Okay, so it’s not new. It’s actually the same old office, but
we actually finally moved in! Two
plus years in the same place and I feel like we never really unpacked…until
now.
WELCOME TO THE NEW LOVESAC H.Q. OFFICES
I’m not sure if any of you have ever felt
this way at home or at work, but its like we were all in such a hurry to get to
work that we just threw some furniture down, plugged stuff in, and started
typing. Wires strewn everywhere. Boxes on the floor piling up with
“stuff.” Last week I noticed that
our full-size office copier/printer/fax was actually straddling the space
between a desk and some weird table – just “functional.” Bare walls, or worse, crap taped to the
walls everywhere, crooked, out of order—just functional—barely.
(ONE OF MY ONLY SHOTS OF THE OFFICE “BEFORE”
CROWDED BY PEOPLE WEARING FUNNY HATS AT OUR BABY SHOWER FOR LUCKY)
Well, those days are finally over. And it is not like last week was
convenient or anything. In fact,
it was probably the most inconvenient time that it could have possibly
been. We are about to open 7 new
stores in 60 days! We are in final
sampling to launch about 20 new products this fall! And we are in talks with numerous new investors interested
in helping us grow our business.
CRAZY, CRAZY times.
WE DID HIRE PAINTERS OFF OF CRAIGSLIST. WORKED ALL WEEKEND. THIS DUDE PASSED OUT AND SLEPT UNTIL
NOON ON MONDAY JUST LIKE THAT – FULLY WORKING OFFICE, WITH PEOPLE ALL AROUND
HIM. SEE THE CHAOS WE WERE LIVING
IN!? NASTY CARPET, EH!?
But somehow, between many late, late nights
and early, early mornings…making for long, long days, we transformed the office
from what it was, to the Sac H.Q. that it always should have been. And all this on a shoestring
budget! We built our own desks,
made our own furniture (of course), and did most of the work ourselves. Check it out! Please COMMENT and let me know what you think. Like it or hate it, I LOVE to hear from
you.
THE ENTRY, LOOKING OUT:
CURRENT SEASONAL (TATTOO, FOR NOW) COVERS ON DISPLAY. (SAME PLACE YOU SAW THAT
PAINTER PASSED OUT, BEFORE)
THE ENTRY, LOOKING IN: THAT
IS OUR BOARD OF HISTORY. LAYERS OF
8 YEARS’ STUFF STAPLED, TAPED, TACKED UP THERE, FRAMED IN BLACK. TABLE ON THE LEFT WHERE WE WILL CONTROL
ALL THE MUSIC TO ALL THE STORES LIVE, FROM H.Q.
ENTRY, LOOKING IN: CHECK OUT
THESE SICK CUSTOM ORDER MIXED SACTIONALS COVER-SETS. PLEATHER “FORD” COMBINED WITH STUFF SO NEW ITS NOT EVEN ON
THE SWATCH YET!
“WEB CORNER”: HERE SITS MIKE AND SAMBIR, THE WEB
CREW, ON ONE OF OUR (MANY) CUSTOM BUILT DESKS. THESE ARE ¾”
THICK 8’ LONG PLY-WOOD “SLABS” MIXED, A 4X4 CUT TO SIZE ATTACHED WITH A LAG
BOLT, AND SOME STUFF FROM IKEA. WE
BUILT THEM OURSELVES. FUNCTIONAL
WITH LOTS STORAGE & SURFACE AREA.
ACCOUNTING CENTRAL: MORE SLABS. DAVE & SPENCER (PRODUCT DESIGNERS) REALLY OUT-DID
THEMSELVES WITH THESE DESKS. BUILT-IN
PLUG STRIPS, HIDDEN CORDS, SHELVES, HANGING ACCESSORIES, CORK-BOARDS…ALL
CUSTOM.
NANCY AND MY OFFICE: WE ARE BIG ON COOPERATION AT LOVESAC,
AND EVEN BIGGER ON GATHERING.
OUR OFFICE DOUBLES AS
MEETING ROOM. THE WINDOWS ARE OUR
WHITE-BOARDS—ALWAYS CAKED WITH LISTS & PLANS.
CFO’S OFFICE BEFORE: (HEE HEE)
CFO’S OFFICE: AFTER (NOW)
THE ROCKSTAR ROOM
(CONFERENCE ROOM): BEFORE
THE ROCKSTAR ROOM: AFTER
(NOW). NOTICE THE SO-NEW-THEY’RE-NOT-EVEN-ON-THE-CUSTOM-SWATCHES CHENILLE
COVERS. MURDERED-OUT LOVESAC NEON
SIGN STUCK TO THE WALL. MURDERED
OUT CHANDELIER FOR LIGHT. THE
WALLS ARE 100% CHALK-BOARD PAINT & THE WALL BEHIND THE SHOT IS BLANK – JUST
WAITING FOR SOME INTENSE BRAINSTORMING….UP THE WALLS. STACKS OF VINTAGE GUITAR AMPS FOR FRONT TABLE – TO HOLD THE
CHALK & ERASERS (NOT SHOWN).
BIT OF LOVESAC TRIVIA: THE
GUITAR HANGING ON THE RIGHT IS A LEGEND.
THE AMERICAN BUILT FENDER STRATOCASTER, SUNBURST. IT IS THIS GUITAR’S SUNBURST DESIGN
THAT INSPIRED THE COLORS FOR THE ORIGINAL LOVESAC LOG0.
THE NEW LOVESAC H.Q. IT’S GOT SOUL AGAIN. IT’S GOOD TO BE HOME.
-- Shawny D.
Is it sexist? Sure it is. To men. totally assumes that guys will buy a product just because it has a racy pic of a girl on it. which is fairly insulting to guys.