The making of Hair Colour Studio
A lot of you have been asking what the process in putting together the salon was like.
So we decided to satisfy your curiosity in this blog...
We originally viewed the property in September 2016! - our initial reaction was 'what is this?' but after a breather or two, we set out to look at it with a different mind set and look beyond what was in front of us and instead look at it's potential... afterall the location was bang on where we wanted to be!
2 hours of measuring discussing, asking questions etc ensued and made an offer at the end of that... it was accepted!
Exciting times ahead... we were already thinking of a Xmas opening.... little did we know that the paperwork between councils, planning permissions and solicitors would take... months and months.....and months! - till May in fact.
On the plus side that also gave us plenty of time to plan things.... and even though now you know the salon as that Art Deco Miami inspired pad... the original design was meant to be rather Scandinavian: Clean lines and pretty minimal. After some thinking though we realized that would be a bit generic, like most salons in London... so we decided to go the other way ..and go for opulence.
Now there are various ways one can do that... but there is a fine line between Opulence and Dubai.... so we chose Art Deco which though opulent in its choice of material and grandoise designs it still leaves the clean lines factor we like and were after.
When putting together a place there is nothing better than pinterest for ideas to get things rolling...kick start your mind and your creativity.
for anyone who has not used it, type in what you are after...and surf away!
once we started putting together the design it was a case of sourcing... the internet is one hell of a wonderful thing when you are looking for things ....but it takes up a lot of your time... in fact it takes over your life...
A Rough design of the place was done....
we finally signed the lease and we had the green light!
Scott and his team of builders were ready to go....
this video should say the rest......
Or hit this link:
The Making of...
So we decided to satisfy your curiosity in this blog...
We originally viewed the property in September 2016! - our initial reaction was 'what is this?' but after a breather or two, we set out to look at it with a different mind set and look beyond what was in front of us and instead look at it's potential... afterall the location was bang on where we wanted to be!
2 hours of measuring discussing, asking questions etc ensued and made an offer at the end of that... it was accepted!
Exciting times ahead... we were already thinking of a Xmas opening.... little did we know that the paperwork between councils, planning permissions and solicitors would take... months and months.....and months! - till May in fact.
On the plus side that also gave us plenty of time to plan things.... and even though now you know the salon as that Art Deco Miami inspired pad... the original design was meant to be rather Scandinavian: Clean lines and pretty minimal. After some thinking though we realized that would be a bit generic, like most salons in London... so we decided to go the other way ..and go for opulence.
Now there are various ways one can do that... but there is a fine line between Opulence and Dubai.... so we chose Art Deco which though opulent in its choice of material and grandoise designs it still leaves the clean lines factor we like and were after.
When putting together a place there is nothing better than pinterest for ideas to get things rolling...kick start your mind and your creativity.
for anyone who has not used it, type in what you are after...and surf away!
once we started putting together the design it was a case of sourcing... the internet is one hell of a wonderful thing when you are looking for things ....but it takes up a lot of your time... in fact it takes over your life...
A Rough design of the place was done....
we finally signed the lease and we had the green light!
Scott and his team of builders were ready to go....
this video should say the rest......
Or hit this link:
The Making of...
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