Okay, I know, there haven’t been any DVD’s playing in the soap shop for a few days. That’s because we’ve been busy relocating the soap workshop. Back in 2005, we purchased a soap making barn to get the soap business out of the kitchen. Trust me, its bigger than it looks (not too big, though) because this pic was taken back when we bought the barn (before I knew to take larger pictures with the new digital camera) And, the picture was taken from a second story deck, which makes it look like a doll house. We completely insulated and drywalled the inside and added electricity and carpeting. There are two large storage lofts on either side for bottles and packaging, etc.
Anyway, in 2008 we purchased a new house on the other side of town. The new house had its own workshop on the property, complete with its own electricity, bathroom and was twice the size of the soap barn. So, since a friend still lived at the old house, we put off moving the barn and used the workshop that was already on site.
Here it is, 2010, we recently came to the decision to close our retail store in the spring so we can focus on internet and wholesale sales. But also, Roy and I both want to pay more attention to our other calling – the healing side of our business (which, isn’t just about “business” for us – it’s also something very personal we connect to). So, this weekend the soap barn was moved to our new house in preparation for turning the existing building on the property into a multi-purpose space: Reiki healing space, meditation studio and Roy’s photographry studio.
This is why we needed the old soap barn back …. to get all the soap making equipment back into the building that was our original manufacturing space and begin to clear out the studio space for a complete remodel.
soap drying racks
And, since we’ve been working all day on the new-old barn, that’s probably why this post sounds so rambling. Tired, sore, sleepy.