The Chronicles of Alliance Wellness' fabulous new office - Weeks 11 and 12

It's the next-to-last posting before the completion of Alliance Chiropractic's new office at the Ruby condos on Eastlake!  The move will begin soon - was there ever such an aesthetically-pleasing chiropractic office? It's been an amazing and wonderful pleasure to be involved with this project from the beginning.  What a great and collaborative team:  the supremely appreciative, understanding, calm, wise client; visionary architect/project manager; super construction team.... I have been blessed to be a part of this and am so thankful!

Here's the latest photo of the Reception area..... the fabulous lighting fixtures and window treatments will be installed very soon.....

The view from Dr Viv's office, below........

Stay tuned for final photos soon - with furniture, lighting, and window treatments!  It just gets better and better.....

The Chronicles of Alliance Wellness' fabulous new office - Weeks 9 & 10

It's starting to resemble a bee hive at Alliance Wellness' new office at the Ruby condominiums on Eastlake!  Along with a new office, there's a new logo:

The cork flooring and carpet squares were installed last week....

 ....and the walls that haven't been wallpapered were primed..... and then painted.  The reception area is coming along nicely!  I'll be posting more frequently now that the changes are so dramatic ....

The Chronicles of Alliance Wellness' fabulous new office - Week 8

It's week 8 of the project and now the really fun stuff begins!

The ceiling has been painted.....

 .....Pete is efficiently and effortlessly, it seems, applying the wallpaper.....and what wallpaper!  Absolutely stunning stuff.

.....and there are even stairs built to the garage now.  

The interior design is emerging before our very eyes and, though the choices were intentional, seeing it suddenly there, in 3D,  it has an almost retro vibe.  The colors are reminiscent of early Mad Men episodes:  soft aqua, taupe, grass cloth, cork.  What began as inspiration is now becoming reality.....

 

.....it just gets better and better......!

The Chronicles of Alliance Chiropractic's fabulous new office - Week 5

Progress report from Alliance Wellness at the Ruby!

We're almost in the middle now, aiming for completion by July 4th.....busy as bees.  Before and After pictures are so dramatic; these are almost like real time, like being there.  Can you smell the sheetrock dust?  It's kind of a mess (not a good idea to wear high heels and black to a job site like this) and not very pretty right now, but trust me - it will be so cool!

The walls are going up, the infrastructure is in, and the ceiling will be painted in a few days.  Here's the eventual reception desk.....

Stay tuned.  Don't touch that dial - it's going  to get very interesting!  (But we still need a coffee place next door.....)

The Chronicles of Alliance Chiropractic's fabulous new office - Weeks 3 & 4

The crew has been busy but changes since the last posting are subtle.

Electrical and plumbing infrastructure is going in now. 

 Tools of the trade, above.

Architect and designer making last minute adjustments to the lighting plan.

.......even the dogs are in on the action!










Soon walls will go up and, like a wonderful working sculpture, the office will emerge..... stay tuned!

The Chronicles of Alliance Chiropractic's fabulous new office - Prologue

My client and friend, Dr Vivian Ledesma, (who also happens to be my chiropractor), bought an office condominium in The Ruby on Eastlake Avenue East in Seattle. 

She asked me to help her design a warm, welcoming space - what fun!  Not only is she a wonderful, caring doctor but the best client ever, so of course I said "Yes!" and started gathering ideas and materials back in December.

There were too many bureaucratic issues to go into but everything came together in the final hours and she closed on April 12th - also her birthday! - then the team met to go over the plan of attack:

Architect:  Keith Smith, General Contractor:  Mike Johnson, Dr Viv......

The Designer.....moi

Great things are coming.....stay tuned!