Dad, how are you going to manage without a showroom?

Indeed, launching your business without a showroom is a bit more complicated.

Well, if we're going to do it, let's go all the way!

So, to begin with, having my little idea in mind, we're going to fill out a "Cerfa": yes, in France, we always start everything with a Cerfa 😬.

Once the permissions are granted, that's when the fun begins:

Phase 1 : Clearing the existing site: 15 years of vegetation, that's 2 days of work. 🥴

Phase 2 : Next, my neighbor (whom I thank once again for saving me two good days of sweat) helped me level the ground with his micro-tractor. 1 day's work 🚜

Phase 3 : Installation and connection of rainwater to the existing network. 1 day of work.

Phase 4 : A few bags of concrete and 1 roll of tarpaulin later: the blocks are ready to receive the beast. 1 day of work.

After everything dried, my precious thing is finally in place!

Phase 5 : A good blast with the pressure washer and it's like new... well, almost. 😅 Half a day's work

Phase 6 : Now, it's time for "home staging," as Valérie would say. 😉

We're going to close the box because working in the rain is only fun for about 5 minutes.

That took a day of work with my dad because those things weigh a ton!

phase 7: We have to face the facts: the floor is dead.

There aren't many options: dismantling, cleaning, and disposal at the recycling center; one more day of work.

Now, well, there's nothing left to do but...

Flooring done! And then God created Festool and its famous plunge saw 🤩 1 day's work

 

Phase 8: Here I am back on my knees for the parquet flooring, a day of work with dismantling and cleaning the ceiling.

Phase 9: Electricity, drywall, plastering: five days of work. I love the dust 😭

And then... disaster struck! I turned on the gas heater to dry everything out (with the gorgeous weather we're having this March). Then I heard a "click"! I turned around and: 😱

That's perfect, I'd never changed my glazing before...thanks to Lionel (Menuiserie du val du gy) for your invaluable help.

Another day of unexpected work 😪

Phase 10: Painting , or rather repainting, the initial grey is turning blue: I'm seasick 🤢

Well, that's one good thing done. Let's go outside!

Phase 11: Painting, battening, insulation, and polycarbonate installation (2 days of work)

So we all agree: insulated bags are ugly! 🤡

But you can well imagine that this is going to be my favorite moment.

We move on to phase 12:

Installation of horticultural felt and irrigation (1 day's work)

Phase 13: Planting (2 days of work)

That looks great, pencil lead!! A little solar lighting on it and we're good to go!

Okay, that's not all; but now we need to fill in the inside a bit:

Phase 14: Operation to collect wood from every corner of the house to make interior furniture:

Between two repairs of my temperamental dishwasher. 😑

a small corner decoration

Four very busy days ! But it's still missing that little something...

Come on, one more day won't make a difference! Back counter decor: check!

Okay, that's all well and good, but with this lovely month of May just around the corner, it's getting hot behind the bay window! 🥵 The only solution: shade... let's go for phase 15 , which, for some reason, certainly won't be the last. 😩

"Operation Ascension" is certainly fitting on this Thursday and 1.5 extra working days .

There you go,... quite proud of the result.

A month and a half later... luckily there are several of us inside the little guy, otherwise... 😂

So there you have it, you now have an idea of ​​the possibilities, so don't hesitate to share your projects with me. The crazier the better!

Now I'm off to the workshop because I have work to do to fill all the furniture in this magnificent showroom.