Opening?

We are quickly approaching our opening day.
And we've gotten a lot of help from a lot of great people.
The place is shaping up nicely!

and we just got our exit signs installed!

building it up

Thank you to Mr. Jeffrey Kauffman for picking up where the Women In Trades left off (their class ended and our stage wasn't completed). He has taken on the task of completing the stage on his own - and it looks (and sounds) GREAT!
We also started installing all our kitchen / bar equipment. We have our bar sinks / well (with running water!)
As well as all our sinks and dishwasher in the kitchen! Turns out, our dishwasher was made for different wattage than what we had planned, so we have to get some rewiring done (boo).
Over the weekend we also finished the painting. Here's our mezzanine walls. Lookin' good! (view of mezzanine from the stage)


And here's a picture of Arlo, being cozy in bed. He's being a great little guy for getting a lot less attention while we spend a lot of time building our new home.
Thanks to everyone for all the hard work over the weekend. 5 days and counting until we open the doors!

lights!

We have our emergency egress lights installed, so when the power goes out - there will be more light than there is during the day inside our theater. We still have to test them before we start taking some away... but sheesh, seeing six on one wall is a bit much.
We also began the daunting task of painting the mezzanine. We decided to go with the yellow/golden color because it only takes one coat (the brown and red both take two or three). Lets just get this place open already!

Also - have you ever wanted to see what a big box of curtains looks like? Something like that - and it weighs a thousand pounds.

the waste place

For the ladies


and For the Men


Sorry dudes, ladies need more room to stretch out and relax in the water closet.

moving forward

Another full day put in at the theater, after half a day of work. We put in a heck of a lot of the floor (I'd say we're at 80% coverage now)
Put another coat on the red walls (some places could still use another one) David and Stephanie helped get the gold wall started and completed! It all looks so great. After another round of red paint, we'll be ready for business. Actually, we'll need to install all of our equipment and finish the stage first, but you know what I mean.

floor please!

We laid down about 25% of the floor last night. We got the bathrooms up to the front of the bar (6 feet out? Maybe more? I don't know...) It was another late night. I didn't get to the space until 9:30 pm and Stacey and I worked until 6:15 am. Thanks to Kathryn, Nate, Ashley, Bri and Stephanie for the help and making it fun.

btw: This is the video I was talking about last night:

more paint!

Pictures of the work done this weekend.