to do

Things have somehow not slowed down yet since we got back from our 4th of July trip - eeekkk! Yesterday my mom and I spent all day shopping for our super-secret-special project, which I guess isn't that secret anymore since everyone in town knows. We are opening Spearfish Creek Wine Bar in hopefully two but probably three weeks. We are doing lots of renovations to the actual building, and I'd like to do them up proper with a nice before-and-after post. In the meantime, here were some of our purchases yesterday. Our "theme" has ranged from "cabiney cool living room barn-ish" to "hippie garage junkyard fantastical" and finally landed somewhere in the vicinity of "mining-camp industrial rustical" (coined by the guy at the lighting store yesterday). Clearly we have no business decorating anything, but I think it will come together nicely. We used lots of reclaimed wood and corrugated tin, and we just aimed for "natural" surfaces, wood, leather, rock, etc. We have to choose paint colors shortly, but I think we're going to keep it pretty neutral and then feature a lot of bright art on our art wall, as well as accessories. Thus, the furniture is a tad safe but it is comfortable and part of our vision. The lighting, on the other hand, is radical. See for yourself ...

lanterns for the front picture windows

this will go over the front door - very barn-ey

over-the-bar hanging lights - these are my favs

some marble tables

leather barstools

a few other plain 'ol wood tables

loveseat for the fireplace area

and our leather club chairs

We do have a few statement pieces that are still at an antique store in town, I'll have to post those later. I am quite excited to see how everything comes together. It should be a pretty cozy place to hang out.