Floor reaveal!

Spoiler: They are utterly perfect

This picture makes me so happy I don’t even know what to do with myself. Apologies if you’ve already seen it on our social media channels, but I feel like these floors deserve their own standalone newsletter update too.

I am completely overjoyed and obsessed with the beauty of them. I keep wandering downstairs to gaze at them again to confirm they are just as magical as I remembered.

They took much longer to arrive than we had expected (teen weeks rather than ten days), but I'm so glad we didn't compromise on our vision.

Next up is sealing and waxing these precious tiles, then priming and painting the walls a pale buttercream, and then we move in the furniture and fridge and freezer and stock the shelves.

We are hoping to get all of that done in the next few weeks. Then at long last we can turn that "Closed" sign to "Open" and start selling groceries. Getting the kitchen open will take a bit longer, but hopefully not too long!

We've owned the building for almost a year now, and we never …