As of February 15th we are the proud new owners of the old Lumberyard in Adrian MO. in the next several months we will be removing old remodels and rewiring the main building. Our plan is to open up a store front to sell recycled/upcycled goods and antiques. We will be looking for like minded people that love old stuff, and rent out booth space for them to sell their creations or collections. We think that you have to have stuff already made but you have to have stuff for people to create their own visions with too. The more local people involved the better. We want to see this storefront become a destination to visit off of the highway. We would love to eventually have craft fairs, flea markets, makers fairs, bbq cookoffs, and or car shows in the open areas on the property. You can see the back of the buildings from Interstate 49. The plan is to use some of the ideas that we used on our house as similar decorating ideas for our store. We would also like it to be a place for our youngest Special needs daughter to be able to work and interact with people. The front of the building is above. The property itself is pictured below. It sits on almost 3 acres in town with 8 buildings. The bonus is there is a building that has storage units too.
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| the building that lumber was stored in |
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| more buildings |
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| the backside of the main building |
The first 6 pictures are of the front area of the building when you walk in. They had a show room of products in it that included a garage door and some vinyl siding on the walls, along with some stone. There were 6 rooms. 2 offices, a walk through room, a bathroom, a utility room and then the main room. I say were.....
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| the main showroom |
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| one office with the walk through room |
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| the second office |
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| the bathroom |
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| We invited a few friends and a lot of family over to help us tear out the first section of the building. In a matter of 2 days we had it back to what we want to keep. |
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| Abi had a lot of fun with a sledge hammer! |
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| This area will be where the check out counter will go. |
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| looking toward the check out area |
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| We will be putting stairs to the upstairs area right in the middle of this view. Notice the door. That leads into what was living quarters for the previous owners. |
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| the hall coming in |
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| bathroom #2 |
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| bathroom #3 |
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| the living room area looking into bedroom #1 and the kitchen |
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| The kitchen |
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| the hallway and bedrooms #2 and #3. the door at the back leads to another storage type area and the stairs for the upstairs. |
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| The back storage area |
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| stairs to the upstairs |
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| the upstairs |
The last few days it has been just Chris, my mom and I. We got the flooring all demoed out, took down the light fixtures, started pulling the kitchen cabinets and started to take out the drywall.
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| the bedrooms now look like this |
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| the hallway |
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| facing the entrance |
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| We started taking out the kitchen. The granite counter tops are tricky. |
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| The hallway |
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| The walls are coming out. |
There will be much more to come!!
As of February 15th we are the proud new owners of the old Lumberyard in Adrian MO. in the next several months we will be removing old remodels and rewiring the main building. Our plan is to open up a store front to sell recycled/upcycled goods and antiques. We will be looking for like minded people that love old stuff, and rent out booth space for them to sell their creations or collections. We think that you have to have stuff already made but you have to have stuff for people to create their own visions with too. The more local people involved the better. We want to see this storefront become a destination to visit off of the highway. We would love to eventually have craft fairs, flea markets, makers fairs, bbq cookoffs, and or car shows in the open areas on the property. You can see the back of the buildings from Interstate 49. The plan is to use some of the ideas that we used on our house as similar decorating ideas for our store. We would also like it to be a place for our youngest Special needs daughter to be able to work and interact with people. The front of the building is above. The property itself is pictured below. It sits on almost 3 acres in town with 8 buildings. The bonus is there is a building that has storage units too.
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