GPOYW: ROYGBIV edition. This is what our old book section looks like now…(with apologies to Chris Cobb, although we only moved 300 books to do this, not 20,000)
GPOYW: 400 pounds of awesome edition
This is our almost-finished main chandelier. When we bought this Chinese restaurant that we turned into a bookstore/bistro last year, this light fixture was already here, hanging in a drop-ceiling in what’s now the main part of the bookstore. It was a square, 1980s-made chandelier that was blinking like a seizure-inducing Christmas tree. We stripped the whole thing, cleaned all the glass, built the Taj Mahal-style frame around it, and put it back up, with a new sculpted arrangement of the 300 individual pieces. All that’s left is to wire it back up again.
GPOYW: The Day-Late Edition
Handyman extraordinaire Rod Kozak has finally finished our authentic Winnipeg skyline in front of an authentic Winnipeg skyline (which I paid way too much to get printed) on top of our Lit Crit and Lit Bio section.
GPOYW - The “Rod Built A New Holder For All of Our Vintage Postcards and Photos” Edition
Rod, the handyman, turned a doll of Joe Jonas into the Golden Boy today.
What for? We’re creating an awesome display on a new set of bookshelves that will include the Winnipeg landmarks; the Golden Boy, the Forks Tower and the Esplanade Riel.
Try and not be impressed.
Artiste/Handyman-in-Residence Rod Kozak is creating new bathrooms for us. This is one of his drawings. Suck it Moxie’s.
This is me, Bookstore Owner Kelly Hughes, pretending that I’m making Governor General’s Award Winning writer Paul Quarrington do my renos for me. Comedy gold, my friend. Comedy gold.
(2008 Winnipeg International Writers Fest)
We’re (Rod is) adding a bunch of cool things to our entry way today. It’s going to be pretty cool.
