Living On Curry Road: Well, Two Posts In One Day, Tells You How Cold It Is Outside

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

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Well, Two Posts In One Day, Tells You How Cold It Is Outside

Guilt has won out and we're back for our second post for the day.
You're probably getting tired of hearing about the kitchen but we've got more exciting news.

Yep, we laid the flooring and now we have the ceiling and the floor completed. (Almost, except for the quarter round on the floor)

The flooring really makes a difference and we are enjoying the view. We put a lot of insulation down under the flooring to make the kitchen a little more warmer in the winter. It worked and we're warm and pretty in the kitchen now. (Actually, the house is, not necessarily me and Jane.)

The flooring actually help improve the lighting in the kitchen. (although this picture does not indicate it)

We were going to put ceramic tile down in the kitchen but to keep the flow from the dining room to the kitchen we switched to the flooring.

The combined effort for color and decor is getting there. You can see the moulding, ceiling tile, display cabinet and wall colors are beginning to come together.

We are starting on building or locating the correct sized island/cabinet for the kitchen. We think we will build it ourselves since we cannot find the design we're looking for. So, that is next and then the counter tops and some more cabinet or shelf work for the walls.

We have had a lot of help and supervision from the group. Donald and Kay both had to be called for some help in the kitchen effort and we appreciate their assistance.

We also had some good help from the local "supervisors" Pink, White, Bud and Mama

Pink and White supervising

"Bud" and Mama, just hanging

More to follow, we're moving into the hall for flooring and the 2nd bedroom for ceiling, flooring and wall work and should finish up in the "Sun Room" for spring. We are really looking forward to the Sun Room work and enjoying the view this summer.