My Balloon Studio Before and After Pics

This is an 800 sq ft office space that I purchased to turn into my balloon studio. It was previously used as a doctors office. It was really dark and uninviting...not a very nice place to be in. The hallways had disgusting industrial green carpet and the rooms had yucky linoleum flooring. I cleaned and painted every single wall, changed the flooring throughout with a peel-and-stick plank vinyl that looks like laminate. It's almost done but still a work-in-progress.


This is the front door entry.  All the walls were previously a dark tan...I changed it to a mint green and an accent wall of turquoise.

 

 

This is my front room accent wall. I'll be adding a bunch of framed pictures of balloon figures and balloon décor.

 



This side of my front room houses a snack/drink vending machine.

This is what people see when they walk in. I love my wall stickers and wall words...it really looks great in person. The 2 poles on either side of the open wall are my 4ft balloon bases for balloon columns.

This is my front desk space where I have my computer, phone/fax, 11" balloons, helium tank and calendar of events.

My full desk space...I have tons of room and storage.

My favorite characters close to me while I work...I Love Despicable Me!!

My balloon inflating area...I house all of my 11 inch balloons in the plastic drawers.

I have a large chicken wire picture frame to place any picture and/or thank you card that I receive from my customers.

This is my back room where I store all of my entertainer balloons. I have every color of the rainbow in 260's, 350's, 160's, hearts, rounds, bee bodies, geos and any other shape of latex you can think of.
The previous owner used the room as an employee break room. I think I like my use of the room way better.

The accent wall in a dark lilac color.

A friend of mine closed her clothing shop and gave me the slat walls she used for display. Its perfect for holding my extra bags of balloons.

The bathroom didn't undergo too much of a change...just paint color (to a nice slate grey) and a faucet change. I still have to hang a little balloon art in there too.

There are a couple of rooms that I didn't include in my collage of pictures because they are basically being used for storage right now. Once I have everything completed, I will repost the finished product. Let me know what you think of what I've done so far :-)