August 26, 2010

Finally, The End and A New Roof


Well,
Larry Reppond and his crew worked for 8 days to get this roof done.  The work was so hard and they did such a great job,,  (I hope I got the spelling right, but if I didn't, excuse)
They had to work from 5:00 AM till after 2:00PM just top get to the roofing work.  Strip off, re-deck and then start the roofing.  Donald wanted it just the way it should be and that's what he got.





 By the way, Larry (on the left in the blue shirt) his son Mark ( in the middle with the red shirt) and Cole ( son of Mark and Grandson of Larry) is in white.
Red, White and Blue.  Just the way they treat their customers and the basis of their family business.
These guys just work like you would not believe and they never take an easy way out.  We appreciate their efforts and standards so much and we recommend their services to anyone in the Cleveland, Drew and Bradley county areas.

Jane and I have been encouraged by these guys efforts and we've been busy also.  Been working on the Living Room and its about there.


The big problem was the ceiling.  It was about 12 inches below the place it was supposed to be when we got here and there was a split from one end of the LR to the other.  (The split actually ran the entire length of this beam and was a good inch wide.)  We thought we would try a "beam" approach to solve the problem and it seems to have turned out OK.









The ceiling is corrected to a "good enough for government work" standard and maybe a little better.  Jane selected the color and its absolutely beautiful in our minds.  We completed a "false" crown moulding effect by putting a moulding below the beams (all around the room ) and painting in between the two structures.   Hope you like it, we got the idea from Lisa who got the idea from a neat lady that is also doing a remodel in the area.   The room color is Periwinkle Blue (I'm sure its mis-spelled) but you know what I'm trying to say.

The trim is white and the ceiling is a "hue" of the blue.  (Sounds good anyway).

We've finally got the LR completed, that's second to the the BR so we're moving on at a high rate of speed.


One sad note.  One of our favorite cats is missing.  We loved watching her and her sister each morning play and enjoy lie, but she has been missing for the past day and a half so, say a prayer.  (We love our animals too much but still,,,,,,,,)

Stay tuned, the DR is next and it is going to be a neat color and we are soooo  looking forward to 'MOVING AHEAD".
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