What were we thinking?

Mr Knits and I thought it might be a good idea to go into the shop today and hook up the sink in the lesson room. But, before we could get to work, a yard sale got in our way. Look what I got...

And Maurice and Glenn delivered them! Thanks guys.

So, instead of helping Mr Knits with the sink, I just had to clean the shelves and set them up. This took pretty much all day. But here's the final result...

From the music store entrance

From the yarn shop entrance

Notice how they look neatly stacked?

They're not!

Sorting out the books will have to wait until we have a little less to do. I am too excited about these shelves. Now it will be so much nicer to browse the books and magazines, and there is still lots of room to move around. You know, like for when we have our yarn orgies and such.

On to the real reason we came to work on a Sunday. Here's what the lesson room looked like shortly after we started demolishing and just before Maurice and Glenn came with the shelves (which, by the way, are called banana racks used for displaying produce in grocery stores.)

And, notice how nicely the wallpaper (that had been hidden by the slatwall ) was installed. Yes, the bottom half of the wall was hung upside down! Apparently, whoever checked out the restaurant and approved it 1993, didn't mind the decor. The building we're in used to be a teahouse called Treadles. It was very popular in these parts for many, many years. We have customers coming in telling us all about it. Especially the bread that was baked in flower pots, and the hummingbird cake. Notice how well I can get off topic. Back to the plumbing.

I took this shot, and want to say something about plumber's crack, but can't think of anything. So, Mr Knits is busy at work leveling the sink here. What a great man!

Now, the panic is all this work has to be done before Wednesday afternoon, as our Thursday Afternoon Knitting Group (we really need to come up with a name for this group) is having their annual potluck luncheon on Thursday at 1:00pm. so this just has to get finished. I don't think the walls will be repaired or repapered, but hopefully the sink will be functional, the stove moved, and the fireplace taken home.

To further add a little stress to our lives, we are in the process of having the store re-roofed. Half is done, but the work is progressing so slowly, and there is a gaping hole in the roof where the old chimney used to be. I go home each night with visions of racoons running wildly through the yarn. Each day, we ask the roofer to cover the hole; he promises to do so, and then promptly forgets! But the new roof is so pretty and red, I think I can forgive him. Unless we get racoons or squirrels inside. Then I won't be so nice.