I had taken lots of before pictures of the salon so i will post a few now so that you all get an idea of what I'm having to deal with. In my favor the salon is not run down or falling apart, but the style...well it's about as far away as you can get from what I am going for! lol
So here is the front of the salon-
Here are a few more showing the dark heavy drapes, which really closes it in, the over abundance of gold paint and lots and lots of STUFF...
So as you can see I have my work cut out for me. It will be a fun challenge, any advice will be welcomed...
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Welcome to Hair @ The Copa Room!
Welcome, this is my first blog!
Recently I inherited the hair salon I had been working at. Sadly my friend Dennis, the owner of the salon, passed away. While it's been a very hard time adjusting, I can't help but look forward to owning my own salon (albeit tiny...) and thinking of what to do with it.
Fortunately I already had loads of ideas! I figured someday Dennis would retire and then I'd be able to make it my own. Well the time is here! The first thing I had to change was the name. Soooo....Souza Hair Color and Design Center became The Copa Room!
Why The Copa Room, you may ask? It's simple. I LOVE LAS VEGAS! OLD Las Vegas. The Rat Pack's Las Vegas. The Sands Hotel, and you guessed it, The Copa Room. This was THE place to be at the time. Where all the magic happened on stage, where people flew in from all over the world to see Frank and Dino and Sammy get up onstage and have a party. Talk about "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas..." they invented it!
So short of putting in a slot machine (which I totally would if I found one from The Sands) I'm going to be decorating the salon to reflect my love of late '50s, early 60's, Las Vegas, mid century modern, atomic age, etc. Think 1957-1963, think Madmen style, getting a picture? Cool music, lounge, swing, space-age, tiki, classic crooners, the works.
So I started this blog to document the process of remodeling, posting pictures, links etc. to all my ideas. Hopefully it will be fun to follow and eventually the salon will be done but there will still be tons to blog about!
Recently I inherited the hair salon I had been working at. Sadly my friend Dennis, the owner of the salon, passed away. While it's been a very hard time adjusting, I can't help but look forward to owning my own salon (albeit tiny...) and thinking of what to do with it.
Fortunately I already had loads of ideas! I figured someday Dennis would retire and then I'd be able to make it my own. Well the time is here! The first thing I had to change was the name. Soooo....Souza Hair Color and Design Center became The Copa Room!
Why The Copa Room, you may ask? It's simple. I LOVE LAS VEGAS! OLD Las Vegas. The Rat Pack's Las Vegas. The Sands Hotel, and you guessed it, The Copa Room. This was THE place to be at the time. Where all the magic happened on stage, where people flew in from all over the world to see Frank and Dino and Sammy get up onstage and have a party. Talk about "what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas..." they invented it!
So short of putting in a slot machine (which I totally would if I found one from The Sands) I'm going to be decorating the salon to reflect my love of late '50s, early 60's, Las Vegas, mid century modern, atomic age, etc. Think 1957-1963, think Madmen style, getting a picture? Cool music, lounge, swing, space-age, tiki, classic crooners, the works.
So I started this blog to document the process of remodeling, posting pictures, links etc. to all my ideas. Hopefully it will be fun to follow and eventually the salon will be done but there will still be tons to blog about!
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