The Ceiling

Well we just about had the upstairs done. Really. We were ready to go. The place was clean. Hasd a party. The health department likes us. We just put up the new pine wall and we were getting ready to put the pine on the ceiling. We were going to leave up the old sheetrock on the ceiling and lay nailing strips to nail the pine to. It was going to a piece of cake, until our contractor told us that he didn't think that the metal framing under the sheetrock was strong enough to hold the sheetrock and the old pine flooring. Guess what? We had to take it down. What a mess. I was devastated. The place was almost ready to go. So anyway. we dove in and got it down with the help of Nico and Brian Leider our friends. We reinforced the metal framing and laid 3/8 thick plywood for nailers and off we went. We are close to finishing it. The whole project took two weeks. Set us a back a bit, but it was worth the filth and grime and dust. The ceiling is going to be beautiful. Hey, if the restaurant doesn't work out and you need someone to put flooring on your ceiling, I'm your man. Enjoy the photos.

metal framing, look at that old tin ceiling

the old sheet rock ceiling

more framing. notice the pine wall?

enough framing right?

nice right?

me and Nico cutting pine flooring

staining

3/8 in ply for nailing strips

first ceiling board

WTF did we do? Nice beard ha. First one ever this year

more stain

The banquette

We were at build it green in Astoria a few months back and noticed that they had these great old church pews or grange hall seating benches. They were great and knew that we had to have them for Lulu & Po. Kanan gave us the go ahead and so we bought them. Our contractor helped us to pick them up and they installed them for us too. To many angles and uneven floors for us to handle this project. So glad they did it. It looks great. Take a look.

the corner by the stairs

wet paint, looks great

 by the stairs again

before the paint

the seating at build it green

our nice stairs

 

More pics of the bar

Hear are a few more pics of the bar. It's almost done. Trying to post more about the space, but I have been running out of time in the evenings to get more stuff on the blog. We are making a big push to get the dinning room and kitchen done this week, so, hopefully I will have a bit more time next week for blogging. Enjoy.....

almost there

bowling alley lane bar top

back bar mirrors

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Moving on to the bar

The bar is going to be really great. After a lot of design issues due to the size of our space and our refrigeration and our seating area and our stairs and our kitchen and just about everything else, we did it. We got it in and it's looking great. The base is constructed of wood with metal plates around the face of it. All of the metal was manufactured on site and made to order. Kanan and Sanjive did a wonderful job designing it and our crew did a wonderful job making it. We had a little problem finding a big enough piece of wood for the top of the bar. We looked at all kinds of reclaimed wood, but nothing was wide enough. Then one day Po reminded me about this bowling alley lane wood that this guy named AJ was selling in Red Hook. We went and took a look at them. WOW. Perfect. The right width, the right length. Solid has hell. We bought a 10 ft piece weighing in at around 350 lbs. This monster was now reclaimed and has become part of of our beautiful bar. The plan is to strip it down so it's not so yellow and shinny and stain it to match our decor. More like a redwood or Mahogony. Be prepaired, there are 3o something photos to follow. Hope you enjoy.

 just starting  bar bar with shelves

 bowling alley lane wood

steel panels

nice

back splash tile

 made to order bar back table and built in sinkme and Sanjive dicussing the bar top

that's the wood. awesomea differnt piecethe lane at the shop before we bought it