After letting it sit under a cover for a couple of years, I’ve decided to finish my store, which is a model of a 200-some year old building near Albany, N.Y. Years ago, I saw a picture of it in a book about historic New York State structures, liked the unusual look of the place, so I flew back there, measured and photographed the whole place and commenced to build a 1:22.5 model, which was lookin’ pretty good. Then came that “devil in the details moment” and I pooped out–until now. I’m determined to finish that puppy by year’s end if I don’t flame out again because of the current problem.
See, the store has these huge display windows, which means it’s gotta have an interior 'cause you can see in. Also, it has one of those recessed double door entries, which was a bee-itch to build. When I visited the place several years ago it was a tack shop, you know, horsey stuff. Now, after a fire and a major rebuild, it’s one of those cutsey, coffee and muffins places ya visit during a drive in the country. In a former life the place was a grocery store.
So here’s the dilemma: make it a store, which means shelves full of canned goods, boxes and stuff (more work for me), or maybe make it a restaurant or coffee shop, which means I’d only have to put in a few tables and stuff, maybe even in the front windows, which would have to be filled with merchandise if I made the building a grocery store. BTW, I already have a hardware store.
I’m not posting a photo because I hate to show an unfinished building and because I’m lazy. Bottom line, what would YOU do? Not sayin’ I’ll take your advice, but would appreciate your two cents worth anyway.