In the midst of the pandemic, a fun collaboration presented itself with a past client, Dame, a restaurant in NE Portland. While the restaurant was closed, Dame had pivoted to selling wine out of the building. But over time, the restaurant became overcrowded with boxes of wine preventing the flexibility of reopening when the time allowed. With so many restaurants struggling, and being longtime friends with the owners, Owen Gabbert wanted to help. Together, he and the owners purchased a shipping container and built it out to accommodate an open-air wine shop that Dame was able to fit in its side yard. While overall scope was small, some framing, sheetrock, painting, HVAC and electrical, the effect was quite large: a cute shop up front with a lot of storage in the back. Today, Dame is back open and now the owners rent out the space to a sake shop.