The shoppe.....!

Tomorrow, May 1, is our opening day! It will be a soft opening as we are still waiting for lots of new lines of fabric to come in. In the mean time, I thought I would take you on a small tour of the shop.

As you come in the front door, you will be greeted by hopefully Jennifer or myself behind these gorgeous counters that my husband, Stephen, custom made for us. As a matter of fact, all of the fixtures were built by him.

If you were to glance to your right, you would see another unit full of fabrics.

These are mainly repros from the civil war era to early/mid 19th century . I love how the fixture looks against that brick wall.

The building, I am told by Jacquelyn our landlord, is quite old, well over a century. As a matter of fact, this very place used to be a car wash many many many years ago, as well as a gas station. The history is amazing!

Here is the view of the shoppe as a whole.

The left side of the shop is the classroom. It's a cosy classroom. ;o)

All of our fixtures are made of oak, as a matter of fact, very old oak with a history of its own. I'll have to tell you the story.... another blog entry. ;o)

Thanks for taking the tour!

Moving along....nicely!

Shoppe stuff has been moving along nicely. There's just so much to think about besides fabrics when you're opening a quilt shoppe!

My sweetie has been busy building the furnishing that will grace our quilt shoppe. I am so grateful for his many talents!

Voici our counters!

Aren't they sweet?

The front section is the cash area and behind that, extending a bit forward is the cutting area.

Stephen has to remove the saw dust and apply the finishing. I just love them au naturel! I can just imagine what it will be like once the finish is applied. Of course, a picture never seems to do justice!

Jacquelyn, our landlord, has been busy fixing up the retail space. We now have a news ceiling! The doors will be replaced on Monday! As for the painting of the exterior trim, that will have to wait until the weather warms up!

I'm just so excited! Next week, Jennifer and I will be painting the walls.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend. Thank you so much for stopping by!