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Saturday, March 4, 2017

More of the Great Room!


The Great Room addition is 500sq. ft. so there is a lot more of it to show! We’ve done it in Western Venues…much like an old west town. Here’s a card table for poker!

 

Plus, a Barber Shop area containing my Dad’s original Barber Chairs that both he and I used to work with in his shop!

 


The bookcase holds western books and western videos…sit on down and relax while you browse through what we’ve got.

 

Kelly likes to call this his “John Wayne” room…he’s not a fan at all! ~Snicker~ So, of course, we gotta have some Saddles and Tack in here as well!

 


Great Room Completion



 
It has been months since I’ve had a chance to sit down and write a bit to y’all! We have been very busy around the Bates Silver Spur! First, with all the rain this year, it’s been a task trying to keep up with mowing, weeding, field maintenance and arena maintenance. It has been a blessing on two counts. One, we were able to stock some Catfish in the Stock Pond and Two the rain has washed lots of sand into our arena! Thanking the Lord on that one as it’s expensive to haul sand in!

The Great Room is nearly complete…we have all of it done except for the top flooring (subflooring is done and ready). We are currently using the room "as is" as we have  been also working on the kitchen remodel. So, flooring in the Formal Dining Rm. & Great Room will be last. I have textured the walls and used an antique white paint to give that old west feel of a stucco wall. We used the tin from the top of the old patio roof for the ceiling of the Great Room and we have had soo many compliments on it already, folks asking how we got that rustic look! Lol…nice to reuse material…cost effective and saves the environment. As you can see, the tin ceiling is very rustic looking and the lanterns were regular kerosene lanterns that Kelly refitted for electric and hardwired them in!