Post #537721 by Club Nouméa on Sun, Jun 20, 2010 12:42 AM

To round off the window, I added a window box and some exotic plants:

Then it was time to move on and tackle the bar area. I found some interesting looking upholstery fabric that matched what I was aiming for, so I tacked that to the walls using some brass upholstery tacks with appropriately-patterned heads. For the back wall I used the reverse of the fabric (white background with a brown pattern), and for the bar itself, I used the front of the fabric (brown background with a white pattern).

For the bar frontage, I made some jungle-looking shields to go along the lower wooden panelling, then filled up the top half with clutter, mainly relating to Nouméa:

This shot gives you a better look at the fabric on the bar walls:

The Club Nouméa sign, featuring the coat of arms of the city of Nouméa:

Along with various pictures and posters of Nouméa and New Caledonia, I included a couple of tourist maps, some coins, and also a digital picture frame with various photos I have taken in and around Nouméa over the last twenty years or so:

As it is in a corridor and it would be too easy to knock pictures off their frames, the side wall is less busy picture-wise, with just a couple of my framed photos of Nouméa:

I found two very cool-looking Sepik River carvings from Papua New Guinea, depicting bird spirits, so they book-end the bar:

To round off the back wall where the window with the view of Anse Vata is, I put up a couple of spears and other odds and ends:

So, basically I have the front of the bar sorted out now:

The next step will be to put in shelving and storage behind the bar and (last but not least), stock up on booze....

CN