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A Classic, Elegant, Beautifying Salon
Back in November 2013, I had sat down & written down my goals for 2014. What it was that I wanted in 2014, what I wanted to accomplish and most importantly what was going to make me happy. While buying a new car was at the top of my list, furthing my dream to be a salon owner clearly won. I set a date when I wanted to open my salon & my mission had started. I started reading TONS of books on motivation, negotiation, sales, salon entrepreneurship, and how to balance work & life. Upon the constant reading I was also meeting with my mentor once a week and trying to complete my business plan- UGH business plan. Let me just say that was one of the most ANNOYING but most helpful things I have ever had to do in my life.
After about a month and a half of this cycle ( still not complete ) I started shopping for the best location to open shop. I viewed a handful of commercial properties, however their was a salon either right next door or they weren't zoned to have the salon there... DOOR #1 SHUT on my dreams. Then when I entered my now location I knew it was perfect!!
Now back to the business plan.... within the business plan is a wonderful start up cost sheet. I had to then set a budget and prepare to ask the bank for a loan with my completed business plan and a bunch of other paper work. First bank I went to was Webster & they had super high interest rates & required a higher credit score then I had, so that was DOOR #2 SHUT on my dreams.
Second bank I went to was Coastway & they were perfect! Interest rates were great, I had almost all my paper work in place & I was on my way to getting my loan! Now I just had to wait for my taxes, cause I needed three years of taxes to show I wasn't a brand new start up business but expanding on my current business. Finally my taxes come in & Im ready for this loan. I apply & Im all excited thinking in 30 days I am going to have my loan!! Few hours go by and the banker calls me... umm although your credit meets standards you do have a balance from 2008 for a hospital bill for an Xray, we can not submit this application it will be denied right away & it will take months to get off your credit score. MIND YOU I was pregnant at the time of this "Xray" and have tried NUMEROUS times to have it taken off cause you CANNOT get X-rays while being pregnant and its still there -sigh- so again DOOR #3 SHUT on my dreams.
Now Im pissed (excuse the language). But this image is all I can think of: & I can't give up..
Again, Im back to the drawing board.
I take what I have in savings & cut my budget seriously down in size & say this is going to happen. Ill figure it out. Remake a new business plan with a new budget & now I'm a construction worker, painter, flooring gal etc. you name it I'm wearing the hat.
This is what I got! A MESS! You see those walls? Yeah those are for retail stores & are SO heavy to get off!! I got hit in the arm when the first one came down & it knocked me on my butt! OUCH!
View looking at the back
View looking at the front
Now I have to rip up that UGLY carpet. Yes, with a crow bar & knife LMAO!!
After ripping up the carpet & picking out my flooring, I was told I couldn't put the flooring over carpet glue, it had to be level. So here I am SANDING glue - ew.
This is my back accent wall lol.. yes I made it & it's ghetto looking...but it's my awesome ghetto wall that I will make pretty =] yay I have sinks!
Now as you can see I have made the back wall, painted the walls & now I am doing the flooring... Putting down flooring was NOT fun lol. Measuring, cutting, measuring cutting ugh. How do people do that for a living?!?!
Then in the midst of the remodeling.. I go to apply for my licenses and am told I CANNOT have a salon there because they are unsure if it is septic or not!!! WHAT?! So for THREE weeks I am going back & forth to Providence fighting with the state trying to get this fixed & that was ALMOST door #4 closed... luckily a nice man came out & approved me =] Gods pretty good like that.
Here is my desk, & two nail stations.. Behind the nail stations our pedicure stations will go.. probably take another week or so =]
Hair stations & my lovely back accent wall
Waiting area & far left makeup station
We are not 100% finished, I have some beautiful vintage mirrors that were gifted to me that have to go up. Pedicure chairs to go up- even though they're red - yuck. And behind the wash sinks is our break room & the other side I am building a wall for our esthetics room!
Moral of my journey is never stop your dream because everyone wants to tell you no. If you have a dream, write it down, make a plan, and hustle as hard as you can every single day till it's a reality. People can laugh at you and say it's not going to happen you dream too big, but just remember Thomas Edison had a dream & it changed our lives & everyone thought he was crazy & couldn't do it either <3
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Jaclynn Kate Hair & Makeup Artistry
7412 Post Rd. North Kingstown RI 02852
Salon #401-952-4833
Jaclynn Direct #401-654-9985
She agreed that wasn't the best idea for her hair & asked if I could do a vibrant red. Red?!? I LOVE RED!!
