Retail Therapy Museum

14/04/2026

Here you can see the build up of the kitchen and exhibition room walls. Embracing the industrial building we are in. The walls are clad in osb and old corrugated iron. Lots more as been going on but there never seems time to post. Hopefully it won be so long next time.

17/03/2026

Here we are using unwanted partion walls for dividing up the museum area to create the shop side walls. They are all 8 feet high and the longest one is 19 feet. These are all unused but were not fit for purpose, they are perfect for us though!.

15/03/2026

Here you can see us carefully removing the shelves from Finegans Drapery and the floor from the main counter area. Hidden under a bottom shelf were some nice finds.

10/03/2026

A quick look around the loft in Finnegans, at the various items of different decades that had been left behind when the shop closed. Check out the next posts to see what we find.

05/03/2026

A chance meeting has lead to the fantastic addition of a Drapery shop that has been trapped in time. Trading since 1887, it retains allot of its original fixtures and fittings and also some old stock from the 1960's and earlier. Follow along to see the exploration of the shop and see what we find. It is fascinating what has been saved.

22/02/2026

Lots has going on since the last post, but most of it being fiddly plumbing and wiring which is hard to see. So it was great to finally build some stud partition walls this week, and feel like some real progress is being made.

25/01/2026

A fun addition to the museum, it will become part of the retail space, some might have seen it where it spent a number of years serving customers.

24/01/2026

19/01/2026

Beginning work on the build, starting with the least exciting part, the toilets! However once they are done it's only up from here.

12/01/2026

Here is the plan and some images of roughly what some of the shop front will look like, and some real examples from around the country giving inspiration to what will be created.

04/01/2026

Following years of deliberation, we have taken the plunge and secured a 5000sq ft building to expand the museum into a destination and experience. This is a self build project and we will post regular updates.