Old Building / New Restaurant

Where to start?  We just bought a Mesker Brothers building that is over 100 years old. Mesker Brothers built  metal and iron that either accented or covered the front of buildings in the late 1800's and 1900's.  Ours is the whole upper section.  The French settled  this area and our building has Fleur-de-lis on the upper corners.  I would love to find out what colors were in style in Europe at the time the building was built and repaint.

The back of the bottom half was actually someone's home.  That is a bonus for us because we can stay in there while we're redoing the upper floor.  Eventually this will be our home for a little while until we find just the right piece of land to build our Dream Home on.  It's going to take a lot of work.

The ceiling

Where the cinders blocks are will be windows

Where the kitchen will be

I love the wood wall.

We will have 14 ft ceilings.  AWSOME huh?

The door that goes into the upper floor dining area.  I want to put up a  rolling barn door here.

The door above separates our home space from the upper dining room.  This room was a mess.

I can't wait to get the windows put back in.

It does look a bit different down stairs.  I have thought about trying to repaint to our taste but, I just keep telling myself that I need to keep it like it is and save all the sprucing up for our place when we get to that part upstairs.  But, it is soooooo hard ladies, ya know what I'm talking about?

I did repaint the bathroom, it was the same color as the bedroom.

Temporary furniture from my dad and Craigslist.

Well that's it.  There is a front part to the ground floor but, I didn't take any pictures.  I'm so excited to take you on our journey of opening up our restaurant we have dreamed of having almost as long as we have been married.  It is going to be really hard going from around 4,000 sqft to just at 1,200 (where O' where will I put all my stuff)!

Peace, Love & Decorate
Theresa