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A large shed was transformed into a bespoke pub complete with huge bar, games area, kitchen and mezzanine level.
The project
Living in the Perth Hills, there aren't any nearby pubs, so we made our own! It's taken us about eight months to convert half of our shed. We did all the work ourselves, except for the main partition wall frame, and the electrics. I did all the woodwork, and my partner did the brickwork, tiling and metal installations, including fixing an old broken spiral staircase that we salvaged from the local tip. Naturally, we virtually lived at Bunnings during the transformation, especially as we're renovating the whole house too.
Steps
Step 1
These are some before photos, including the partition wall frame that went up. Apart from the electrics, this was the only things we got someone else to do. We did clad the wall ourselves in plasterboard painted black for the back-drop to the bar.
Step 2
The centrepiece of the whole pub is the bar. I didn't really have a design, I made it up as I went along. Trickiest part (apart from the size and weight of working with such heavy wood) was mitring around the posts and the bar top, as it was two-tiered and constructed using pocket hole joinery. I also made some under-bench shelving units for plenty of storage. For the dartboard area right next to the bar, I re-purposed some panelling that came out of our study that we renovated.
Step 3
Opposite to the bar was a mezzanine area where firstly I changed the ugly steel girders and white board, to make it look the ceiling was made from wood planks. I did this by firstly painting the steel girders black, and then ripping up some 6mm plywood into planks and staining them, then nail gunning them into position. I was very pleased with the effect.
Step 4
Next were the walls to this area under the mezzanine which would be the pool table area, with a salvaged spiral staircase up to the mezzanine, a barrel table seating area and a kitchenette.
We created different wall textures, one of wood panelling. One of wood panels with rusty metal inserts, and a feature brick-tiled wall for the kitchenette block.
Step 5
Some photos of the finished pub from different angles. As you can see, we've fitted in a sofa seated area where there's also a TV on the wall for watching soccer matches and playing music videos, a pool table area and a dartboard area as well as a huge bar.
Tools and materials
Materials used in the project:
- Various sizes of timber, some salvaged
- Plasterboard
- Plywood
- Black paint
- Floor paint
- Timber stain
- Rubberised adhesive
- Cement
- Cement dye
- Reclaimed metal roofing
- Blackboard
- Lighting
- Wax.
Tools used in the project:
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Wooooooo @Poshrustic
So glad I left this tab open! 
That is an amazing amount of high quality work. I love the timber inset ceiling.
Your eyes just keep finding new nicer things to look at 
What was your favorite part of the project?
The false brick wall was impressive as well, does it help with sound transfer by any chance?
Who needs a bar when you have your own!
Dave
Thanks @Dave-1 for your positive feedback, its very encouraging!
The whole project was fun - I love seeing the transformation as it all takes shape. Building the bar was a challenge for me due to its size and the very heavy timber I was using (plus, I'd never built one before and was making it up as i went along) mitering around the posts on the two-tier bar was definitely a challenge, and then there was the in-built shelving - but I'm really happy with the result. I'm not sure if the brick tiles offer much sound-proofing, as the mezzanine ceiling is very basic and offers no sound-proofing at all...especially when the music is playing very loudly!
