Another step closer! The team started construction on what will be the back part of the bar. They built a custom box and furred the wall out 6" to create a landing pad for our antique back bar. The piece itself was salvaged--by us--from a church outside San Jose. The church dates back to the early 1900's and was full of some amazing items that will also make an appearance in FA. The bar measures 11' x 5' and is made of first growth fir. A grain pattern so tight that every self-titled wood worker who sees it spends the next 20 minutes telling us how, "they don't make this any more!"
Cyrick and I have spent the better part of 2 months refinishing the piece in our wood shop. The bar had 6(!) coats of paint that needed stripping. It was amazing to see how the colors changed with the decades. The color order top to bottom: white, green, yellow, mauve, white, and, finally, a dark stain. Truth be told, the stain was without question the best looking. I guess it's easier to paint over than stain again.
We sanded the final piece with 50, 80, and 120 grit to make it nice and smooth. We have yet to determine the final color, but as the floors, ceiling, wainscot, etc. go up, we'll have better idea of her final look.1) What the original piece looked like
1&2) some of the grain detail and color variations
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