Living On Curry Road: Just a Few Updates, Nothing Really New,,, Kinda

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, May 10, 2011

Just a Few Updates, Nothing Really New,,, Kinda

Well we took a few days off and returned to Gulf Shores AL with our great ole friends Jane and Curt Rowland. It was great to get away, visit with old friends, eat a lot of seafood and play some golf. But, nothing like being "home" now here in Rye. Jane and Curt were our first overnight guess since we now have completed the guest bedroom.

We finished the floors, painted the walls a bright Country White and the ceiling a lively white. All in all turned out very nice and is now open for visitors and friends to come and see us. We had to do major surgery on the ceiling since the original ceiling was falling in, so we just built a support section in the ceiling, put in a ceiling fan and light and saved the rest of the ceiling.

Just one of the things you have to do when you are restoring a lovely old house. Never a dull moment and you have to keep an open mind to fixes.

We also added a few more things to the kitchen that you may be interested in. Added a couple of smaller shelfs on the wall to match the design of the large shelf close to the ceiling. Jane put the final touches in place with some excellent decorations and creativity. The kitchen is our central place to hang out and we spend a lot of time there,,,,,,,,,eating a lot,,,,,, more than we should,,,,,,, tomatoes will be in shortly,,,,,,,, makes you hungry don't it?!