How things change in a day and a half... (1 Viewer)

[Merkurfan]

So last night, after the last customer left I was looking around the store thinking.. ok.. it's small.. but there has to be a way to make the store look bigger and perhaps get some more stuff in it...

I think I manged it. My desk will get smaller and I now have room for a wall of shelfs or a couple of frag tanks (leaning towards frag tanks.. maybe a 8ft one?)

By moving the 8ft tanks to the wall I added the 3ft behind it to the open space in the store

who'd have thunk I could get more gallons of water than square feet in here. Sitting at 750 gallons of salt water and about 80 fresh (RO water)

 

[acharpenter]

Awesome! I like it! :beerchug:

 

[happygirl]

Yeah Clint, that looks much more open. Does the cat get whatever jumps? :nuts:

 

[LowersMyBP]

What's keeping those cabinets around? Ditch them (keep the sink and the fridge) and you got all kinds of wall (not windowed wall) space. Maybe create yourself a little 'bar area' back over where Jake had the desk set up to hide stuff behind and serve as your counter? Of course, I can't tell what you have there at the moment, but I know it's windows, so it's hard to put a tank or shelves there...

 

[acharpenter]

Yeah Clint, that looks much more open. Does the cat get whatever jumps? :nuts:

LMAO - thats a Pomeranian, she is super sweet

 

[pramberg]

What's keeping those cabinets around? Ditch them (keep the sink and the fridge) and you got all kinds of wall (not windowed wall) space.

I was going to say the same thing. Remove the cabinets or take the doors off and put some product in there.

 

[happygirl]

LMAO - thats a Pomeranian, she is super sweet

Oops, sorry Clint. :gay1:

 

[Mutu]

Looking good, just in time for Sunday!

 

[re-fin-away]

Hey Clint, great job! It looks alot more open and inviting. I like the idea of taking the doors off some of the cabinets so you can use the space for dry goods. I think all your hard work will pay off.:beerchug:

 

[Merkurfan]

Cabinets can't be taken down or have the doors removed.

I have some other options I am exploring.

 

[Fragtastic Reef]

I agree to ditch the "kitchen" and put in some sweet frag realestate! Why can't the cabinets be removed?

 

[Merkurfan]

in the lease. Can't paint or change anything.

I did setup that frag tank that was sitting on it's side at the end of my desk though

 

[gtfourmn]

One possibility that I think would be nice is to move the shop closer to hwy 65. Possibly one of the vacancies near the Subway & discount tire on central, just a tad north of hwy 10 & central intersection.

 

[Merkurfan]

Moving is on my radar.. Not that far east though. Most of my customers come from the area around the store and west of there. So if I move in any direction it would be west.

Money wise I am not sure a move is a wise thing to do. Although I am considering it. No matter where I move the rent is going to be more. I have to decide if more space will = more sales. I still have to pay off the loan for the store and would really risk making the due date with higher expenses if it did not mean more sales.

The places I am considering are 1300+ sq ft and on busy roads where you don't need my latitude/longitude to find the place

One place low on the list is off old 10 and central. it's low because of a few things. #1 it's 3500 square feet, #2 it's in poor shape #4 it's hard to see from the highway #4 although the rent is cheap, the heat bill would not be.

The other spots are near the store, or west of it.