Wednesday, September 22, 2010

opening: 18 days and counting...

Major updates for this week at the WWC.


We finally determined and picked up all the paint this week.  Many thanks to Dana @ Factory Paint for helping us!  My personal favorite is Birds Egg (Benjamin Moore) for the larger yoga studio.  The majority of the center is going to be Shaker Beige (also Benjamin Moore), its a great color and really compliments our dark brown furniture.   The primer is going on tomorrow, and then we finally get to see the colors on the walls early next week!  




We picked up all our appliances this week too - I've never imagined going to Lowes so many times in my life, it was very overwhelming.  Picking up a freezer and refrigerator was quite the adventure.  Thankfully my cousin Alex came to help us, otherwise nothing would have got back safe!  We had a lot of people help in the Lowes parking lot, it was quite the sight!  Our display case was delivered today and it really completes the place.  Thanks to Jim @ East Coast for all his help in finding our perfect refrigerated display case.  The cabinets are also going in this week, and our custom counter top and bar area are being built.  Check out some photos!  


Alex's full truck @ Lowes!
loving our appliances
wellness cafe!
where the crepe making happens until the cafe opens...
Since the center is being built in the old Commonwealth Shoe Factory that was built in 1900, the floors are beautiful hardwood, but have seen a lot of wear and tear!  We love the feel of the original floors so we're having them buffed up, but you will still be able to see the imperfections of the wood.  Here's a photo of the old shoe factory and the floors being redone.




UPS is having a real hard time delivering to us since our sign isn't complete yet.  After I was told all our packages had "exceptions" I called them and was told they couldn't find the center to deliver without a sign (they refuse to change the delivery address on the package to the realty office), so we made our unofficial / official sign for them.  Dear UPS - please deliver our mail.  


unofficial sign for UPS





We determined our opening date...Saturday, October 9th!  Here's the invite for the open house - spread the word and come by to enjoy all the WWC has to offer.  Check back in for updates on all the opening party details.
And just to make this the longest post EVER...I'll leave you with a photo of Arlet and I from this weekend.  We took some time off from the WWC and I played tour guide - taking Arlet to Boston on Saturday and Plymouth on Sunday.  We took a lovely walking guided tour of Plymouth and it was a beautiful day! 




Thanks for reading such a long post!


-Antonia

1 comment:

  1. Did Alex bring his crane? Or just some other pieces of heavy lifting equipment?

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