iPurl Buildout is Complete

Met with Maurice at 8 AM at the shop. Everything is done. We are still having electrical issues but that is not his responsibility to fix.

Every time I go to the shop now, I can take boxes until our house is clear again. Just in time too!

I will be taking pictures all weekend as we work.

Thursday Update

Maurice called with a few problems. 

Electricity is on but the air conditioning will not come on at all. Evidently, it has never been connected to power. The InstaHot in the bathroom is not connected to electric either. If you turn on the light switch in the bathroom, it blows the breakers. Maurice had called Jason at AMReit and he had said those issues were our responsibility now. I called Barbara. Those very points were negotiated in the lease. Thank God for Jeremy! I am sure it will all be resolved soon.

I went by yesterday around lunch but Maurice and crew had worked early and were gone. (I have never seen them working - beginning to wonder if they are like the shoemaker's elves). It looks good. The only thing needing to be addressed is that the kitchen area is very dark. There isn't a light fixture in the kitchen. When the classroom walls went up, one wall blocked the light from the fixture that is now in the classroom. I asked Maurice to put a fixture in the kitchen.

I picked up more paint yesterday - pure white and two colors - and have been painting half the day. Little hutch is very nearly finished. Joe bought shiny new casters for little hutch. Waxed the chair - not sure how I feel about the waxing. Maybe I will like it better tomorrow.

Friday, we are celebrating Cindy's birthday over TexMex and margaritas. Saturday AM, Joe and I are going to Ikea to get shelves - lots of shelves. Sunday, we are picking up the table and chairs for the knitting area. We really need to get a fridge this weekend too. Monday, phones and Internet are being installed. And so it begins...

 

Middle looking to the front windows

 

Middle looking to the back

Kitchen is in the back left corner - a bit dark

Outside corner of classroom

Knitting area will go in front of this wall

Maurice has completed the work on the inside for us. I am meeting him in the morning. Will take pics.




 

Shop Update

It amazes me that a few simple errands takes ALL afternoon. State Farm was my first stop, delivering information to get the shop and inventory insured. After a quick stop at the bank, I chased around trying to find which post office could give me the keys to the shop mailbox (pretty sure we are getting iPurl mail). Tomorrow, I have to go to the post office in Conroe. I stopped at the shop to make sure the electric meter had been installed and it had. State Farm asked me to take a few quick pics to help them out. I forgot to get the extra keys made.

Maurice and crew are almost finished. Shop is spic and span! Looks like they are waiting for carpet to be delivered. Everything looks great.

A few pics -

Just to the right of the black awning where the brown paper is in the windows. There will be a big iPurl sign up there soon!

Liking the wall color!

InstaHot down on the floor for really fast hot water. A Keurig on the counter and I am good for the day. With a small table and chairs along with a fridge and microwave, the kitchen will be complete. Hoping to have room for a couple of tall shelves for storage.

 


Little double sink - I can guarantee there won't be much dish washing happening

 

Thinking the little fold down table we found at Round Top would be really cute in the kitchen. I am going to paint it. I can hear Joe now.....