hello out there!! so, we have been very absent here in cyberspace for the last couple weeks as we finished up the project we've been working on since august!
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two doors down from sticks and bricks there was a liquor store for 15+ years (pop's). when they moved next door, my sweetie and great friend robyn decided to open a cafe there. lucky us!
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for the next two weeks we are going to bring you pictures of all the sticks and bricks contributions- from the very large to the small details.
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and we'll start with the exterior facade.
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we made 5' sections of fencing with reclaimed stockade fence, local rough sawn lumber, and misc bits of wood we picked up here and there.
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luckily we finished this part before there was 3' of snow on the ground!
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we enlisted the help of our contractors to mount it to the building- because we're not
that butch ;).
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the signs were made by
steelhead studios - 500lbs of fantastic rusted metal.
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open 8am-11pm, i ate all three meals there yesterday.
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for those of you not lucky enough to come in person- we'll take you inside tomorrow.