Renovation Reveal- It's Here!

Our Renovation Is Complete! Here's Exactly What We Did!

After an enormous amount of work our Forest Lakes Renovation is now complete! We are absolutely head over heels in love with our new look! My mom started Bright Beginnings Preschool in 1984 and it is truly incredible to see her vision come to life with this extensive remodel.

Since our Forest Lakes school is our oldest building we thought it would be the perfect school to renovate first! Through every step of the renovation process we made sure that our children would not be affected by the construction. We even stayed open throughout the 4 weeks of renovating. We hired an awesome construction crew out of Georgia to work throughout the week night's from 6pm to 6am and during the day on the weekends so there would be minimal impact on our kid's school days!

This project really was a team effort. We hired Better Beans Branding to head the renovation and to take care of all of the details and they delivered big time! We couldn't have done it without them. Knowing they cared not only about our vision but also our values as a family owned preschool made working with them so special. My Dad, Bob Petchel, woke up at 3am every day during the week for the entire month to ensure the school was in perfect condition for drop off each morning! My mom, Kathe Petchel, was a part of picking out every single item down to each paint color and light fixture. And here's a really fun fact- all the beautiful enlarged photographs of wildlife that are in the classrooms were taken by my dad from his travels around the world! He is such an incredible photographer, huh?! Also, all of the enlarged photographs we have around the building of preschoolers... are OUR preschoolers! We had a photographer come in to take pictures just for the Forest Lakes renovation!

So... you may be wondering what we did exactly to renovate? Well the answer is pretty much everything! The school looks like a completely new building!

Here's what we did:

• New stunning wood flooring
• Observation windows in our classrooms and Director's office to promote transparency and trust
• New furniture throughout the entire school (tables, chairs, play sets)
• New beautiful white cabinets in our classrooms and kitchen
• Gorgeous Glass entry doors with our Bright Beginnings logo on them
• Non-toxic paint throughout the entire school
• New bathroom appliances
• New countertops throughout the entire building
• Tangerine accent walls to add a bit of "pop!" to our classrooms
• Classroom Under Cabinet dimmable lighting (great for soft lighting during nap time!)
• New adorable classroom signs
• Beautiful large Canvas photos hung of our Bright Beginnings kids
• Refurbished lobby with shiplap walls, a beautiful desk for our Director, new cabinets for storage, (and proper counter space for our our coffee machine!) reclaimed wood shelves
• Brand new doors
• New sinks
• An updated sign on the end of our property
• Gorgeous enlarged wildlife photographs in all classrooms (taken by my Dad!)
• Beautiful enlarged photographs of our Bright Beginnings kids throughout the building
• New LED lighting throughout the entire building
• State of the art security cameras for training purposes

And we still have a few small finishing touches that we are currently working on over the next few weeks!

Here's what they are:

• Exterior signage on the front of our building
• New classroom bulletin boards
• New natural looking rugs for classroom play

To see all of our stunning renovation pictures check out our gallery here!