Posts made in July, 2016


Happy birthday Ernest! We’re so thankful you guys have been following along in our process of starting a coffee shop. You’ve gotten to see A LOT of things through my eyes this past year, but you haven’t really gotten to know Ernest (or Pop!). So in today’s celebration of his birthday, we decided to do a little interview so you can get to know him a little better. Ernest– on starting a coffee shop A few...

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We left off from the first week of SONDER build out cutting concrete. This week we continued with a major focus on plumbing. We’re also trying out different stains on our oak tables, continuing to prep the walls, and then we had our first inspections for rough plumbing and electrical! SONDER Build Out Week 2 Mike– our contractor– and his work vibes.  Plumbing Ground plumbing was pretty intense. So was the...

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Time has come for the SONDER build out–crazy right? I had no idea how we’d even make it to this point, but here we are, and still pressing forward. One day at a time, little by little, big progress is made. We’d love to share some sneak peaks of our first week so you can see SONDER come to be with us, how about it? Brick Accent Wall Our design is pretty minimal, but we wanted a brick accent wall from the get-go, and...

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The time has come to put all our planning into action to create SONDER! We’ve got our space, and now all we have to do is turn it into a coffee shop… easy right? Before we dive into build out, here is what we have done as pre-build out prep work. We had no idea how to get to this point, but here we are! City approvals & permits Due diligence involved contacting the city/state to see what we’d need to make our...

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The pace starts to change at this point when there’s less planning and more doing. We’ve signed our lease, got our permits from the city to start build out, and now are getting those projects in line. After our last trip to Northern Europe, we weren’t expecting to go anywhere for the next couple years because of the shop. Yet a year later and approaching build-out, we’re finding ourselves getting tired— and we haven’t even...

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