The Grand Opening

Well, we did it! We got the store up and running. It was a crazy couple of weeks. We had to finish construction of the area first by putting in the floors and finding all the right furniture to put in the store. We weren't actually able to move into the store until last Wednesday with opening day just 2 days after that. I think the store turned out pretty good though. We had a few people stop in on Friday and check it out, though Saturday (Halloween) was our big day. Once 4:00 came around we were really really busy with all the trick-or-treaters. We decided to give away free t-shirts to the first 50 trick-or-treaters to get people to come to the store. We ended up giving away 150 t-shirts with a design heat pressed on. But it was good and generated a lot of traffic through the store and let a lot of people know we were there. I think it will expand mom's business and hopefully we'll sell some things from the store to. Here are some pictures of the store:

From the Outside:

Here is the front of the house with the store sign, the grand opening sign and the balloons! The stucco didn't quite get done on time because it snowed and got really cold but it should be done this week.


The Entry way. And the door all done up with our store name and hours.


Here is a view of the store through the windows. Though there will normally be a quilt on the far left wall.

Going Inside:

Here's our entry way. I love the vinyl on the walls and that we have a real Treadle Machine welcoming people to our store:) Oh, and ignore the ladder. It's not usually there.

Then turning to the left, is our store! We've got our motto over the store entrance and lots to see. Tomorrow, I will do another post that will showcase our sections in the store better and you can better see what we are selling.

Another angle into the store.

From the back of the store.

Here's the check-out counter and mom's office and workspace. (though her main workspace is downstairs and much bigger)

This little section is where customers can sit and look through all the magazines and books that mom has so they can decide what they want to order.

Mom and Dad with their finished store. Way to go!!!