July 06, 2010
livegreene webstore now open!
Thanks to lengthy delays with US immigration, I found time to work on the webstore. The store opened June 9 and the webstore was launched today! Not bad for a newbie entrepreneur in California.
Click the logo to check out the store!
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June 08, 2010
live|greene opens tomorrow!
Some post-renovation, pre-opening photos! Tomorrow is the big day!
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May 29, 2010
live|greene day 5
On Monday, I received word from my immigration attorney that my application was approved. Alas, it had been approved 6 days earlier, but either my attorney or a wayward bureaucrat at Immigration forgot to send it. Time is money, right?
It was late afternoon, too late to start working on the renovation. It was a bead shop previously, and the transformation will be huge. I immediately notified my landlord and raced over the get the keys.
Chis and some of our local friends met me at the store after I practiced yoga. They brought wine and cheese and we toasted the new enterprise amongst the dust, filth and grime. Work would begin in earnest on Tuesday.
The most difficult part of the renovation has been the removal of the laminate flooring. I hired one of Chis' colleague's college kids to lend me a hand with the heavy lifting and soon we were driving the flooring in a U-Haul van to the dump. Not very green of me, I realize. I felt better when I reminded myself of the low VOC paint, recycled cardboard shelving and other elements that would more than offset dumping the nasty flooring.
Until I discovered several layers of adhesive, probably carpet and/or tile, under the floor. Several cans of nasty adhesive remover later and my goodness greenness had all but evaporated, along with what is left of my brain cells.
I finished removing the adhesive this morning, and Chis came to help me sort out wiring, and keep me company. What a trooper on a long holiday weekend and he hoofs it to the store to work. I got some painting done, which made the space start to look like my design. Friends drop by randomly with food and moral support, which is so fabulous and welcome.
Target opening next weekend. So much work to be done. Need rest. zzzzzzzz
I will do my best to post regular daily photos and progress reports here, but forgive me in advance if I miss a day or post two at once. The days are long and physically draining.
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