Studio, Studio, Store?.

11hundred sq ft of AWESOME

I dreamt about this space this morning.

Now, granted, in my dream it was even bigger, but I’m willing to settle. Did you look at the picture? Look again. It’s awesome. SO much space, that I’m using occasional capitals. WAIT, there’s more.

You may notice the glare of glass in the photograph. This would be the large panes of glass that make up the front of this space, as this space is a store front. YES. This could double time as both a studio and I could have a STORE. ME. This is about the most riDICulous thing I can think of.

Let me share a few facts about this before I start salivating. Again.

First, to have a store you generally, but not as a rule, want to have things to sell on a fairly consistent, if not constant, basis.

Second, after contacting the management company for the building, I would need to sell roughly 100 or so shirts a month with a wide profit margin, and do so consistently for a two year lease. Three shirts a day. I have a difficult time thinking of how I would find time to make 100 shirts, much less find people gracious enough to purchase them. Not strengths of mine, as of yet.

We all have places to go, and I to, intend to go places. Somewhere. Maybe not this place, but somewhere. Stay tuned.

4 Comments for “Studio, Studio, Store?”

LAuren ROAds

Thursday, 24. September 2009 um 11:56 pm Uhr

Hey where is this? What’s the loci? It reminds me of storefronts along Montrose near the Brown line. I used to dream about those spaces every day as I passed them by: knit shop knit shop knit shop…

Jacqueline

Friday, 25. September 2009 um 6:28 am Uhr

I really don’t see you having a problem selling the shirts, that kind of volume is no big deal with a custom product of quality in a city that big, plus you’ve always had the charisma to get people on board with just about anything as long as you were seriously into into that anything. So, the mountain is production. I am sure you can climb it.

michael

Friday, 25. September 2009 um 9:26 am Uhr

@lauren: I love that area too…but this is more north to be closer to home, making the odds that I can spend time there a little more possible…it’s in Rogers Park along Glenwood. Not the super best area…but that’s why it only takes 100 shirts a month to make rent.

(I actually live right by a super-good knit shop already…jealous?)

michael

Friday, 25. September 2009 um 9:31 am Uhr

@Jacqueline: Very right. Production…

They call me Achilles ‘Production’ Heel.

I’m so curious to see what happens over time, though! “Very exciting” is layered like frosting across the “very daunting” cake-like filling…

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