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Saying that Steve and Regina Williams of Wagoner live in a log house doesn’t do their home justice.
The two floors and 8,000 square feet have received careful attention from the design and construction right up to the recent Christmas decorations.
Steve owns a plumbing contracting company that does business in Broken Arrow and Tulsa and he trains horses. He wanted the same kind of rustic house his wife was dreaming of.
The tree in the entryway to Steve and Regina Williams home includes ornaments painted with family member’s names. A large Christmas tree stands in the center of the window wall of the great room in the Williams home.
It took three years, but the result is an interior that combines spacious areas with a cozy feeling. Wood is everywhere, from the open beams of the A-frame ceiling to the aspen furniture. Warm colors of brown, red and light forest green give the living spaces a visual theme.
Regina said the kitchen is one of her favorite rooms.
“I had to cry real tears to get my gas
range,” she said.
The problem was that there is no natural gas in their rural location, and Steve didn’t want a propane tank to spoil the beauty of their yard. The solution was to put the tank far from the house behind another structure.
Regina also had her heart set on a specific color for the cabinets.
“I used to sell Longaberger maple
LEFT: Steve and Regina Williams’ home is rustic and elegant at the same time. Steve hunts, and a number of animals are mounted around the home, including this bear.
BELOW: Steve and Regina Williams’ grandchildren Samuel Williams, 5, right, Ross Williams, 4, and Abe Williams, 2, play around the tree in one of the children’s guest rooms.
The massive stone fireplace in the Williams’ great room has two stones that jut out to support a massive mantle covered in floral arrangements.
ABOVE: A play area upstairs is decorated with a variety of themed trees.
BELOW: Regina Williams decorated this tree in Longaberger baskets and items she collects.
Regina Williams had the cabinets in her kitchen built with wood stained “Longaberger red.”
baskets,” she said. “I wanted to use what I call ‘Longaberger red.’ I had the painters put samples trying to get that color right by staining different boards. The ones we didn’t use are in the other rooms.”
She also got Steve to include a big pantry and a large family snack bar.
The house has a master bedroom and five other bedrooms for the children they raised and guests, each with a full bath. The bed in the master bedroom is made of rough-hewn aspen that has been worked to a glossy finish. A tall decorative ladder built from branches and leaning against the wall is draped with blankets featuring pictures of trees.
The living room features large-scale windows that allow light to stream inside and onto their huge stone fireplace.
“I call it the ‘great room,’” Regina said. “It didn’t look this big when we started and had the tape measure out.”
The rocks were bought from a company in Arkansas that quarried them just over the border in Oklahoma. Two of the stones jut out to support a massive mantle covered in floral arrangements.
“The mantle is Ponderosa pine,” Regina said. “We counted the rings, and it’s at least 120 years old.”
COUNTER CLOCKWISE: The “man-cave” includes a tree with arrows for a topper.
Steve and Regina Williams’ bed in the master bedroom is made of roughhewn aspen and mounted on a raised platform.
A naturethemed seasonal display in the entryway fits the feel of the Williams’ log home.
There are also numerous Christmas trees around the house, large and small.
Regina said she always does a lot of decorating for the holiday, but this year she’s also getting reading for the Wagoner Rose Garden Christmas Home Tour held Nov. 21.
“I’ve always gone overboard,” she said. “The trees have themes. The one in the bedroom has birds on it. I’ve used antique ornaments on the silver tree. I
“We’re not fancy people.” It’s hard to be fancy when you’re a plumber.” — Steve Williams
did a Santa Claus tree, and a kid’s tree with toys on it. I have one tree that is going to be nothing but icicles. The kitchen tree will have utensils on it like cookie cutters.”
Regina made a theme Christmas tree for Steve as well. It’s covered in animal ornaments and has arrows sticking out in honor of his love of bow hunting.
It’s located in what she calls the “man cave” next to the living room.
Steve pointed to the numerous animal heads mounted on the wall.
“Most of them are elk,” he said.
Steve and Regina Williams included a great room with a large wall of windows and a lot of open space when they built their dream home.
The back wall of the large fireplace, facing the kitchen, includes a platform holding a wood stove, and a tree decorated with kitchen items.
“There’s deer and some African animals.”
The Williams said they are expecting a big Christmas this year. Regina said all four children are planning to be there with their families.
“We have seven grandchildren,” she said. “Christmas morning we pull the coffee table out from the three sofas so the kids can open their gifts. It’s a mess. The wrapping paper gets knee deep. You can hardly see the kids.”
Although their home is large and well decorated, Steve said both he and Regina stuck to the rustic theme because it reflects their personalities.
“We’re not fancy people,” he said. “It’s hard to be fancy when you’re a plumber.”
