Valhalla's Gate colors are green and burgundy. Staff aprons are green. Our walls are green. Our trim is all black. Today, I noticed that all our staff coats are black, too. Weird things you notice.

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We are closed on Sunday, February 1.

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We replaced the event center's carpet at the same time we replaced the rest of the store's carpet. Previously, they were different colors. Now they match. To help the stairs be more noticeable, we have added a non-slip strip to the edge of each step. My favorite part is that the edging contains a stripe that glows in the dark.

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Saturday's accomplishments --- Today's crew (Dillon, Emily, Ryan, Katie, John, and Nathan) moved paint racks and bookcases, built gondolas, cleaned gondola shelves, cleaned the dice auto-feeders, moved the rest of our stuff back from the empty space next door, and generally picked up. Mark is restricted to light duty and worked on setting up our new network, including multiple wireless access points.

These photos are in reverse, later on the day is first. My favorite is how many staff does it take to build a gondola unit?!?

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We are closed on Saturday, January 31

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Part two of Friday's work and accomplishments. New card sleeve section is almost done, we just need to add the Dragonshields.

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The crew (Jess, Kalen, Ryan, John, Becca, Dillon, Emily, and Katie) made great progress on getting the board game shelves back in place. There are a couple of changes to make, but things are coming along. Mark felt well enough to tag along and work on some networking items.

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We are closed on Friday, January 30

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Today, our crew moved the big items back into place, while I tried to guess where Mission Control will land. Kalen moved the roleplaying Kallaxes into place. Jess and Antares finished painting. John and Ryan leveled the Magic cabinets, while Becca and Nathan cleaned and handled small projects. Bill got the unfortunate job of rehanging doors.

We are especially thankful for @kevin_l_bussen for all his help, his advice, plus the use of his scaffolding and dollies. Thanks to our landlord for letting us store the big items in the empty space. It's the little things that have made this huge project easier.

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We are closed on Thursday, January 29

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The new carpet is fully installed. Installers did a fantastic job!

Tomorrow, the crew will finish painting and cleaning fixtures. We have two new counters that have yet to arrive. They will need to be built. Then, this weekend we will begin the slow process of reassembling the retail area. We will need to clean up the mess in the event centers and put things back to rights. Then the finishing touches before we can open.

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Today, Jess cut in to paint the staff area and finished painting the main retail area. Nathan cleaned the windows and scrubbed all the bathrooms. Ryan helped paint and had the unfortunate job of restocking the army painter speed paint rack that was dumped when we moved. I painted the windowsills this evening while Scouts worked on a merit badge.. Mark was lucky enough to be discharged this evening. Things are moving along thanks to a great crew.

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We are closed on Wednesday, January 28

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Using scaffolding to get to the high spots that need painting.

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Today, Jess, Ryan, and Antares worked on painting walls and doors while more carpet was installed.

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We are closed on Tuesday, January 27

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This afternoon staff cleaned fixtures and wiped down shelves. I repaired and sanded the walls. Then Jess and I began painting trim, doors, and the walls in the main retail area, while Mark pulled Ethernet cable. Unfortunately, there was an accident and Mark fell off the 8-foot ladder. He broke his arm, smashed his elbow, and will require surgery. This may affect the remodeling schedule. We will keep you updated.

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Today, our work crew moved the remaining product and took apart the gondolas. Kevin removed the carpet in the main area of the store and the carpet layers began installing the new carpet squares. The event space rooms are packed with product and gondolas. This was all done by noon.

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We are closed on Monday, January 26th

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Today, we dismantled the store. The snow storm delayed our start, but we made quite a bit of progress anyway. Mark tried out his gondola dolly with mixed success. Staff piled games high on tables in the event center. And we crammed fixtures into the great room and card center. Our work crew was ready to be done by the end of our day. The store looks sad and empty and is a bit echoey now.

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We are closed on Sunday, January 25th.

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Yes! We are closed today because of snow and we will remain closed until February 2 for our remodel.

This morning, we took down Mission Control. There's a lot of stuff in the retail area that has to be moved still.

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Valhalla's Gate will be closing early at 5:00 pm on Saturday, January 24 for our staff holiday party

If the weather is as frightful as some forecast models predict, we might be closed all day.

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We will be closed on Saturday, January 24th, because of the snow storm.

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