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Amazing Bar with Frederick Weinberg Stools

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Hepcats Haven

As usual, I was cruising Craigslist and came across this set last night. I noticed it had been on Craigslist for a couple days, and I thought I would just check to see if they still had it.

I assumed since it had been on there for two days that someone would have snatched it. We got a call this morning from the owner who stated she still had it. We jumped in the car and shot on over.

The thing that drew us to this bar are the cut outs in the front. The owner said it used to have colored plexiglass that was lit from behind. She said it was amazing when it was lit.

This bar will need a 100 point restoration. Since the Formica is chipped, I plan to redo the formica in black. That will go better with the animal print vinyl instead of the faux marble top.

I also plan to replace the silverfish finish on the foot rest area with black formica.

I might have to reinforce the bottom as well.

The shelf is at an angle so the alcohol labels can face up towards you, cool idea!

This bar has this cool little ornament on the front with a small chain draped across the front.

I am pretty sure these are Frederick Weinberg from what I could research online.

These stools don’t match the bar very well with the animal pattern they have on them now. I will try to find a similar cheetah pattern to recover the seats in.

This bar and stool set is now my next project. I am excited to see how it turns out. We have a bar in our living room that will be put into the shop since we snagged this one.

We try to upgrade our collection as we go along. This bar will make someone very happy, I am sure. It has served us well. Below are the bars we have owned over the years.

This swanky diamond bar was so cool with it’s two tier top. It had such an atomic feel to it. This is now sold.

This bar is the ultra rare Expando bar. We sold it recently to a lady in L.A. She was so pleased to get it.

We sold this 1963 Tropical Sun Company tiki bar at our grand opening, it sold in less than an hour!

This Art Deco bar was fantastic! It reminded us of an early jukebox because of how the front corners lighted up when the door was opened. This is now sold.

This wrap round bamboo bar didn’t last long in our booth. It has such cool simplicity too it.

This aqua bar was so awesome. We drove all the way to Fresno to get it. Now it is in someones home being enjoyed!

This is just a swanky 70’s bar. It’s now sold.

This tiki bar has already sold. We think it might have been a Paul Frankl, but we could not substantiate it’s pedigree.

This Tiki bar is currently in the process of being restored and will be in our shop sometime soon.

Here is the grand server that we still own and use today!

This is the first bar we ever bought and restored. We purchased this one in the early 2000’s (sorry for quality of picture).

Of course our beloved and rare Witco Tahiti Bar that we will be buried with, ha ha. We think a bar is a necessary piece to have in a home for entertaining. We think society needs more reasons to socialize with neighbors and friends, and what a better way to do it than sipping a drink at your own bar.

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Vintage Tiki Bar In The Rough

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Hepcats Haven

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Mel and I drove to a small town outside Chico to pick up a Tiki bar we found on Craigslist.

This Tiki bar was not in as good of condition as we thought it would be. All that means is I have to restore it. We plan to put this in the shop because Tiki stuff seems to be doing really well right now.

This bar looks fantastic from 20ft away but upon closer examination you can see that it will need some freshening up.

All the bamboo will need to be sanded and an application of Ipswich Pine stain will be applied. Once dry I will polyurethane everything to seal it from the elements.

The feet of this bar were made of compressed particle board. As you can see, they are rotten from water soaking into them. I purchased a 2 x 6 x 10 piece of lumber to replace all three of the rotted feet.

The Formica on top has a crack. I am going to use some creative license on the repair of the top. You will see what I am planning once I complete the bar.

This bar has a built-in cutting board, drawer and towel bar. As you can see, it has a lot of area for storage. This area will be refinished as well.

Of course the chairs will need to be refinished but the cushions are fine. They appear to have been redone recently.

I will be getting to work on this soon. It shouldn’t take long. Once restored, I am positive someone will want this in their home to enjoy for years to come.

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Simply Done

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Hepcats Haven

The are reproductions of original postcards from Hawaii. I These have a matte finish so they will not fuse to the glass. I could have used originals but I taped the back of these cards to the top of the bar and that may ruin them.

Here is a simple way to “Retro” something up. You can do this to any furniture that has protective glass on top of it. You can do this with family pictures, postcards, fabric or any kind of memorabilia. The only thing I can warn you about is if the finish on the pictures you are putting under the glass is glossy it may fuse to the glass ruining your pictures. If they are glossy then you will have to place those clear rubber bumpers under the glass to keep air between the two surfaces.

Here is what I am starting with

With this process you need to make a dry run and see how you want to lay out the cards before you tape them down. I tried it a couple of different ways to find what looked best.

I love the imagery of these cards. They make you want to jump on a plane and fly to far off tropical places.

Mel and I think this simple little trick is great! If you have a beat up surface or a surface you do not care for then this should help. The glass was about $60 bucks and the postcards were about $35. It would have taken a lot more effort to re-Formica this and I honestly we do not think it would have looked better than it does now.

The only thing we are waiting on now are the cushions. They are over at B&T upholstery. I expect we will have them sometime next week. We can not wait to see this bar finished.