Mike the Cookie Widower's transcript of the building process can be found here.
Take a look at the pictures to see the journey of building my 16x16 slice of cookie heaven!

1.  It starts with a dream. . . and a drawing.

4.  Uh oh.  This is really happening.

7.  Walls

10.  Insulation and Moisture Resistant Drywall

13.  Equipment installation, all commercial/NSF

2.  Building permits.  Are we really going to do this?!

5.  Block foundation

8.  Roof and Siding

11.  Painting, wipe-able wall board, HVAC cutout

14.  The workhorse of the kitchen- NSF Commercial KitchenAid.  Sad that it only comes in white with a BRIGHT orange cord

3.  Staking out the location.

6.  Framing and pretend baking

9.  Electrical and plumbing

12.  Sink installation (3-basin and hand wash).  Mop sink is in a closet.

15.  Commercial convection oven.  A serious learning curve was necessary.

16.  Storage.  There's never enough.

17.  Ingredients bin- one for flour, one for sugar

The left side of my "shop"

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And the right side. . .

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