Painting and Flooring

Good Afternoon and happy Saturday! Hope you’re weekend is off to a great start, I’m taking a lunch break at home and making some matcha tea, getting ready to head back and keep painting the café! This might be the busiest week so far in terms of transparent physical work on the building, and it’ll only ramp up throughout next week as we complete the floors and bring equipment in.

At the very least, we'll look open by the end of next week.

Assuming we complete painting tomorrow morning, and I can get the floors done by tomorrow night or Monday. From there I’ll finally be clearing out my garage and bringing in a bunch of the big equipment, and as the counters arrive early next week we can start installing everything. I think what I’m most excited for is putting some tables and chairs down to get an idea of the seating space. I’ve had this designed since last summer, actually getting to sit in it is going to be incredible. A lot of people visit as we work, at least once per day someone will peak inside or ask when we open. They’ll often want to input ideas too, “you should sell this or try that.” Shout out to the genuinely really nice woman this week who told me she didn’t like my brand and that she’d be happy to suggest some new colors, with a big smile haha. It will be nice to let people peak at a space that more closely resembles the final idea, instead of the piles of rubble they’ve been seeing since December.

That said, I’m not sure it’ll be possible to open until early May.

every step takes a day or two, and every weekend we touch is a couple days of no work. Our countertops are now late, but they’re going to arrive exactly when they’re needed next week. A couple things that really slowed us down this week we’re doubling back on some water proofing, more ceiling grid repair and city mandated stenciling. I’m now feeling a bit under the weather and called out from my second job, but I’m going to power through this weekend to try and get things done.

Now’s the time to really sprint

In a podcast from Valor Coffee this week, they noted that opening a café is a like running a 5k, where you have to jog at pace all the way, and then sprint at the end when you’re most exhausted. I’m definitely feeling that, especially because I’m a little sick haha. It’s time to get back to work, thank you all for reading and have a great day! - Elias