So, credit where credit is due, I bought a Woodland Scenics Davenport department store after seeing how fellow forumite Lee transformed his into a hotel (as detailed in his thread). I thought that was a great idea... and all of the sudden a building that previously didn't appeal became a "must have."
I followed a similar apprach to Lee, borrowing several of his ideas, but made a couple of other tweaks along the way. Most notably, I replaced the faux wall lamps above the signage with working light fixtures. I also recycled the store display "alcoves" into small vignettes that could be placed in the upstairs windows and lighted using their original dimmable LEDs.
The first pic is of one the upstairs windows, with a guest keeping an eye on the neighborhood
Interior of the hotel
Building lit (first bench test)
Here's another window - this one a bathroom
I like the way those curtains came out...
I kept the adjacent store an accountant's office... and decided to detail that one as well
Here's the view of how I divided the space
The hotel name is, of course, a National Lampoon reference...
-Dustin
If the building were mine though, the accountant office would go bye by and I would make that space into a cafe/hotel mini restaurant.
