When You Get SO Busy ...

 You are probably getting weary of listening to me ramble on about the progress of the pop up store renovations. Well, the good news (I guess) is that the renos are almost done. After this blog, all that is left to do is the insulation, which does nothing for the aesthetics of the retail space, but it should allow me to run the shop earlier in the spring and later into the fall, which I know you will all appreciate.

So - except for when the store is all geared up for the spring, these should be the last pictures for a while. This is everything we (meaning myself and Mom) got done this weekend, and the reason the proper blog is late this week.

Picture #1 (point of view from the cab area) shows the original layout in all its glorious RV walnut brown. Don't get me wrong. I love brown but it can be pretty dark even in the daytime. Not the best for a showroom. Also, notice the L-shaped kitchen that creates a bottleneck.

Picture #2 (Excuse this photo please. It is really hard to get a panorama shot inside an RV without it looking a little askew.) This point of view is from the house entrance (far right of photo) and let's you see how little space there was between the fridge and the sink. For those of you who have visited the pop up store already, you will recognize the sink as being the previous location for my till.

Pictures #3 (left) and #4 (right) show how just a little bit of white pegboard brightens up the place!

Picture #3 shows that by removing the L from the kitchen counter, many more customers can be in the store at one time (once restrictions are lifted). And, yes, that is a TV where the microwave used to be. It got the TV off the counter where it was in the way and who needs a microwave oven when a real oven is available?

Picture #4 shows the newly built needle/hook wall. To its right is the fridge which now has whiteboard inserts. Who knows what you might see written there when you pop in? And the yarn bins are all ready to house the squishy stuff in the spring.

        

Written by Lori, pleased TCL owner, who apologizes for the late blog this week but who likes to think that the end results of this weekend made it worth the wait.