day 23: the new schedule

Well, today, I was just getting started at the shop when I got a call from little one’s school. She kind of threw up all over herself and her desk. Of course, work halted and mama came running to the rescue. As I should. Speaking of roles and responsibilities,...

day 22: the shop counter

Matt finished the shop counter! It only took him a couple of nights, and I am so proud of it and him! We were really going for an antique vibe–clean lines and lots of planks. But we also wanted bar height for the ease of our customers, so we built the outside to...

days 18 & 19: the paint colors

I hope you won’t consider it cheating that I lump days 18 & 19 together. Progress at the shop is a little slow-going this week, and it seems the walls/built-ins/trim are multiplying as we go. Natalie and I started painting cabinets a while back, but we began...

day 15: the boxes

Are you guys getting used to the iPhone pics snapped late at night? That seems to be all I’m able to manage these days. So the boxes seem to multiplying around here.  It was really okay with me. But then they started multiplying inside the...