OUR STORY IN HORSHAM
Building our studios
Sarah Dover-McCarthy had been treating in Horsham in a small practice in New Street since 2001. She had built a loyal client base and also ran classes in various different locations in Horsham, however was keen to bring this all under one roof.
It was a long search to find the right premises, however in February 2012 Denee Parade came available. It was an old engineering firm, and therefore was very much bare bones with concrete floors and breeze-blocked walls. Over a period of just two weeks it was rewired, reconstructed, decorated, and fitted. Sarah and Dom completed much of this work themselves, and what you see now is as a result of that somewhat frantic and exciting fortnight.
Since that time, in 2014 we took on the premises next door to build further treatment capacity, and in late 2016 modified upstairs to provide a second studio. In late 2019 we took on the premises at 33 Carfax for a grand opening in March 2022, but that didn't quite play out as we would have liked. However, these pictures tell some of the story of the journey we've been on...
Next door | the conversion
There's a massage bed under there somewhere.
Next door | the conversion
So much green paint!
Next door | the conversion
Front treatment room awaiting carpet.
Next door | the conversion
Sarah takes to the scraper once again to finish the windows.
Carfax | The beginning
Woo hoo - we have the keys
Carfax | As it was
Reception area. Work to be done..
Carfax | As it was
Studio. We needed to take a wall down to create the space we needed.
Carfax | As it was
Studio. This was the smaller room at the front of the studio space.
Carfax | As it was
Recpetion area. Lots to decorate, tidy, and get rid of.
Carfax | As it was
The toilets were definitely going to need a little of tidying up. Ewwww.
Carfax | Planning
Right - we need some carpets. Lots of carpets.
Carfax | planning
Same lights as Denne Parade for familiarity. Obviously we needed a LOT of them.
Carfax | Planning
The boss gets out the measuring tape. Hard hat important too.
Carfax | Building
The main wall comes down in the studio. Oh dear. That's a lot of dust.
Carfax | Building
Lots of 'stuff' came out of the walls. Probably didn't need it anyway.
Carfax | Building
Removal of the alarm system wiring, which basically included about 3km of unpleasant cable.
Carfax | Building
More building of the studio, which simply took forever.
Carfax | Back room construction
Treatment room three - putting together the kicthen cabinets.
Carfax | Back room construction
Trying to make sense of the instructions. Dom loses his screwdriver again.
Carfax | Building
Things starting to come together. Cabinets ready for building in.
Carfax | Building
Reception area - always seemed to be full of everything we were using. Never, ever, tidy!
Carfax | Building
Day and night, reception was where everthing ended up.
Carfax | Building
Treatment room three - ready for more construction.
Carfax | Building
Pia arrives to keep and eye on us, and check out the new studio.
Carfax | Building
Studio work continues. Everything seemed pretty daunting at this point.
Carfax | Building
Reinforcement are brought in.
Carfax | Building
Cabinets cabinets everywhere
Carfax | Building
Studio flooring tidy up - we just wanted to get painted by this point
Carfax | Building
The studio was probably the most endless task, which is odd given that it's smaller than our Denne Parade one.
Carfax | Building
Treatment room two - trying to line up the cabinets in a room where none of the walls are straight.
Carfax | Building
Sanding down the walls, Dom thought he'd wear a mask, which was rare for him. Ironic really.
Carfax | Building
Time to paint! We wanted to use the same base colours as Denne Parade. And they all looked the same after a while.
Carfax | Building
Then for three days all of the electrics blew up in the road. Probably not Dom's fault, but we don't know.
Carfax | Before
Treatment room one - all a little bit unpleasant, tbh.
Carfax | Building
Treatment room one - that first coat of paint to try and cover the deep purple.
Carfax | Finished
Treatment room three - all lovely and cleaned
Carfax | Finished
Treatment room one - finished and ready
Carfax | Building
Reception area and opening balloons!
Carfax | Building
Studio complete. Look what we've made!