SUPPORTS VETERANS. YOU CAN ENTER THE GIVEAWAY ON CLICK, ORLANDO DOT COM SLASH INSIDER
THROUGH MONDAY. FIRST
IMPRESSIONS ARE HARD TO UNDO.
DON’T WE KNOW THAT? AND THE
FIRST IMPRESSION THAT MANY
HOMEBUYERS GET IS FROM THE
FRONT YARD.
>> BRIDGETT: AND THE FLORIDA,
WE TEND TO PUT A LOT OF CARE
INTO OUR LANDSCAPING ALL YEAR
ROUND, YOU KNOW, ADDING SOME
DECOR, SOME ART TO THE FRONT
YARD CAN REALLY ADD INTEREST
TO. LUCKILY THERE IS A
ROADSIDE ATTRACTION THAT CAN
OFFER SOME IDEAS. NEWS 6
INSIDER GUIDE. CRYSTAL MOYER
JOINS US NOW IN CRYSTAL. THIS
PLACE HAS THINGS YOU DIDN’T
EVEN KNOW YOU NEED KNOW. YEAH,
THE HIDDEN GEM IS IN PEARSON,
FLORIDA, BASICALLY IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. BUT LET ME
TELL YOU, IT’S WORTH THE DRIVE
TO CHECK OUT THE THOUSANDS OF
UNIQUE ART PIECES.
>> PEOPLE COME HERE, THEY KNOW
GOT ALWAYS THEY CAN NOT
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS HAPPENING
THEY CAN EVEN FIGURE OUT WHAT
WE DO.
>> YOU MAY HAVE DRIVEN BY THIS
ROADSIDE ATTRACTION IN VOLUSIA
COUNTY, THE BARBOURVILLE
EMPORIUM FROM THE OUTSIDE. YOU
CAN’T HELP BUT NOTICE THE
OVERSIZED ANIMAL STATUES LIKE
THIS DIE KNOW AND BEAR.
>> AND AS YOU ENTER THE
BARBOURVILLE EMPORIUM, YOU’LL
SEE ITS LARGEST STATUE. THAT’S
YOUR APP IS ABOUT 20 FEET TALL
WHEN YOU MAKE IT INSIDE. WELL,
YOU MAY HAVE TO BRACE YOURSELF
ITS 3 ACRES OF COLORFUL
WHIMSICAL STOPPED EVERYWHERE
YOU TURN. IT WAS EVERYTHING
LOOKS.
>> IN PLACE AND JUST A
CURIOSITY SHOP AS A WHOLE
POINT OF MAKING THE DRIVE. THE
BARBOURVILLE EMPORIUM IS BEST
KNOWN FOR ITS UNIQUE OUTDOOR
ART. YOU MIGHT NOT BE DONE,
BUT YOU EVERYTHING FROM
STATUES. THE LAMPPOST.
PLANTERS. THE FOUNTAINS. AND
IT’S ALL ONE OF A KIND MORE
THAN 99% OF WHERE WE CARRY
SEND MADE AND ALSO HAND
PAINTED. MOST OF THE PIECES
ARE MADE OF RECYCLED CAST
ALUMINUM. WE START SCRATCH.
THIS IS OUR MINIMUM ITEMS.
WATCHING WHAT HAS SAID WE
WON’T PAY THEM BACK.
>> WHICH IS GOING TO BE OUR
BASE COLOR AND THEN AFTER
THAT, WE HAD BRUSH FROM
LOOKING HERE AT A SET OF CAST
ALUMINUM, NO SEATS AND COFFEE
TABLE. WE SPECIALIZE ALSO ON
MAILBOXES. YOU CAN HAVE THE
ANIMAL YOU WANT ON TOP THE
EMPORIUM ALSO HAS RUSTIC TEAK
WOOD FURNITURE.
>> BEAUTY OF THIS ONE IS A IS
A VERY LOW IS A HARD WORD.
WOODBURY, LONG LASTING GOOD
FOR OUTDOORS. REALLY THEY
EVERY VOTE.
>> CARLOS PIN DOLE HAS OWNED
THIS BUSINESS FOR ABOUT 11
YEARS. BUT THE HISTORY OF THE
SPANS FAR BEYOND THAT IN 18,
82 BARBOURVILLE WAS FOUNDED BY
JAMES BARBOUR WITH PLANS OF
CREATING A RAILROAD STOP
ATTRACTION. THE ROADSIDE SHOP
SITS AT THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY
40 IN 17 AND BRINGS NEW
VISITORS AS WELL AS REGULAR
CUSTOMERS FROM US FAR AS
ALASKA. THIS IS 3RD TIME HERE.
I COME DOWN FROM THEIR BAGS I
KNOW ALWAYS MAKE THIS A POINT
TO STOP BY AND
>> TAKE A LOOK AT GO USUALLY
TAKE SOMETHING BACK WITH B TO
PUT SOME COLOR IN THE DARK
WINNERS. SO WE HAVE UP THERE
HAVE ALWAYS CURIOUS WHAT KIND
OF
>> THINGS THEY HAVE IN HERE.
AND MY WIFE, LEX. GIRAFFES.
AND I WANT TO COME BY AND SEE
IF THEY HAD AND IT LOOKS LIKE
YOU’RE GOING TO END UP WITH
ONE TODAY. I WITH HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF ITEMS. IT’S HARD
NOT TO LEAVE WITH SOMETHING
EVEN FOR THE OWNER.
>> SO HOW MUCH OF THE STUFF IS
UNDER GUARD?
>> EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY OF
MY LIFE.
>> HE SAID THAT FROM DAY I
ENJOY CREATING SOMETHING.
>> THE BARBOURVILLE EMPORIUM
IS OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 09:00AM
TO 06:00PM AND YOU’LL WANT TO
ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME BECAUSE
THERE IS SO MUCH TO LOOK AT.
YOU CAN LITERALLY SPEND A
WHOLE DAY THERE POSTED
INFORMATION ON CLICK, ORLANDO
DOT COM SLASH INSIDER
ANYTHING. I DID LEAVE OF MY
FAVORITE THING. THAT’S HARD TO
PICK. I REALLY DO LOVE LIKE
THE STOOLS. JUST LIKE YOU SAW
LIKE FACEBOOK. BUT I DID LEAVE
WITH LIKE THIS LITTLE. IT’S
LIKE A MINI STATUE WITH LIKE
FISH COMING OUT. IT’S JUST
COLORFUL YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE IT
TO HOWEVER YOU WANT. SO IT WAS
REALLY COOL. IT WAS HARD TO
FOCUS ON DOING THE STORY. SO
YEAH, IT’S CRAZY WHEN HE WHEN
HE SAYS HE’S FROM FAIRBANKS,
LIKE FROM ALASKA AND NOT FROM
FAIRBANKS, RIGHT, BUT IT’S
JUST IT’S JUST SO COOL TO SEE
THAT IN IT.
>> AND IT’S CERTAINLY
SOMETHING CATCHES YOUR EYE.
WE’RE DRIVING HERE SAID IT’S
LIKE THAT’S, YOU KNOW, THAT’S
KIND OF DRIVE BY, YOU KNOW, WE
SEE LIKE THE THAT’S ODD. BUT
LIKE PULL OVER AND GO INSIDE,
IT’S REALLY COOL. LOOKS LIKE
THEY HADN’T OF MAILBOXES TO DO
A WHOLE ONE. THEY HAVE A TONN
OF STUFF LIKE EVERYWHERE I I
WAS JUST SURPRISED AND IT IS A
LITTLE OVERWHELMING. BUT IF
YOU HAVE KIDS OR MAYBE YOU
JUST WANT TO LIKE RIGHT IN
YOUR YARD, AND THAT IS A GOOD
PLACE TO START TO FIND SOME
COOL STUFF.
>> AND YOU GET YOUR WRATH.
>> TINY ITEMS. AND THEN THEY
HAVE LIKE THEIR SHIPPING SOME
STUFF LIKE PENNSYLVANIA, THAT
BIG DINOSAUR. THEY’RE
PAINTING. I WAS LIKE, HOW DO
YOU EVEN SURE IT’S ONE OF