In a remodeling project, it takes a special eye to look beyond a tired and dated space and let your mind imagine what could be. When Featured Customers Oleg & Richele Baburin and partners Walter & Michele Jahncke took over the Northside Café in Winterset, Iowa, last March, the space had drop ceilings, burgundy wallpaper, and dark ’70s-style paneling.
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Hmm, let’s see… what goes well with recycled wooden ammunition boxes? Porcelain barn lights of course! These 1950s-era ammo boxes played a starring role in the remodel of an existing space that has become the popular Brat Haüs Restaurant in Scottsdale, Arizona. Leading the design charge was Featured Customer and owner Dave Andrea and designer Kimberly Harris from Studio K in Phoenix.
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Every April, taste buds starts tingling and toes start tapping in anticipation of the annual Barbeque Cookoff and Bluegrass Jam at the Western North Carolina Farmer’s Market. For two years running, Okie Dokies Smokehouse has taken home the Grand Champion honors in the cookoff and, as a local favorite, looks to repeat next spring. The Smokehouse has two locations near Asheville, and at this location in the Swannanoa Valley, rustic wall sconces add as much flavor to the front porch and outdoor dining area as the sauce does to the ribs!
New England is in all its glory during the autumn. Florida may have cornered the market on summertime fun, but fall belongs to New England with its brilliant displays of color splashed against a deep blue October sky. And at the Acorn Canning Company, customers are flocking in to stock up on homemade jellies, hearty soups, pumpkin bread, and cranberry relish. No one will miss the sign out front thanks to the very functional and stylish gooseneck sign lights that line the front of the building.
Beer and bowling belong together much like cold weather and clam chowder or good merlot and a hearty steak. The Theresa Restaurant, located in the heart of Munich, Germany, has combined the concept of good food, tasty brew, and bowling all served up in an urban industrial style setting. Working from a gray and white palette, the interior features dining tables crafted from reclaimed wooden flooring, linen baskets for bread, along with some modern touches like bare bulb pendants and concrete flooring. Oh, and there’s the bowling lane downstairs complete with a chalkboard wall for keeping score.
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When you own a commercial business, be it a restaurant or retail venue, you have many considerations for your exterior spaces to capture people’s attention and draw them in. Landscaping is one way to spruce up the outside of a building as is bold, easy-to-read signage that can’t be missed. When darkness falls, it becomes even more important to have a good commercial lighting plan not only to highlight the exterior features, but to keep your property secure as well. Read More »
