Hooper's Hardware Store

Well, for a change - no stickers but still open backed though.
I now present.......Hooper's Hardware Store

Here we see Mr. Hooper about to sweep the front entrance of his store.
His father started this business in the late 19th century and modern ideas are the last thing on his mind......he's quite old fashioned in his ways.
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As you can see the store hasn't changed much since the late 19th century, the big drawers full of hardware, the big paper roll for wrapping parcels, the old school display tables and the big heavy front doors (yes, they do open and close perfectly).

Hopefully tomorrow if Mr. Hooper is in a good mood we can get some more interior and close up shots of the store.....but he was a little testy tonight so fingers crossed for tomorrow then.

Comments are always welcome, plus any questions for old Mr. Hooper.....hopefully he'll answer them (oh, I hope he doesn't mind being called old ?)

Keep watching.....more to come...hopefully.

As I said on EB, lovely building, the colours, the textures and the style are all spot on! And I LOVE the interior!!

I look forward to more, happy building  

Thanks 'timmy', now do I add any more to it or will it be too much ?

Wow that was a quick reply  

I think it's pretty good as is........ But there's always room for more interior detail.... I'm not quite sure what but I'm sure you'll think of something  

Well there is a little bit of spare floor space......but what to go there ?

Great use of bricks Tiger ,the fan and are they scales? at the side of the building are great

I like the colours of this building.

Thanks for the positive vibes 'Ajax' and 'SnapLock'......oh, yes and they are old fashion sack scales....took me two minutes to design them.  

Great design LT.

Excellent detail.

Though I must confess that I was drawn to the topic as I thought that I was going to see Big Bird sitting in Mr Hooper's store.  

And what about Bert and Erine eh ?  
I have stripped down this MOC now and parts in my new 1930's/40's art deco hardware store......don't forget to check that one out.