Welcome to Southern Yellow Pine Direct trip through Texas, “Goats, Wine and Heart Pine” or “Deep in the Heart Pine of Texas, we like both names. Many of you may not understand the pride which exists in residents from Abilene to Corpus, “bigger is better and everything’s bigger in Texas”, “Don’t Mess with Texas”, it’s real. Do not take our word for it, visit the Hill Country and see what Texas is doin’ with wine. What goes good with BBQ from Rudy’s, a red I assume but plan on finding out.
Engineered by God, Heart Pine in Texas
Texans like real wood, we only sell real wood ‘engineered by God! Since we began publishing post such as Made in America and Investment flooring, all about real wood our Texas business has taken off. And we begin our tour in Paige Texas, 90 miles from Austin as we visit a creative Texan that certainly understand real wood. Peter M. Peter M purchased 1600 square feet of wide plank Caribbean Heart Pine flooring. Along with the CHP, Peter bought several pallets of v joint (groove) utility grade heart pine, for the walls and ceiling. And of course, he did this knowing the challenges of installing that volume in those lengths, not to mention waste factor. So before emailing about cabin grade, please know we cannot possibility provide our coverage or satisfaction guarantee, you better buy plenty!
About Pete’s Paige Heart Pine TX project
About the project, the sub-floor is 3/4 CDX plywood treated with a Borax based mixture, for fire and water protection. Next the sub-floor sealed using an outdoor deck finish, before covered in #15 felt, to control any noise. Peter told us ” he could not be happier with the way they turned out and that “the installation could not have been easier because the quality of the mill work. The quality of preparations, installation and finish are evident in the finished product, we love it”.
Is Texas in the South?
Ask most northern folks they immediately say yes. However, ask a Texan and the answers vary with one constant, nothing compares to Texas. Somewhere around 1977 the writer asked his uncle the question, to which the reply came “yes but don’t tell them cause they don’t think so”. The answer is yes Texas is a part of the South but Texas is still Texas! From diversity to the economy no other ‘southern’ state can compare with it. However, we had a few more questions about the Longhorn state.
Is Austin a part of Texas ?
Many argue that Austin is to Texas as New Orleans is to Louisiana, like a “whole other state”. Of course, Austin is the state capital of Texas, an inland city bordering the Hill Country region. Home to the University of Texas flagship campus, Austin is known for its eclectic live-music scene centered around country, blues and indie rock. As for SYP Direct Austin means, Reclaimed Spaces, and their amazing custom floors. Want a Heart Pine in Texas? And certainly in Austin we urge you to check out the site and the ‘spaces’ which have been created in your area. ‘Austin is the heart of Texas’ we heard more than once during our project with Reclaimed Spaces.
Is Austin part of The Texas Hill Country?
The consensus seems to be that yes, Austin is in the Texas Hill Country. The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region of Central and South Texas, forming the southeast part of the Edwards Plateau. The Hill Country plays host to a diverse population across 25 counties. Austin and San Antonio are the two metropolitan areas, each worthy a visit for sure. San Antonio with a population of 1.4 million is now larger than Dallas where we end our trip through Texas. But first, wine country is our vacation stop before any more business.
Did you know Hill Country was Wine Country?
Texas Wine Country? SYP Direct did the 15 things we did not know about Indiana and now we have ‘did you know the fact about Texas.’. How about that 1.7 million tourists visit wine country, every year. Not impressed, those visitors and wine sales generated over 13 billion dollars of economic impact throughout the hill country. SYP Direct is headed to Fredericksburg. “The Burg” , a city in central Texas, is known for its wineries and B&B’s.
City on Hill at Spring Creek
During the SYP Direct “tour” we searched for Bed and Breakfast in the area and found the City on the Hill at Spring Creek. What caught our eye? Look around their website we found our Southern Pine in the Hill Country! Seeing the pictures of the Cabins, we knew exactly where we were going to stay. Something about that place felt like home, later we found out it was the people, and the place. We met the nicest most down to earth people who made both of us feel like part of the family. We had a fantastic weekend touring the wine and sampling the wine country. Fredericksburg and the whole area is just a cool place to visit but our trip would not be the same without staying at City on the Hill at Spring Creek, 100% thumbs up.
Toledo Bend Tung Oil & SYP Direct
And finally on the way back to the real south we find the Texas Tung Oil Finish of Toledo Bend! Thanks to Lynn and crew we have these two pictures an amazing floor. “We just kept rolling it on until it stopped soaking it in”, the recipe for this floor. Shown here, 3 cycle sand, apply and dry. Thanks for traveling with SYP Direct through Texas, we could not get to everyone and not everyone sends pictures because they want to let people think they spent a JR Ewing fortune, sorry last bad joke we promise.
Fancy Goat Boutique B & B on Main
So why is a flooring site writing about Goats in the wine country of Texas? Well sometimes stuff is so good that you want to tell other people about it. The Goat Milk Soap made at the Fancy Goat Boutique B&B on Main is one of those things! Not only did we use the amazing Goat Milk Product, our dogs benefited too. Everyone is silky smooth thanks to those cute little Nigerian Dwarf Goats, which you can visit as you shop or stay over. My spouse loved the boots, and boots are very important to her, I mean us. Southern Knotty Pine in the Texas Hill Country along with Wine & goats- you gotta love Texas.