Is That A Castle I See !!

We decided to take a drive Sunday afternoon to Nolensville to take some more of my painted items to Shabby Lane in Nolensville.. There are a couple of ways you can get there but we prefer the back way which is HWY 96 which is beautiful !

At the one point on highway 96 it crosses over Hwy 840 and where it does there is this castle that sits back off to the side, you get to it from highway 96. you can see it for miles weather you are driving up 96 or

 840 it's shiny copper roofs make it easy to spot. As you get

 closer you see it's a real castle !

I found this small article below about the castle :

If that’s your final answer, then you apparently have never driven the scenic stretch of State Route 840 near Arrington and Triune, where a white stone and brick structure rises through the trees on the west side of the road. It looks strikingly like, well … a castle.

And, in fact, it is. It’s Castle Gwynn, a startling replica of a 12th-century Welsh border castle and the private home of Nashville-native Mike Freeman, a portrait photographer, and his wife, Jackie, a retired schoolteacher. It’s also the location of the annual Tennessee Renaissance Festival each May.

Then on with our Sunday drive to Historic  Downtown Nolensville !

Antique Store

 

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The Amish Market is a big part of the downtown section , they carry a lot of Amish food , they have a small restaurant inside , they have flowers , it's a very nice store in the downtown area to visit.

This is the back of Shabby Lane in Nolensville

This is the small creek that runs behind Shabby Lane  & the Amish Store

This is the front side of the Amish Market

This is looking kinda south east down the street

The front of the Amish Market

An Antique store next to the Amish Market

Looking across the street from the market

We decided to take a walk and ran across this sign that said  "Historic Village" it was like a small little park

 

This is a plaque that sits in front of the Bed & Breakfast that tells of the town of Nolensville . Very Interesting

And Yes we took the drive to Nolensville so that we stop by Shabby Lane and drop off a few items that I had finished .

 Here are the two children's stools that we got finished and she placed them in the children's section in the store.

Top and bottom is another shelf that we finished , it's crackled in black then painted with pink roses  ,green  leaves and vines

Top and bottom picture here is a plain shelf that we crackled and the painted Purple English Roses , buds ,leaves and vines, it's also finished and at the store.

Top and bottom are the children's stools that we also finished and put in the store.

 This is at the store where she had placed the black crackled shelf in the front window, you can see it from the inside and outside and on the porch she hung a couple of the gourd birdhouses.

I'm tell you if you haven't been there to Historic Nolensville  or to Shabby Lane you really need to check it out !

 

I hope you enjoyed this little visit with us to explore the area knows as Nolensville Tennessee.

Next time I I hope to take you on a few sights in and around Murfreesboro and to go on the hunt at some yard sales !

So Please stop back by for our next adventure and of course I'm not going to forget all the new projects we are working on !

 

Until The Next Time !