We are in an 1800's building - where all the brink is covered with stucco. Yes - heard it's really messy to take off and make nice. (chip off, sand blast, clean up) We'd love to release the brick though!
Chad On 2012-04-27, at 4:19 PM, Aliza Torok Schlabach wrote: > Tony, > > I am fairly confident that there is a lot of brick hiding behind drywall or > sheetrock in what will hopefully be our future space. May I ask how much > effort, time, and cost was involved in exposing your brick? The two > architects I've had walk through the space said that it could be very > messy/costly to expose it... but I LOVE the look of that exposed brick. > > Thanks! > > Aliza Schlabach > Founder, Coworking for Parents > www.CoworkingForParents.com > 215.858.4658 > Sign up for our email newsletter | Join our Meetup group | Like us on Facebook > > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Tony Bacigalupo <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW our brick was hiding behind drywall when we moved in. The first thing we > did after signing the lease was tear down the walls :-) > > We wouldn't have known the brick was there if not for the fact that we > visited an upstairs space that was undergoing construction. > > Before: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/robkelley/4755288781/in/gallery-lupo-72157626631495620/ > After: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcn/4984505287/in/gallery-lupo-72157626631495620/ > > Echoing what others have said, a lot can be done with different kinds of > spaces. Lighting is probably one of the most critical things, as well as use > of color. > > > > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Toni Hogan <[email protected]> > wrote: > Chris, my husband is working on "gathering" youth and adult artists so > he would love the idea of a weekend "art studio." He and our 15 year > old son are the co-founders of YoungMAC (Young Minds are Creative) so > our space will be their lab/studio. Our 13 year old daughter is an > artist with talent in pencil, chalks, digital and photography. She's > getting into paints so a weekend studio would be awesome for her to be > around other more experienced artists. hmmmm, Art Connexion.... > > Out of curiosity I search for faux brick and it actually exists. LOL! > But, we won't go there. I am actually sitting in the space alone now > getting a "feel" for it. :-) > > Toni > > On Apr 27, 12:15 pm, Chris Ritchie <[email protected]> wrote: > > There are also a lot of ways to dress a place up without resorting to > > installing brick walls and ventilation pipes. Natural light is good, > > creative gathering spaces are excellent. Local artist galleries are a great > > way of giving your space a creative feel. I actually thought up an idea for > > doing a weekend "art studio" day, where folks would come down and use paint > > and canvases I provided to create art to be displayed. Team building + > > community building all in one. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:14:19 PM UTC-5, Toni Hogan wrote: > > > > > So, my curiosity has finally gotten the best of me. Is it just a > > > coincidence that most of the coworking spaces I am checking out on the > > > web have brick interior walls. Or, is this a faux feature that was > > > added? I'm feeling left out. :-) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en. Chad Ballantyne The Creative Space Director (705) 252-2423 www.thecreativespace.ca -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/coworking?hl=en.
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