Wondering what the status is of the brick and mortar shop? Well, it’s getting there. We took partitions down, cleaned it up a bit with white paint, and the floors now have two coats of gray paint (not in photo).

Today we are working on putting a design on the floor so we can polyurethane it and get some merchandise in there. We won’t be ready to open our doors to the public at that time as we’ll still need to get our work space ready, but we’ll probably start doing business by appointment only.

Some plumbing issues have been addressed. Wow, that was nuts. The toilet was connected to the sink and the faucet in one bathroom made a flood in the second bathroom when turned on. One toilet was not in use at all because it wasn’t hooked up to a water source. One sink was hanging off the wall. The place was a tattoo parlor previously, but it’s scary how unhygienic it was.

The front of the building will need some sprucing up but it’s just too damn cold to go out there to even look at it.

If all goes smoothly, it’s possible we can have a soft opening in mid March. No promises though.