Tiki Tan Day 1

So for those of you who may be living under a rock...not really a bad idea...anyways I think I may have had a temporary loss of sanity and some how convinced Jeremy that we needed to take over a tanning salon that is just a few minutes from our house. Not really sure if we are entrepreneur's or just gluttens for punishment. And not really sure what Jeremy was thinking trusting me on this one and thinking it was a good idea too.....but either way we are now the proud owners of Tiki Tan with 6 tanning beds and 1 spray booth.



Since we finalized things with the previous owners on Decemeber 31st and needed to do some upgrades and improvements while also not closing the salon for too many days since clients had already paid for tanning, we again thought this through and decided that we would close the salon from Dec 31st and reopen on Jan 5. Who in their right mind would think you could get all this done in a matter of 4 days....and in case you are wondering...no you can't get it all done and we are still painting!

So the first day we had our friend Doug come and start on building us a new front counter desk area because it desperately needed something. Did I mention that Day 1 was Jan 1st....yes the day after our great New Years party where we didn't go to bed until about 3:30. Well Doug was smart and knew that we had a long day of work so he got to bed early and was ready to roll first thing in the morning. Needless to say Jeremy and I were just a little tired..and I seemed to have a terrible headache.


After Jeremy tore out the old counter we consulted with our General Contrator Doug and his always helpful assistant Wendy(not sure he really thinks she helps..haha) and decided that to properly build the new counter we needed to tear out this small section of wood flooring (really no idea why they had the section of flooring behind their counter) and also a couple rows of tiles.



Here I am supervising to make sure that Doug knows which tile to stop on...haha. Actually I was unable to help at this point because the loud hammering and chiseling was not helping out my unexplainable headache.




After a long day of hard work we have the base for our new counter area. It turned out great and is much more functional for the salon. Doug with the assistance of Todd did a great job.

Stay tuned for Day 2.........