Handmade by Paul Allabaugh · New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Paul's Bridges
Each one was built by hand on a bench in a workshop behind his house. A finite collection. When they're gone, they're gone forever.
Bring one home. Every sale supports the family.
About forty of Paul's bridges remained when he passed. Six are held back for the mission. Every sale supports the family Paul and Pat left behind. When they're gone, they're gone.
Just want to give, no bridge? Support the mission here.
This is the workshop
Paul made every bridge here. By hand. On his own bench, in the photo above.
The wood. The paint. The patience. The pencil drawings still on his bench. He was still planning bridges the week he died.
This is also where he died by suicide. Pat found him here.
The Lord turns rooms where the enemy took ground into rooms where He saves. Every bridge that leaves this workshop is a witness. To Paul. To Pat. To anyone reading this who is closer to Paul's last moment than they've let themselves admit.
988. Call or text. A real person answers.
The bridge for you is one phone call.
Inside the workshop
A quiet tour of where the bridges came from.
He kept pet stencils on the wall. He kept a saw next to a whiteboard with the next order on it. He kept rows of finished work waiting for new homes. He was still planning bridges the week he died.
About the prices
Paul priced his work for survival. We price it for legacy.
His pencil drawings show what he charged: $20 for a small bridge, $40 for a medium, $50 for his largest. Handmade memorial pieces in painted wood. A 43-inch bridge for fifty dollars. He undervalued himself. Now the bridges represent something he couldn't see yet, the start of a coalition that saves lives. We price them accordingly. Every sale supports the family.
Paul's own pencil
From his workbench. Still there.
Handmade. Finite. One of a kind.
Paul will never make another. When these are gone, there will never be more.
When the last bridge is sold, the mission continues through digital memorials and ongoing support. You can also send a gift directly.
How this works
Amber on the bridges
Rainbow Bridge · Small
22" long · 7" high · 6" wide
Garden or desktop memorial · painted wood
34 remaining
$95
Suggested retail
Paul priced these at $20. We price them at what they're worth.
Rainbow Bridge · Medium
34" long · 9" high · 7.5" wide
Statement piece · painted wood
2 remaining
$185
Suggested retail
When they're gone, they're gone.
Squirrel Feeder · Brown
Handcrafted wood · round perch feeder
Paul's other craft · same bench, same hands
$25
Set it out where the squirrels gather, and watch them come.
Squirrel Feeder · Burnt Orange
Handcrafted wood · round perch feeder
Paul's other craft · same bench, same hands
$25
A pop of color in the garden, and the squirrels will find it.
Squirrel Feeder · Grey
Handcrafted wood · round perch feeder
Paul's other craft · same bench, same hands
$25
Soft and weathered, like it has always been there.
Bird Feeder · Brown
Handcrafted wood · peaked roof and tray
Companion to the squirrel feeder · same hands
$25
A quiet daily reminder. Set it near your kitchen window.
Bird Feeder · Burnt Orange
Handcrafted wood · peaked roof and tray
Companion to the squirrel feeder · same hands
$25
Bright on a grey morning, and the birds will come.
Bird Feeder · Grey
Handcrafted wood · peaked roof and tray
Companion to the squirrel feeder · same hands
$25
Understated and calm, for the window you sit by.
Memorial Bundle
Small bridge + a feeder
Paul's bridge and feeder, together
$110
A bridge for the garden, a feeder for the window.
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Digital Memorial
Digital Memorial
Add a pet's name to the memorial wall
Always free
Honor a pet you lost. The wall is forever, and it never costs anything.
Add a pet to the wall
One of a Kind · Auction Piece
Paul's Last Large Bridge
A brand-new large bridge from Paul's workshop. The last of this size he ever built. About 54 inches long, 23 high, 12 wide.
This is not a fixed-price item. It's a legacy piece. The bridge goes to the person or business who values Paul's final large work most. A comparable bridge already stands at Glencoe Veterinary Hospital in New Smyrna Beach as Dr. Ginger Bryant's. This one is its sister and its successor.
The large beside the medium and the two smalls, so you can see the size.
A name-your-gift piece. Make an offer, or sponsor it for a veterinary clinic. Your gift supports the family Paul and Pat left behind.
More views
Paul's bridges, from every angle.
Metal yard ornament
We will meet again at the Rainbow Bridge.
For your memorial garden. Coming soon to the shop.
Gift a Bridge
Know someone who lost a pet? Send them a Rainbow Bridge in their pet's name. Every gift honors Paul's craft and reaches one more grieving family that needs to know there's still a bridge for them too.
Choose a bridge to gift →Already brought one home
Amy Voght
The very first bridge went home with her.
Robyn
Hers is delivered, and home.
Dr. Ginger
Paul's largest bridge stands at her clinic.
Carry the craft
When the last bridge sells, the mission doesn't end.
Paul made every bridge by hand. When the last of his finds a home, the inventory is gone, but the calling isn't. The grieving pet owners don't stop arriving. The families don't stop needing something to hold.
We're looking for the next maker. A woodworker. A painter. A welder. A potter. An artist of any material who knows how to build something a grieving family will keep on their mantle for twenty years. You don't have to be Paul. Nobody can be. We're asking you to be the next chapter, under your own name, your own style, your own hands.
If that's you, the door is open. The audience is real. The story is already built. Pat is in our coalition. 988 stays on every page.
Every bridge sold supports the family Paul and Pat left behind.
“No weapon formed against you shall prosper.”
Isaiah 54:17