Hello from The Oaks

 

Welcome to the Oaks Bed and Breakfast in Sulphur Springs, Texas.  We are a family owned and operated slice of comfort in Northeast Texas.  Our family of seven resides at the Bed and Breakfast, and you can often find soccer balls growing in the garden or bicycles laying around, lost without a rider. While our oldest and only girl, Isabelle, is away at college, the four boys are around creating mischief on the property or helping to serve during events.  You can often find us at a sporting event cheering on the boys in their endeavors as High School or club sport athletes.

 

               Both Allison and Ben graduated high school from Sulphur Springs High School and have now come back to help see their community grow and thrive.  While Ben works remotely and travels for his position, Allison holds down the home front, welcoming guests and containing the chaos that is life with four active boys.  We do think it is always nice to run into former classmates who stayed in town or returned just like we did.  We are not sure what the future holds for our children, but we know that Sulphur Springs will always be part of who they are and a welcome stop in their journey through life. 

 

               Ben took a look at 516 Oak Ave, and knew it had amazing potential and wanted to help his sister realize her dreams of having a catering company and possibly a venue to host events.  While she did not capitalize on his idea, we took the plunge and stepped up to help him realize the remodel of this great historic home.  We began our hospitality journey when we purchased the 1937 built home, the last one in the Historic District on Oak Avenue, in the Spring of 2016. Little did we know at the time that we would be moving back to finish the renovations and manage our new enterprise. 

 

               At the time when we moved back our kids were a mix of grade school and preschool age, and at a decent age to make a change and help them navigate a new city and find new friends.  We have been grateful for the move back to Sulphur Springs and feel that our children have done well in school and in the community.  This year our oldest son, Barrett, will graduate and move on to the next chapter in his life.  The remaining boys, Cooper, Decllan and Quintten will be home and keeping us on our toes. 

 

Throughout the remodel process, the younger two boys were active participants in helping to demo, build a deck and learn some general building techniques.  Now if they remember what they learned I would be impressed.  Either way, they took in some life skills that not many people have the opportunity to embrace, at such a young age.  While we worked, members of the community would stop by to see the progress we were making, even when it still looked ugly.  This was a challenge for us, since we wanted people to see the beauty we were creating after completion.  Nine months later, which seemed so much longer, we were finally able to accept our first guests and began hosting events and catering. 

 

               Almost nine years later, we are still hosting events and overnight guests at The Oaks Bed and Breakfast.  Each new guest and returning guests arrive as strangers and leave as friends, which is just how we like it.  We hope that you will stop by for a visit or let us help you host your next event.  Thank you for welcoming us into the community, we hope to stay for a while.