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!