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A lot has happened since my last post. Painting started just a couple days ago so I went there yesterday afternoon to check on the progress. David had called earlier in the day after he made an "executive decision". On the west side of the building we had a base...
Today was inspection, everything passed with a few minor tweaks. With everything passing we were officially able to move the schedule up a couple days. Keep your fingers crossed the schedule stays that way.We also saw the newly exposed windows in the graphic area. It makes the room look so...
David checked the online inventory for our lights on the IKEA website this morning and saw the Orlando store had 10 lights in. I gave him the credit card and before the end of the day, all 10 were in David's car on their way to the new building. Of...
Our permit officially came in yesterday which means we're ready for inspection on Monday. Our track lighting fixtures came in at the end of the day yesterday so that's good. David & I stopped by the building yesterday afternoon and saw that the windows in the graphics area on the...
No it's not our IKEA orders though. We ordered a line painter and cans of paint so we can refresh the lines in our new parking lot. Don't worry, we'll take pictures of me, David & Mary Anne re-striping our parking lot.Today we're also expecting the new track light fixtures...
To recap how we got to this point. We want lights from IKEA got our graphics area. The Orlando store had 1 and we need 12. They were supposed to get more in this week, then they were not coming in this week. David saw on line that the Charlotte...
We have had such a great experience with our contractors thus far and a couple people have asked who they are so here's our main three contractors on the project:Nelson Blankenship, Jr.Blankenship Architects Inc.540 Lake Faith CircleMaitland, Florida 32751407-331-8868 nelson@blankenshiparchitects.comScott GreerGreer Contracting Company670 Clay StreetWinter Park, FL 32789407-599-5380scott@greercontracting.comBeth BennettSpectra Contract...
Make a note of our new contact info:IDEAS64 E. Concord StreetOrlando, FL 32801-1331407-601-7878www.ideas1stg.wpengine.comToday we walked the building again to check on the progress. We are in the window of time where no more work can really be done until final permits are approved so progress is slower now than last...
Have you ever wanted to take a hammer and just beat the crap out of a wall? We got to watch someone do that this morning. We're trying to find some windows behind drywall so what better way to find them then by knocking holes in the drywall in front...
Today is the beginning of packing up the vault. Part 1 of the packing is the purging. There are so many tapes in the vault that go back 10+ years that nobody even remembers what they are, when they were done and who they were done for. We need to...
Here's what I learned today: Mary Anne doesn't like the oak furniture in our current building. It's amazing how much furniture we have in our current building. When you walk into a room and see a desk, 3 chairs, a bookshelf, a cabinet, a file cabinet, and a small table...
