A Wall Comes Down!

Just when we thought things were moving in the right direction a mistake in the plans was identified by our contractor. Suffice to say, the plans never specified what material the framing was supposed to be made from. You only have two choices, wood or metal. We chose wood and it was supposed to be metal. After a conversations with the architect it was decided that the walls needed to come down and new metal framing needed to go into its place. We lost a handful of days because of this, not to mention the frustration for our contractor and us. Oh well, we push on. Another day another dollar spent. If we get out of this without having to sell a kidney it's going to be a miracle. But then again, miracles are pretty cool when they happen so let the odds stack against us....


1) Where a wall used to be. Soon to be home to another wall, a metal one this time.

Some good new, however, was our weekly trip to Urban Ore in Berkley. I think I've mentioned this place before, it's like a Goodwill but for building materials and furniture. This place is massive and always packed with really cool stuff. We've spent the better part of 2009 collecting and salvaging materials to us in our restaurant from a handful of Bay Area salvage yards, however Urban Ore has always been the horse to bet on when it comes to amazing finds.


1) Urban Ore Ecopark: One mans junk...

Today we found nine Thonet No. 14 Bentwood Chairs (see photo) that I've personally scoured the United States looking for. Brand new these chairs are hundreds of dollars. They are your classic bistro chairs seen in restaurants around the world. We lucked out big time in finding this set. Now we have to piece together another 10 and we'll have a place for you to sit. Oh, and we got them for $10 each. Big win for Fart Angel!


1) Cyrick doing his best to secure our 9 new chairs and sandwich prep cooler that we picked up from the auction people. Zip Car supplying the wheels

We had a lot of excitement today. Nursing a headache now, trying not to think of what tomorrow will bring.

-JK