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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...
We went to IKEA yesterday and found some really great lights for our art department/graphics area. We went to pick them up and they only had 3 of them and we needed 12. So we talked to someone that worked there and he said to call today and ask them...
This morning we locked the design and colors for the Creative Lab floor. Who knew it would be that complicated. Anyway, it's done and most people agreed with the final results. It will definitely be a different look from the rest of the building. We went out today and looked...
Yesterday we finalized paint colors. After Friday I wasn't sure we were going to get there but we did. And thankfully, there's very little gray in the new paint colors. I'm excited to see how it turns out, I think the final colors are great. We showed up today and...
Before the holidays we sent out a survey to the entire staff to find out what they liked and disliked about our current building and what they hoped we could do and not do in the new building. There were a few overwhelming requests that came from the surveys, one...
