House note
Give people a real reason to check back
Progress shots, room notes, and small decisions make the place easier to picture without pretending the doors are already open.
Renovations
The room is still getting its act together.
Before there is an opening date, there is still work worth showing: permits, cleanup, repairs, layout arguments, photos, and the small decisions that make a room feel human.
There is no announced opening date yet. Approvals, build-out decisions, and practical timing still have to line up before the doors can open.
What is already clear is the point of view: Dad's House should feel like a bar and game room with food, drinks, music, and enough warmth that people come back without needing an occasion.
The build-out is where that stops being copy and starts becoming wood, leather, wiring, paint, fixtures, seating, and somebody deciding where the pinball should go.
Current status
Pre-opening, with real work and real paperwork underway.
Dad's House is not open yet. The work-in-progress stage is part of the story, and the useful updates will live here instead of getting turned into fake certainty.
- The address is set at 104 N Herring St.
- Opening timing will be announced when it is ready
- Build-out notes and photos will collect here without pretending the process is cleaner than it is
House note
Keep credibility ahead of hype
The opening date can wait until it is real. Clear updates beat forced certainty every time.
House note
Show how the room earns its personality
Cleanup days, fixture choices, seating plans, paint, repairs, and before-and-after moments show how the house earns its personality.
Build-out log
Watch the room change, one real update at a time.
Photos, notes, and milestones
As the room changes, this log will carry dated updates, photos, notes, and small decisions that make Dad's House feel more real each time someone checks back.
Now
Approvals, scope, and groundwork
This phase is more coordination than glamour shots, which is annoying but apparently how buildings work.
Soon
Cleanup, repairs, and room shaping
Repairs, paint, fixture decisions, seating logic, bar flow, and all the little calls that decide whether the room feels right.
Later
A running build-out archive
Dated updates, photos, milestone notes, and details that make opening day feel less like a switch flipping and more like something earned.
What belongs here
- Dated build-out notes and milestone entries
- Before-and-after room photos
- Small design decisions that shape the room
- Cleanup, repair, and construction progress
- Useful updates worth sharing
Current progress
Early planning is turning into room-by-room decisions.
This week
The current work is still more permits, scope, and layout thinking than dramatic reveal photos. When the visible work starts showing up, it should have a plan behind it, or at least a better excuse.
Follow along
Every real update should make the room easier to picture.
For now, this is the clearest window into Dad's House. Each real update should make the room easier to imagine and more worth showing up for when the time comes.
stuck on the fridge for now
Mom's To-Do List
Try not to make a whole mess of it.
- Get a website running
- Figure out repairs and what gets done first
- Take some decent before photos
- Keep track of the little stuff that makes the room feel real
- Post updates when there's actually something to show