Month: April 2017

We are ALMOST THERE! Things have had to slow down a little while we adjusted to a new home life with our precious daughter. Matt has been the main one doing work at the salon along with help from his dad and they have knocked out pretty much everything! I am slowly making my way back out there a couple nights a week just to check and see how progress is coming. So let me fill you in on what’s been happening!

The flooring is officially completed! Minus the employee break-room but that will be finished by tomorrow evening. I am so in love with the floors! At first glance i was concerned of it being too dark which would go against my theme, but they are PERFECT! However i am constantly reminded by Matt how much of a pain it has been to install. 😉

The salon equipment (chairs, mats, mirrors, etc.) is out of boxes and put together! The next step with that is installing the stylist’s stations and mirrors onto the wall. I have a few sneak peek pictures of what the stations will look like, but keep in mind there is still construction dust and little things here and there all around.

For those who have contacted me about appointments in the past, I am now booking appointments starting MAY 8TH! If you would like to go ahead and pre-book your appointment feel free to give me a call or shoot me a message here on Facebook. I am starting to conduct interviews with potential Southern Bliss Stylist’s and will soon be introducing you all to our team.

Thank you for following us on this journey to opening Southern Bliss. You guys mean the world to me! P.S. Check out this picture of my first official client in the new place! How cute is she?? ❤

See you all behind my chair VERY soon!
Ash

Yes you read that correctly, Emmaleigh Renee Handley has finally arrived! I figured I would go ahead and start this post off by saying that since so many of you have been texting/calling and Facebook messaging me asking where my stubborn girl was! She was born March 27, 2017 at 6:22PM. She weighed 7 lbs, 5 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. Perfect in every single way. I could go on and on about my little angel but hey, we’re here for the salon progress!

The last time I updated, we were having the electrician come out to install more outlets. That has now been completed! We also finished the break room wall and the entire building has been painted. A brand new AC unit has been installed so we should be all set for this hot summer weather that’s coming up! I wish I could say all of the hard parts were over, but they’re not!

Our next steps are to install the flooring and start putting together all of the salon equipment. Unfortunately my time has come to an end with helping out at the salon. Now it’s up to Matthew and some amazing family members and friends (who might as well be family) to take over and knock this thing out! We are still shooting for opening up by the end of this month and I couldn’t be more excited! If all goes well I will personally be back to work on May 1st.

I hope you guys are still just as excited as I am! We are working hard on making my dreams a reality and I know I say this every time, but I seriously wouldn’t be where I am today without the amazing group of clients that I have been blessed with. You guys have stayed so loyal to me and I will never be able to thank you enough! Please remember to give me a call if you have any questions or just want to catch up, I’ve got a lot of free time on my hands. 😉

Love you all,

Ash