In the last week, we’ve finally been able to make some good progress. The rest of the floor mats arrived. One of our fencers from the church basement epee group took care of the drywall work. Several of us painted the non-drywall walls. We attempted to start on the ceiling as well, but the little paint sprayer we borrowed did not work very well. We decided to do some research and regroup, opting to rent a real paint sprayer and knock out the ceiling tomorrow night. In the mean time, we did some testing of floor paint.

There have been a few improvements to the property the last couple weeks, including replacement of the garage door, some drywall work, and addition of a little bit more electrical for us. Some of the work was delayed due to waiting for things to be shipped.

On Monday night we did some paint prep work. Power washing of the floor began today. The rubber flooring has started to arrive, and the rest will be here tomorrow. We hope to finish power washing and start painting the ceiling and walls tomorrow. Thanks to Kevin and Sarah’s friend Amber, who brought her mad sewing and cleaning skills from DC, we’ve also made some good headway on the curtains to cover up the electrical boxes and putting zippers on the old jackets we got from a very generous Colorado club.

RDF plans to begin work on the lower level of 220 E. 3rd St. on Oct. 1. We hope to open for fencing in November.

Here’s what the space looked like in September: