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15/03

Fette Sau, Williamsburg

Fette Sau in Williamsburg Brooklyn is a casual and fun southern restaurant concept located in trendy Williamsburg Brooklyn. The owners have converted an unused garage into a BBQ restaurant that stays true to the gritty surrounding area, while delivering its very own identity to the locality.

The design stays true to its past by incorporating rustic industrial features into its authentic design. Tractor seats are used as bar stools while phonograph horns have been repurposed as light fixtures above the bar light fixtures.

Marble counter, reclaimed wood, brick, and polished-and-stained concrete are a great example of other materials used to create the rustic feel of the restaurant and bar.

The courtyard previously used for vehicle parking and service, is decked out with heavy wooden furniture, worn metal tables and chairs and illuminated signage.

What we enjoyed most about the restaurant’s approach it this way they have embodies the industry into the way the venue was designed and presented, clearing addressing the importance of the butchery side of the process.

(Photos from Facebook)

09/11

SHED 5, Melbourne

Melbourne restaurant, SHED 5, is a 19th century heritage listed former dock and wool store on the Yarra Waterfront. The predominantly industrial feel of the space is characterised throughout with the use of steel, timber and ceramics, including a three-tonne steel bar, a two-tonne rolled steel seat and banquette and a tiled feature wall.

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Special design features emphasise historic features inherit by the building such as the restored 120 year old timber floors and the original booking office space, beautifully restored for its current use as a private dining room and cellar. Reclaimed fixtures like industrial pendant lights from an old English railway station have been introduced to continue the general mechanical look and feel of the restaurant.

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18/03

Kin, London

Kin’s quirky interior is the result of a collaboration between neighbouring London studios Office Sian and Kai Design.

Large, bright letters at the entrance set the tone for the Thai restaurant that sits behind a modest shopfront. The space combines the simple furniture and finishes you’d expect from a canteen with more unusual touches like the organic wall illustrations, allowing the space to be playful but not overwhelmingly so. Rough brick and plasterboard walls provide the perfect backdrop for collections of items you might find a home, such as mirrors and colourful cupboards, arranged in unconventional ways, giving the space a pleasant, haphazard atmosphere.

(Images via Dezeen)

10/11

The Riding House Café, London

From the team behind Village East and The Garrison comes The Riding House Café, a modern all-day brasserie that fully embraces the current trend of salvage. Every item used in the eclectic interior – from the furniture to the fittings has either been reclaimed or is bespoke – creating a trendy, one-off space with a hint of English-eccentric.

The large space has excellent natural lighting, thanks to the large windows and the shell is largely left bare, exposing a patchy ceiling and the conduits that run along it. The RHC has three main sections – the white-tiled bar; the casual dining area with large tables for drop in diners; and a private, bookable dining area comfortably furnished with leather chairs and banquettes.

The dining area has been furnished with a massive communal dining table of scaffoling and timber, surrounded by old theatre seats have been shipped from California. Smaller tables with sturdy, ex-snooker table legs line the large windowed facade. The main dining area is divided into sections with a steel shelving unit that puts a collection of eccentric bits and pieces on display.

Reclaimed front doors, complete with mail slots that have been polished and glazed, and now function as cabinets seperating the private dining room from the rest of the restaurant. The private dining area is actually an old English stable that has been taken apart and reassembled in the restaurant; hinting at the equestrian theme of the name that was taken from its location on Riding House Street. The space uses the same tables as in the rest of the restaurant, but here they are surrounded by plush, upholstered chairs and banquets for indulgent private dining.

(Images via Flodeau)