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So during my Saturday breakfast at Little Building Cafe, I was flipping through an issue of Savuer magazine. There was an article about frying the pefect piece of catfish. Well, since I wasn’t really reading the mag, I was just skimming through it, the heading 6 Great Catfish Houses caught my eye. Living in MS, I know for sure there are some awesome fish houses in this state. Well guess what, two of the six are right here in MS and both of them 100 miles or less from Starkville. So we decided a road trip was on our horizon. Called up my parents and they are up for it as well.

So I get out my phone and look up on Google Maps where this place was, and this is what I got. If you read the article, it does say it is in a very rural area, so there ya go.

See where Google sent us

Well, after getting to point on the map, it was a dead end road and Google got over on us by putting us in deliverance land. So what we decided to do is trek back through the dirt roads and head on over to Vaiden, MS. So we find Hwy 35, and guess what we turn right and start looking at the numbers on the mailboxes. Well, that was not the right way. HA! Well if you are headin south on Hwy 51, TURN LEFT! And in about 6 to 7 miles you’ll come up to Carmack’s Fish House in Carmack, MS.

Well, lets get onto the food. So, we were so hungry when we got there, we decided to hit up the buffet. I’m normally leary of eating buffet food. But I was HUNGRY! So we were so out of place there because it is a local joint that everyone was wondering, how are these people?! Well we came here because we read about it in a magazine. They were all impressed. So sitting down with my first plate, I got some coleslaw, hush puppies, fried okra, and fish steaks. Well I must say, there was nothing down right greasy on the buffet. Pefectly cooked and juicy. The coleslaw was perfect and was not to twangy, well it was perfect. The hush puppies were light and not meal-y at all. And the fish, yes, very good taste and it was really good. My mom got the whole fish and it was really good as well. Oh, on my second trip I grabbed a piece of corn. Good sweet corn and it wasn’t too buttery or anything.

So, I can’t really describe it anymore other than my offering to go try it for yourself. So when ya go, look for this sign:

I have always wanted a platform bed at the house. So I took on the daunting task of building one myself. Mainly I was so gung ho this weekend about buiding the bed is because the new memory foam mattress came in. So I took in many many designs and thought about it quite a bit. So here is my supply list, bear with me I am doing this all from memory, cause I don’t tend to write stuff down. HA!

The dimensions of the bed are 80 in L x 60 in W x 10 in H, so I decided to make the frame 82 x 62, because normally my tape measure tends to measure a 1/4 inch to small or too large. HA! I am not the carpenter. Also I want to note that I did stain the frame and legs before I put anything together. Figured it would be less messy since I could stain outside and fling it around as I wished.

Bed Legs
1 – 1″x4″x8′
4 – 2″ L brackets
3/4″ wood screws
Wood Glue

Frame Assembly
2 – 1″x8″x6′
2 – 1″x8″x8′
8 – 2″ L Brackets
3/4″ screws
1 1/4″ screws
Wood Glue

So after letting the stain dry over night, I decided to start putting this beast together.

Whew, now that the frame was put together, time to run to Lowes and get the rest of the stuff I need. What you call this part? The innards? HA! So here is what I bought.

2 – 1″x3″x6′
10 – 1″x4″x8″
5 – press board shelving 12″ wide and 12′ long (yeah am going to have about a 2″ gap, so hopefully the matress will sit perfect in it since the mattress is suppose to be 60″ wide.

After looking at this design I was worried about how the weight would be distributed in the middle of the bed. So I took some scraps and and built little stools and put them in the middle of the bed after I had moved the bed into place.

So this was not too hard to assemble, I would say putting the frame together then staining were the major pains of the bed building. But all in all I think it turned out really well. Only thing is that I wished is that the frame came up higher on the bed. But its all good, it looks good and everything. Yeah I need to move the other bed, but I had yard work to do and I was worn slap out. Comment or drop me an email if you have any questions…maybe I can help.