B Sharp Fabrics

People who helped work on the shop to get it ready ...
Vincent - my husband who actually gave up several vacation days towards this
Wynne & Frank - friends that I used to do non-profit work with
Beth - who loaned me/us tools as well as giving of her time (I love that ladder...)
Ula & Tasha - my daughter (who loans me her camera) & grand-daughter
Xigi - a family friend
Tekla, Sif, Grigsby, Rafny, Wes - members and/or friends of Stallarifannsk, an SCA 'household'
Steingrimm - head of Stallarifannsk whose woodworking advice kept me from replacing the front door
Peter - an old SCA friend
John - an old friend of Vincent's (and mine)

Suppliers of various materials used in this re-modelling...
MetroPaint - the white for the ceiling & the cream for the walls
the ReBuilding Center - the carpet, carpet pad, kitchen cabinets, front partition window, fitting room mirrors, and the bathroom flooring (Would you believe it's all second-hand?)
North Portland Tool Library - use of a table saw, 2 Little Giant ladders, a drywall T-square, a paint roller handle-extension, a drywall screwdriver, lots o' little things....

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Pre-paint but mostly cleaned .....
Looking towards the back as you enter	The display window as seen from just inside the doorway (Don't you just love those bars?)	Looking towards the front (And another view of those bars...)
Painting has begun ....
Looking towards the back as you enter	The display window as seen from just inside the doorway Those bars are outa here!	Looking towards the front (So glad to have those bars gone!) (btw - that's Vincent, my husband)
The bump-out to enlarge the bathroom...
Oh, this is bad.... Poor knees!	The Odd Fellows' Lodge (my landlords) brought in a contractor to enlarge the bathroom.	Much better! Hey, you contemplate a 63+ hour workweek with the former ... um ... situation.
Well, that doesn't take up much floor space.	Nope, not much at all....	Well, at least it's roomier in there... We'll spiff it up later....
Meanwhile, outside...
Blasted traffic.... (The door is open but look close and you'll see a 'solid' blue door.)	Sometimes closer is better... and now the plywood is off the door glass.	Eh? Hey, this used to be a music shop in the '70s! Just before me, it was a gun shop....
And on Wednesday, 11 Jan 2006 . . . It's a sign!

And work continued....
Looking towards the back as you enter, you can see the frame-outs for the dividing walls.	kitchenette v1.0 Gotta eat while you're working!	View from the office area to the front.
The wall dividing the retail area from the classroom.	Showing supports for back counter.
The retail area is shaping up...	A 'clerk's eye view'...	frame-out for office window Look thru and see the start on the storage cabinets for students' or rental use.
He wrote ... (This must have been about the 3rd week of January.)	After he left for the evening, I wrote ...	full view (That's the doorway to the fitting room on the right.)
The shop opened for business on Friday 3 Feb '06 looking kind of this....
As you entered...	This is an area that underwent some major changes...It's the left/east/wool/notions wall.	Same wall closer to the front counter...
At the end of the notions wall. Never did get a picture of the jewelry case when it sat here...	We actually worked on the notions hutch _during_ shop hours. (No wonder it seemed to take forever...)	New hutch in place and getting loaded... Going to look better than that mess above, won't it?
Big leap forward in time.... In Apr '06, it looked like this.... The shop has been open for business since 3 Feb '06 which is why it's taking awhile to get these up.
As you enter... (take a look at the back counter area)	looking to the right at the roll rack...	and further to the right....
display case at end of roll rack.	other side of roll rack. You can just see the top right corner of the 'blanc mange' on the floor at the left.	the DMC rack on outside of the bathroom wall A slightly better shot of the 'blanc mange' (aka gambeson batting...)
the new notions hutch	a closer look at the back counter The shelf & the button & veil cabinet are in... yay!	kitchenette v2.0 Display veils & fichus on right next to bathroom door...
Wonder what's going on in the classroom?	Well, it's _usable_. Just have to move a few things...the tables are built and ready on the right.	My view of the world ~~seven~~ five days a week. (Changed as of the beginning of Nov 2006.) :-)