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For the interior walls, I cut strips of 1/2"-wide balsa wood, stained them to match the rest of the trim, and glued them along the lower half of the walls.…

For the counter in Gastronomia Furlan, I started by building the frame out of 1/4″ bass wood. The front and sides will be covered with a veneer of balsa wood…

I made this sidewalk using the same technique as my first three shops. After painting the perimeter of the base with a medium dark gray and the edges with a…

I stained the trim to match the exterior and painted the walls white. Once the walls are assembled, I'll be adding details such as wood paneling and baseboards.

In Italy, a gastronomia is a food shop that typically serves ready-to-eat meals, such as pasta, meat, or vegetable dishes. Even though I've shopped at many gastronomie in my travels,…