.This space holds so much family history. Beginning in  1969 and spanning to 1980, this building was owned by my family and home to the Horseshoe Bar — the original Horseshoe,  before it expanded next door into what was most recently the American Taphouse restaurant.

Owning this building has always been a dream of mine, just not one I expected to happen this soon. My first vision was to reopen the Horseshoe Bar someday, maybe 10+ years down the road. For now, she’s become the home of my photography business — and maybe a few side projects along the way. Stepping back into this building, all these years later truly feels full-circle in the best way.

When renovating, I was intentional about preserving as much of that history as possible + uncovering hidden history (the class of '80 underneath bathroom wallpaper) as well as the wallpaper my grandmother originally chose for the women's bathroom.

More pieces of history that were also  preserved  . . .

• The original 60+ year-old ceramic tile floors were deep cleaned and given a fresh shine coat, bringing them back to life.

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• The iconic horseshoe railing got some much-needed love and paint.
• And of course, I fully embraced the retro pink tiled bathroom which my grandmother picked out (my favorite color, by the way).

Honoring the past while creating something new just felt right.