the deed is done..

..and the deposit check is paid. it's mine!

immediately after signing the lease and taking some deep breaths, i went across the street to get an insurance quote. the store wants a million dollar liability coverage, in case someone smashes their head in my shop. the insurance guy, very old school and has been there for 30 years, was telling me that the brownstones across the way (this is at 7th and union st) used to sell for $50K - thirty years ago - but the cost to rebuild would be $70K, so the homeowner back then could never get enough coverage! and now they sell for over a million apiece. i do love brooklynites, everyone has a story for you.

derek is doing his little autocad drawings. we were going to do the basic birch plywood look, but every shop on the street has birch plywood. it's so damn easy. so, we found some units in that dark wenge color. this is not hip anymore but that means the units are on sale, and i won't look like everyone else. the problem is finding a paint color that complements such a dark wood. i was all set to do a burnt orange but now i'm thinking of some weird silvery teal color, if such a thing exists.

ok time to walk the poor dog and actually make some jewelry.