Stoves arrive in store!
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- Sune & Macky removing stoves from the truck
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- First two stoves in-store
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- Morso Squirrel
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- Morso Squirrel 1412 Smokeless stove
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- Carefully does it …
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- SEB20 Boiler Stove
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- Ta-dah!
Shop repairs & new displays
Since we last posted about the shopfitting progress at Chessel Street we have stripped the wallpaper off the inner section of the shop, our landlord has had a damp proof course put in & the walls re-skimmed, and we’ve painted & painted (there were problems!). Nipper has made a beautiful cupboard under the bay window, using wood from an old cheese factory, and the solid wood display boxes ready for the woodburning stoves. Sune (of Stoves Online) arrives next week with the stoves, chimney sections, schematics of integrated systems with solar thermal panels, hot water tank & radiators, some display boards and the touch screen info point.
In preparation for the expanded product range we’ve altered our opening hours & days, to include Thursdays (late night) and longer hours until 6pm Fridays and Saturdays.
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- Wallpaper stripping – by Faith, volunteer
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- Painting – by Faith, volunteer
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- Painting – by Cindy & Macky, volunteers
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- Newly-painted window area
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- Nipper’s cupboard & display boxes
Shop un-fitting begins at last
We have now started our shop un-fitting, stripping off the damp woodchip in readiness for some remedial work, and then selecting a range of wall solutions (from reed boards to pavatherm internal insulation, lime plaster to glass plaster) to show in profile to give you a better idea of the practicalities of each option.
Nipper starts on the wood burning stove display and cupboards this week, and we’ll finish off with some of our lovely paints and hardwax oils.
In the meantime lots more people are finding out about our paints, often thanks to people we have only met briefly or not at all, but who know about us and are happy to recommend us – to all of you, our heartfelt thanks. It’s great to know we’re reducing the amount of solvent and acrylic paints being sold, and we’re helping people create healthier homes in lovely colours 
Watch this space!
Work starts next week on turning this empty space into an inspiring display of woodburning stoves & integrated renewable energy systems with the help of some beautiful reclaimed wood & some of our lovely natural paints – all brought together by the collective genius of Sune & Nippa!
Sune Nightingale (of Stoves Online) will also be setting up a touch screen info zone on a low energy ‘thin client’ – come in & play!
