A while back I posted about helping with renovations to turn an old church in Edmonton’s Strathcona area into a dance space called the Sugar Foot Ballroom. This post is dedicated to a handful of fun design details I like about the space.
First we have the notorious puzzle lights! They look incredibly cool, which makes their tricky assembly worth it. A few people tried their hands at it, and the lights finally went up the day before grand opening. The lights are made of flexible plastic pieces that you hook together into a sphere. Instant artistry for any room!
This is a cool hack that our Bar Manager implemented — curtains instead of doors. She made them too, and I think they’re pretty cute. Curtains are a great approach when you have a small work area that is manned by more than one person — like our bar/kitchenette. As staff are prepping drinks and grabbing snacks, cupboard doors would just get in the way and underfoot.
On opening day, Birkley and I broke into the old display case, cleaned it up, and repurposed it for our own uses. Not quite a design hack, but I’m sure the former Presbyterian patrons would not have expected this kind of welcome message.