Demolition Day.

Salon Ori went from bad to worse yesterday. All in the name of getting better.

We started a to-do list, but unfortunately we weren't able to properly mark anything off. Just about everything on the list has been addressed, but nothing has been totally completed.

The boys got to have their fun. When the sledgehammer showed up, dreams of reckless destruction came over all. Tony and his brother, Shawn, were forced to hold back and use their small crowbars for their first project. Subsequently, Shawn never got the glory of half-hazard sledgehammer destruction. Augie and Tony prevailed and took out a few well worn walls.Shawn ready for work.

Tony and Shawn tearing out the floors.

Augie's sledgehammer project.

Tony using power tools.

More scraping was accomplished. Becky, Tony's mother, came and provided release from the monotony of hours full of paint removal. This project just may deter us from ever wanting to scrape anything again.

We feel very fortunate to have such a great network of friends and family willing to help us out! Without them, this project would be impossible!

Week One complete!

The first week of Salon Ori plugged along. Scraping is definitely a harder business than we all expected. We had high hopes of having a presentable store front by the end of week one, but instead things just look worse.



We were fortunate enough to have Danielle, AmberJean's friend from San Francisco, come and power through a section for us. This saved our sanity for the day. Of coarse it was suppose to be a bit of a vacation for her, instead she worked two days at the Salon. We did reward her with mandatory Pizza Luce.









Sara, or Gilletine (as she is known amongst friends) made a guest appearance as well. We had a hard time delegating work to someone dressed so nicely. However, she did manage to take down a few track lighting strips.

Work in Progress

Today was our first official day of working on the building. We are quickly discovering that things take longer than the movies make it seem. 30 second montages are so deceiving!


We set out to strip and paint the front of the building today. In the end, we stripped half the desired area and didn't even open a can of paint.



Augie joined us today, but he was keen on demolition, not scraping. He may have been slightly disappointed since the ceiling he was "tearing down" actually required careful removal in order to salvage the pieces to donate to the Re-Store. We will have to make sure to save the real demolition for him on another day.