The Broadway Avenue awning was installed this week. It is illuminated from within by fluorescent lights to provide 24 hour visibility.
It was delight to work with Schad-Tracy Signs on this project, partly because Mike Schad has been such a tremendous framing customer over the years. It is nice to be able to return the favor.
We first started working with Matt eight years ago when he was a senior in high school. He only needed mats cut because he was building his own frames.
But he wasn’t just building his own frames. He was milling his own frame profiles and staining and waxing the wood. His attention to detail was remarkable and his skill as a carpenter was undeniable.
Matt has since graduated from college, gotten married and has two children. But he still maintains a very complete wood shop. As Matt puts it, “shop time is good time”.
And when it came time to have custom cabinetry built for the new Rochester location, it was an easy decision.
It has taken a long time (too long) to get the new shop to this point.
This point is the point in which we can begin tailoring the space to our design aesthetic.
The goal will be to create a design environment that is comfortable and simple.
It shouldn’t be too much longer.
The floor is finished, which was a bigger project than anticipated. The concrete floor under the original carpeting was very uneven so the entire floor had to be ground down before the tile could be installed.
It is a porcelain tile floor, so it should stand up for a very long time. Because the space is long and narrow, it was hoped that creating a diagonal pattern would create the illusion of the floor being larger than it is.
The new cabinets should arrive within a week and then the Cambria design surface can be ordered.
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