New/Old Building

About a week ago my husband and a friend of his purchased an old building in Topeka Kansas. I'm told by some of the locals in the area that it has been a bar for many years. The building needs some work done to it so we have been spending a lot of time there. The electric lines on the outside of the building were stolen for the copper so that is a must to take care of first. It will be nice to have some lights to see with so I'm looking forward to them getting that done. I hope the heating will be next because it's VERY cold in there even when your working hard.

In the front section where the bar is there was a drop ceiling. I had to take a peek up top so I stood on the bar and moved a tile out of the way so I could look around. To my suprise above the bar was painted one thing... "Jenny's". My husband says I can't have the building for a studio even though it has my name on it... boo, hiss, pout. Anyway, I told them my thoughts on removing the ceiling tiles and an office area up front. They liked the idea so I earned myself a job and got to remove the ceiling tiles. YEAH! 8| The ceiling is covered in tin that we are going to paint black. This is going to be tricky because the ceiling is about 18' up. Yikes!

There is a wall upstairs that I absolutely loved looking at the instant I saw it. It's made of native stone that is stacked and painted white. It's absolutely beautiful!

It's going to be a while before it's finished but it's going to be a fun to see it transformed.

Here is a picture of the front of the building.