Been awhile. Here are some pictures of the store...DONE. I had some opening day pics, but I can't seem to find them. The first pic up above is taken from my cell phone and shows the floor installers putting carpet next to the wood. A not so funny story. I managed to get a great deal on Carpet, a roll that was left over or not bought or whatever, so I get this industrial grade carpet real cheap...enough to do all but 100 square feet of the place. No big deal, I have 100 sq ft of area for storage and I don't really need carpet in that. So the guys come to install the carpet, we talk a little and I leave to get some breakfast. Midway through breakfast I get a call.."There's only 900 sq ft of carpet in the roll. You need to make a decision fast..I've got a crew of 3 standing here doing nothing." So I show up and in 5 minutes time come up with the idea of the laminate in the middle of the floor. The installer had a two hour job to do somewhere else, so I get the laminate and they come back in about 2 hours and start installing, then go with the carpet. It actually looks great with the wood and the wood wasn't that expensive, but the overall change of plans cost me an extra $1500, but what's done is done.

So here goes the rest. Just some pics of the store. We opened on December 9 to get some Christmas business. Just check out the pics and see the store. It's really a great looking place on the inside. Here we are at the end of January and I'm still not moved into the office, nor is my storage area in good shape, but that's life.

First the Sign: Nice sign huh? Professional. The next is me standing outside the door.






Here are some pics of the finished store, stocked inside.
I took two photos and kind of put them together.



Here is one more looking from a different angle out the side window towards Chevron.






So anyway, business is just OKAY. Not too many people realize I'm here yet, but the word is spreading. If you are in the area drop in. I've changed hours again, Open on Monday-Fri 10 til 7, Sat 10-5, Sun 10-2

Have a good one.

As promised...pics of the store plus a little more. We are one week into the new year and I've decided to not work 7 days a week like I have been. Store will be opened Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM and on Sundays from 10:00AM until 2:00PM. Closed Monday's.

Anyway, I'm about to take off and watch football playoffs, but first a few pics of the store.

I'll call this the begining: The store needed stuff...like paint, offices, dressing room, signs, flooring, hanging racks, and on and on. The next two pictures are building stuff...you can see the dressing room being built in this one, note the cement floor.

In this one, we see the new offices in the background

We'll check out the signage next

Old then New

Next blog post...maybe tomorrow. We'll do the inside finished!

Have fun!