Before we moved in, the building had been used as a recording studio for 20-odd years so the building had an interesting layout, to say the least. It would be difficult to give this project the justice it deserves without adding at least a little bit of the history. . .
We moved into the warehouse next door to this recording studio in 2000-ish. We worked occasionally with the owner of the studio and we shared a loading dock in between the two buildings. We were neighbors for close to 10 years when he told us he would be moving out. We've tried several space arrangements over the years, including this one. (If you click on the link you'll find way more information than you've ever wanted about the history of our building situations!) . When the studio relocated, we were squashed into the single warehouse again and it made sense to expand into the newly unoccupied building. The landlord was willing to give us a great deal on rent if we would do some renovations so we decided to take the leap. For the most part, the building was unusable to us except as storage. As a studio, it had many small-ish rooms with false ceilings, long hallways and interesting artwork. Our needs required big open spaces so we had a huge chunk of work ahead of us. Shortly after we moved in we did this:
And then we built a stage trailer. And got busy. And this is how we left it, making the best of the situation only because we had to. . .
One year later. . .
I got a picture text from Rob. . .
And work began again. . .
To be continued. . .
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