22/08/2024
THROWBACK THURSDAY β¨οΈ #4
Our first Renmark boutique-14th July 2019
I loved everything about this shop. Great location, gorgeous view, beautiful sunshine streaming on in. Again Matt, myself & Roger spent alot of time renovating- painting, building a counter, wood door, changerooms, accessories boards & hanging slat wall & lights. Mark came & did our signs again & created our very own floral wallpaper from the flowers in our logo. Something I love & will most likely get him to put in our house one day πΈπ§‘ It was all just so beautiful. Our opening day was our second busiest day we've ever had, it was crazy!
Having this shop, plus Loxton at the same time meant more staff & our team grew with more beautiful amazing ladies!
D'Lish Coffee Cart- was opened on the 1st of November 2019. I drew Matt a post it note of how I wanted the cart to look & he nailed my vision. The cart was simple. Yummy cakes, light lunches plus coffee, tea & milkshakes. It worked well with Dear Lyla. But for some reason we thought we needed to go bigger so
D'Lish Diner- was opened on the 3rd October 2020
Which meant more renovations & sleepless nights to get that up and running. I loved what we created with the diner. The styling, the vibe, the food. But at the start we had the wrong balance of staff so we were over worked, overwhelmed, not sleeping, our accountant was ripping us off & we were stressed to the max. I struggled really bad with depression & anxiety because of all of this that I was in the most darkest place I've ever been, to the point where it's all a blur. Thankfully after the first 6months we finally had the best team & everything else was working out nicely but we had lost any love and passion for it. Overall we stuck it out for a year & then pulled the pin. Our mental health was much more important!! But when we had it we had no idea how busy & successful it would be, which meant we needed more space so only a month after opening the diner we needed to move Dear Lyla to a new location which is our current &final home- that's next weeks post π
I miss what the diner was, but definitely don't miss owning it. But I learnt alot & met some awesome people along the way π§‘