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Wills Point, Texas |
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(Click on an image to enlarge for viewing) Before
Catfish Cabin Restaurant 1974
After
1982
May - 2008
"NEW DAWN" antique roses, purchased from the Antique Rose Emporium of Brenham, Texas.
Notice the vintage trailer garden flag ... |
Yes, I live in an "extreme
home!" It was once a catfish restaurant, bait and tackle shop and gas
station ... My husband purchased this property in 1974 when it was an
abandoned shell of a building with broken windows and doors, the
restaurant equipment thrown out front and weeds grown up all around. The
inside had been taken over by wild dogs and no one could have seen any way
to salvage it - except for David Bridges!
We moved in with 5 children and proceeded to remodel - a task that has yet to see any end. Along the way we managed to incorporate a large art studio, where I teach two days a week, and a custom frame shop which provides additional income as well as convenience for myself and my art students.
Custom Frame Shop
Art Studio
Monday Night Art Class Everyone is hard at work on her own project ... Some are painting in oil but most are doing pastel.
PASTEL TRAY I built a box to hold assorted brands of pastel chalk for my art students to utilize. The sticks are bedded down on grey recycled paper. This keeps them clean and from transferring color to one another.
Janna works on a pastel portrait commission ... |
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