House note
Give people a real reason to check back
Fresh notes, progress shots, and small decisions make the place easier to picture every time someone checks in.
Renovations
Follow the build-out as Dad's House takes shape.
Before there is an opening date, there is still work worth showing: approvals, cleanup, repairs, layout decisions, photos, and the small choices that start to make the room feel real.
There is no announced opening date yet. Approvals, build-out decisions, and practical timing all have to line up before the doors can open.
What is already clear is the point of view: Dad's House is being shaped for repeat local visits, easy food and drinks, and a room that feels comfortable to come back to.
The build-out is how that point of view becomes visible: the repairs, layout choices, paint, fixtures, and small decisions that make the room feel like itself.
Current status
Pre-opening, with real work 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.
- 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
House note
Keep credibility ahead of hype
The opening date can wait until it is real. Clear updates matter more than forced certainty.
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 feeling gets built.
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 the 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, but it is the work that keeps the project grounded.
Soon
Cleanup, repairs, and room shaping
Repairs, paint, fixture decisions, seating logic, bar flow, and all the little calls that create the house feel.
Later
A running build-out archive
Dated updates, photos, milestone notes, and details that make opening day feel earned.
What belongs here
- Dated build-out notes and milestone entries
- Before-and-after room photos
- Small design decisions that shape the vibe
- Cleanup, repair, and construction progress
- Neighborhood 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 will already have a plan behind it.
Follow along
Every real update should make opening day feel a little closer.
For now, this is the clearest window into Dad's House. Each real update should make opening day feel closer, more local, 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 sets the vibe
- Post updates when there's actually something to show