New workshop, new plans
We have three reasons to write this post. Last time we wrote about our renovation plans. Reason no 1. The workshop renovation has been a while already finished, so we thought to share some photos with you. Reason no 2. This December has been so beautiful. We didn't have to worry about the darkest time of the year because of so much snow. Reason no 3. Our small business has come to an end. The dream of working here as a creative professional has taken another direction. For the past five years we have worked a lot and tried many things. The work has been creative and intensive, but not profitable. Now we want to give us the possibility to think, which direction to go. Business operations will be stopped for at least the entire year 2023.
The first photo above was taken in November 2021, when we were standing proud in front of an almost ready workshop. We wanted to embrace the moment by walking on a red carpet. Below are some work in progress photos.
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Starting point of our small shop space. |
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View to the upcoming wood workshop through a hole for the heating pipe. |
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Covering the walls with a mixture of chalck paint and cement. |
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Making of the floors. |
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Old silo becoming a showroom space. |
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Making of the ceiling for silo. |
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View of the renovated jewelry workshop. |
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View of the new wood workshop in 2021. |
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View of the small shop space in 2021 |
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View of the small shop space in 2022. We added some green.
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The view to the silo in 2021. |
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The ceiling of silo in 2022. |
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The barn from outside photographed today. |
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The amount of snow this December! |
We hope that pausing the business will bring us new energy and our dream is still to work fulltime as a creative entrepreneur. We are optimistic about the future. Hopefully you are doing fine too. We wish you happy holidays and all the best to the year 2023!
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