Just a quick entry to follow up on my last post about the design of the store, which showed an abstract vision of some light fixtures. My designer sent me the following image, a more advanced and technical version of the aforementioned concept, along with a brief explanation of what the drawing physically represents:

“This is a “reflected ceiling plan” of the shades. To get technical, they are spun .090” thick aluminum hemispheres, 18” deep by 36” in diameter, the interiors are powder coated in three shades of purple/blue. The exterior dome, which you will see when you walk around the perimeter of the store, will be left as raw spun aluminum. There are 16 of each color composed in an 8×6 grid. A light is hung inside the hemisphere, these will illuminate the central space of the store and the display shelving that encompasses this ‘living room’.” –AB

So, now you all have a sense of what the ceiling space of the store should look like. We’re having a sample made of one of the fixtures and will show it to you when it’s completed.

Just wanted to share a sketch my design consultant/guru sent me, a concept for the brick and mortar space. I won’t be getting as literal as places like Palate when it comes to grape references, but hopefully the ultimate design will be relevant and evocative.

The ABC posting has gone up today at the location (see photo below), and will be there for 30 days. One more small step completed in the overall process. Woo hoo!

I’ve been holding off on posting this, but the application has finally been processed by the ABC and the posting for license transfer will be going in the window sometime this week. So here it is in all its faded glory.

It’s the market all the way over to the right…it needs a LOT of work. Yikes!