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Moving MS Day For The Bryants By ELIZABETH STEWART Womana Editor Celeste and Hal Bryant looked at several old houses In the area before they decided on their choice of a home — a 100-year- old house which they moved on David Church Rd. and are restoring In a Colonial Williamsburg motif. The young people admit they spent many long hours renovating the former Etters and L. V. Hoyle homeplaoes before moving In on Easter weekend. Celeste said the restoration Idea came after Mike Hoyle advertised the house free to the . new owner who would move It. Today “We liked what we saw," said Hal, Instructor at Cleveland Tech, “but then had to start looking for land nearby because the rambling, two-story could rally be moved two miles and its three chimneys, a distinctive feature, had to be removed before moving. Mike Hoyle, who was building rai the site, quickly obliged and sold the couple two acres Just down the road from the Hoyle properties. The talented new owners have kept as much as possible the original charm of the house and enhanced It by additions and completely rewiring, plumbing, cooling, heating and Insulating. SECTION B Thursday, September 22,1977 im MOVING DAT FOR BRYANTS - Hal and Celeste Bryant moved their house two miles from Its present location near David Baptist Church In May 1976 and have been busy since that time restoring their first read home. Photos By Lib Stewart OOZY CORNER - A cosy comer In the den shows off the colonial-style furnishings of the Bryant home. White walla and Williamsburg blue trim enhance the decor. Hewn logs used In coiutructlng the original one auid one-hsdf story white frame, a winding stairway to the second floor, Heaut pine floors, original doors, orlglnad floors and windows In the two upstairs bedrooms and halls, adl pegged doors, windows, shutters and original ginger bread on the exterior are features. Three fireplaces — In the den, living room and master bedroom on the first floor, amd three beautiful chlnmeys — two double chimneys on one side, lend a distinctive flavor to the house. Inside, the colonial motif Is emphasized with the haurdwood floors, chintz curtadns, all-white ceilings, WlUtomsburg blue trim and Dell blue chauidellers. All- white walla and blue trim are used throughout the house with exception of the guest room on the second floor which will be Wythe House gold and the kit chen papered by Celeste In gold- toned with poppy red counters for accent, gold brick and pebble title, and hauvest gold ap pliances. Wallpaper, featuring dainty blue butterflies, birds auid flowers on white background, decorate the master bath amd pcqppy-ascented paper Is used In the upstairs bath. Both bathrooms are auldltlons to the house, plus the entire back of the house which features the airy, roomy kitchen. As you enter the house, the foyer Is enhanced by old- fashioned spinning wheel and Grandmother clock near the foot of the stairs. An oxen yoke. Gooseneck rocker, and padntlngs by the man of the house, a talented artist, are In the den. A Tom Day loveseat and a tadl comer cupboard are used In the living room to caurry out the colonial theme. Folk art prints will be featured In decor throughout the house. A cauiopy poster bed and antique blanket chest are used In the master bedroom. The two upstairs bedrooms, which auw not yet furnished, win Include a guest room and nursery. Hal's easel, which Celeste dubs a gullUotlne, has been stored In the upstadrs area while work on the house continues. StlU to be rebuilt and reglazed are the windows In the upstfdrs asea, plus painting. Celeste plans to madte her own curtains for the entire house. She has completed and hung crewel curtains In the kitchen and chintz curtains for their bedrooms. Mrs. Bryant, the former Celeste Shytle of Burke County, met her husband at Gardner Webb College at an art exhibit where Hal wase displaying some of his fine padntlngs. inherent In his art Is that sensitivity vdilch perceptive padnters bring to those things of simple origin which tell so much of ediat a region was: a feeding trough In a derelict bam, a rain barrel sitting loot In time on the bafok door stoop of some shanty dwelling, a white, frame church which once was the center of both religious and social life for a people now gone, a solitary water pall perched quietly rai a worn-out window sill. Hal graduated from Gardner-Webb and two vears ago joined the staff of Cleveland Technical Institute at Shelby. Celeste, who was formerly _ children’s librarian at Cleveland Memorial Library at Shelby, recently jolne,? the library staff of Gard ner Webb where she Is con tinuing her education. The Biyants, who were married /our years ago, say their new home In Kings Mountain Is their first real home. They had originally planned to construct a log residence but fell In love with dielr present home when they heard It was to be tom down for materials. Celeste said She had heard the (dd ghost tales that a ghost named “Stick” used to call the old Etters-Hoyle house home but quickly dismisses the thought by noting when houses are moved that the “ghost” never goes with the house but stays with the land. Next project of the young Bryants will be to construct a log bam at the back of the house to store their collection at tools and antiques. They are proud owners of a wagon and other family possessions which have been handed down to them. Hal plans to return to his hobby of painting when the house Is completed and Celeste wants to do more crewel, embroidering and sewing. But their first real project now Is creating a home and furnishing It with things they both love. ENTRANCE HALL — The beautiful stairway, the original doors and Heart Pine floors are distinctive features of the two-story home. A spinning wheel Is In the comer and a Grand mother clock sits at the stairway. ■». m H ^ i. COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG DESIGN — The renovated extensively with a new addition at the new home of Hal and Celeste Bryant, with Its back. Original gingerbread and windows are double chimneys and Colonial WlUlamsburg featured, motif. Is over 100 years old and has been
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