Mim
Well-known member
OK yall,
Since closing my ice cream shop I have been working out of my dining room... then it slowly leaked into my living room... and then it slowly leaking into my family room. In looking for a commercial space in Charlotte, I stumbled upon our dream house near where a lot of my family lives in the mountains of Virginia. I am from Williamsburg Virginia, but the mountains was my second home. We went at least once a month. It is beautiful and I always wanted to live there, but there was never a house and property that met our needs. But this house is big enough for my large family PLUS a detached 2 car garage with an 800 sq foot workshop on top! And it was a foreclosure and a hot-mess (and we are do-it-yourselfers, so being a hot-mess does not scare me). The point is:
THE NEW MIM'S UKES LOCATION WAS BORN!
It is a foreclosure and they put it on hold, so I did not want to crow about it except on facebook until we finally closed. WE CLOSED! But then I did not want to crow until we got the power on and made sure it works... IT WORKED! Then we had to turn on the water pump... IT WORKED! One leak, one sink does not work, one faucet needs replaced... WAY better than we thought and with a little elbow grease I will have the Mim's Ukes space ship-shape in about 3 days starting tomorrow. Eventually I will be adding a deck (aka pickin' porch) to the front, proper sinage, and a front enterance... gotta love the county, no zoning laws... woot woot!
So, Mim's Ukes coming soon to 6235 Buffalo Mountain Road SW, Meadows of Dan Virginia, 23120. I will let you know when we are official up and running and ready for visitors. I will be ready to ship out orders Monday, but wont be ready for on-site customers for a few weeks.
It is right off the Blue Ridge Parkway 1 mile from a major stop called Mabry's Mill. It is also off the Crooked Road, a Bluegrass Highway that spans the length of Southern Virginia. It is in Floyd County and Floyd Fest is held 3 miles from where I live. Also, the town is cute, quaint, and hosts jams every night of the weekend.
Call me and let me know you are coming if you are ever in the area!
Here is the new shop:
I know, I know it does not look like much, but I have big plans. The inside has some great tall ceilings, half is finished into a front room that will be the showroom. The "warehouse" area is bare, but we are getting it finished this weekend. I will divide a room off to be a recording studio (which is basically my Mac and a USB mic, but is sounds fancy).
We are on 15 acrea and our front yard is a gentle sloping hill. And I cant help but think the bottom looks like it just might be the perfect place for A STAGE! Tee hee hee. That will be in the future, but it just might have to happen.
So, please keep in mind that until Monday 3/19 I may be a little hard to reach (that is when my internet gets turned on). I will answer any questions you have once a day until then and also I will have to rely on my phone (which has a terrible and embarrassing autocorrect problem). So calls may be the best. I will be fully functioning, in the space, and ready to send orders out again on Monday. The weekend is a wall painting, slat wall hanging, ceiling painting weekend. I can not wait to have it done! The inside is a hot mess, but should look awesome when I am done. Dark Blue, Orange, and white and SPACE!!!
I will show you some pics here and I get parts completed and on facebook (if you guys want to see pics there, be my friend! I have some before pictures of the hot mess that is my shop right now
)
As always, thanks for your support and being an awesome community! UU is my sanity! I thought yall would like to know what is going on!
Since closing my ice cream shop I have been working out of my dining room... then it slowly leaked into my living room... and then it slowly leaking into my family room. In looking for a commercial space in Charlotte, I stumbled upon our dream house near where a lot of my family lives in the mountains of Virginia. I am from Williamsburg Virginia, but the mountains was my second home. We went at least once a month. It is beautiful and I always wanted to live there, but there was never a house and property that met our needs. But this house is big enough for my large family PLUS a detached 2 car garage with an 800 sq foot workshop on top! And it was a foreclosure and a hot-mess (and we are do-it-yourselfers, so being a hot-mess does not scare me). The point is:
THE NEW MIM'S UKES LOCATION WAS BORN!
It is a foreclosure and they put it on hold, so I did not want to crow about it except on facebook until we finally closed. WE CLOSED! But then I did not want to crow until we got the power on and made sure it works... IT WORKED! Then we had to turn on the water pump... IT WORKED! One leak, one sink does not work, one faucet needs replaced... WAY better than we thought and with a little elbow grease I will have the Mim's Ukes space ship-shape in about 3 days starting tomorrow. Eventually I will be adding a deck (aka pickin' porch) to the front, proper sinage, and a front enterance... gotta love the county, no zoning laws... woot woot!
So, Mim's Ukes coming soon to 6235 Buffalo Mountain Road SW, Meadows of Dan Virginia, 23120. I will let you know when we are official up and running and ready for visitors. I will be ready to ship out orders Monday, but wont be ready for on-site customers for a few weeks.
It is right off the Blue Ridge Parkway 1 mile from a major stop called Mabry's Mill. It is also off the Crooked Road, a Bluegrass Highway that spans the length of Southern Virginia. It is in Floyd County and Floyd Fest is held 3 miles from where I live. Also, the town is cute, quaint, and hosts jams every night of the weekend.
Call me and let me know you are coming if you are ever in the area!
Here is the new shop:
I know, I know it does not look like much, but I have big plans. The inside has some great tall ceilings, half is finished into a front room that will be the showroom. The "warehouse" area is bare, but we are getting it finished this weekend. I will divide a room off to be a recording studio (which is basically my Mac and a USB mic, but is sounds fancy).
We are on 15 acrea and our front yard is a gentle sloping hill. And I cant help but think the bottom looks like it just might be the perfect place for A STAGE! Tee hee hee. That will be in the future, but it just might have to happen.
So, please keep in mind that until Monday 3/19 I may be a little hard to reach (that is when my internet gets turned on). I will answer any questions you have once a day until then and also I will have to rely on my phone (which has a terrible and embarrassing autocorrect problem). So calls may be the best. I will be fully functioning, in the space, and ready to send orders out again on Monday. The weekend is a wall painting, slat wall hanging, ceiling painting weekend. I can not wait to have it done! The inside is a hot mess, but should look awesome when I am done. Dark Blue, Orange, and white and SPACE!!!
I will show you some pics here and I get parts completed and on facebook (if you guys want to see pics there, be my friend! I have some before pictures of the hot mess that is my shop right now
)As always, thanks for your support and being an awesome community! UU is my sanity! I thought yall would like to know what is going on!
