General Comments about the Travis'es and The Gate"

The restoration on the summer kitchen is almost complete. The stone work is phenomenal. The David Travis Stonemasons and Restorationists are the best. They are professional, take re-purposing to an art form, arrive on time, do what you ask, have excellent suggestions and are all around good guys. Jason Travis, David's nephew has done the bulk of the work with David's guidance. The other workmen have been Robert, JoeJoe, Jimmy, Gentry, and Ray. Jason humbly told me that they do work for the Belle Meade Plantation, so if they are working there, they are very good. The Travis family have been stonemasons for many generations and it shows. David enjoys making iron gates from re-purposed things. He has made me a doozy to go between the backyard and our horse pasture. I will post a photo. I laied out the design, and he used only items found here on the farm or actually in the summer kitchen. He found most of the things himself, and, of course, I had to add Nancy's horse shoes:). Here is a photo of that gate.

It will be installed sometime this week or maybe the next week.