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• Business, Coastal Stuff, Oddyssea

  On to flooring!

  03.02.12 | Permalink | Comments Off on On to flooring!

  Well, the drywall stage is now completed and work has started on the floors in earnest. The front room had some sort of tile over the hardwood floor and is meticulously being scraped off leaving a black, gummy residue. It’s worth it though because this is the same sort of wood that is in the […]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Oddyssea

  Drywall going up

  02.28.12 | Permalink | Comments Off on Drywall going up

  Here’s a picture of the drywall going up on the storeroom in the store. Things are now really starting to move which is a good thing. Spouse met with an expert yesterday and selected the color scheme for the rooms. We’ve decided that the theme for one room is “explore” and that the theme for […]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Innovation, Oddyssea

  Ode to a Box Joint

  02.24.12 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I’m working on a prototype for a product we’ll carry in the store. Nope, not ready to talk about the store concept or this particular product. Let’s just say that I needed to assemble a wooden box frame to help support the main components of the prototype. Now, strictly speaking, I didn’t need to use […]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Oddyssea

  Framing Complete

  02.23.12 | Permalink | Comments Off on Framing Complete

  Spent time in the store this afternoon chatting with the electrician and a potential painter. The framing is now complete. Most of the vent work for the furnace has been installed and that work is nearly completed. The electrician has a bit more to go having re-wired the entire space adding needed grounding and a […]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Oddyssea

  Ring it up!

  02.15.12 | Permalink | Comments Off on Ring it up!

  Headed out later today to determine if this (picture right) is our cash register. We’ll be using a modern point of sale system with inventory control for our transactions as a matter of course. There’s something about an old brass National Cash Register (NCR) machine that adds a little something to any store. Couple that […]

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