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Restaurant Progress Report

Some walls have been shaved back since the last post.  The area at the bottom of the stairs needed to be opened up visually and to provide easy access between the two sides of the first floor.  The wall in the foreground on the right will also be moved back to the conduit you see running up the wall.  That means this alcove will not be as deep.  But this doorway is being changed to a fixed glass right behind the stone arch.  That will leave room on the inside for a hostess station. Even though this beautiful tile is in perfect condition, it will be covered to make the floor level with the floor at the bottom of the stairs,  Some battles you just can't win. This is taken from the front on the left side of the building.  There is a hallway to a back exit with two bathrooms off this hallway.  The plywood leaning against the studs is where the kitchen starts.  It extends across the back to the east wall of the building. This is just a close up of the bat

A New Project

  I have been anxious to blog about this new project, but the wheels were turning a little slowly and I didn't want to start posting and then have huge lapses because we were at a standstill. However, it's looking like full steam ahead now, and I feel more comfortable talking about this place without jinxing it. A friend purchased this building with the intention of turning it into a restaurant.  The building housed varied businesses since it was built in 1927.  But the most recent was a hair salon on the first floor with two efficiency apartments on the second.  Those apartments were being used as office space when my friend, Victor, purchased the building.  Notice to vacate had to be given to the upstairs tenants.  Then time allowed for them to relocate before demolition could begin.  But that waiting time was well spent hiring an architect, a kitchen planner, and a contractor and working out the plans with all three.  Finally the tear out  began. That included remov

NOT AGAIN!

It has been pointed out to me that I change my decor more than the average person.  There might be some truth to that, but I don't think I'm that far from the average mark. However, if you read my last post about rearranging the area above my mantel in the dining room, and then I told you this post is about rearranging the area around the mantel in my dining room, you might be suspect that I am guilty of obsessive redecorating.  Hear me out on this one. This is what things looked like at the end of my last post  in mid July. This is what it looked like three weeks later. At 4:10 AM the mirror detached from the backing board and careened to the floor while lashing out at everything in it's path. (Quite a startling sound in the dark of night) It embedded one of the antlers into the mantel and landed on top of the other one. The candles and candle sticks went flying. One candlestick was broken but for now hot glue is holding it together. It slashed the