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Bourbon Bowl Restaurant and Bowling Alley: An Old Favorite Reimagined

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A hip, excited reimagining of the bowling alley venue, Bourbon Bowl brings the flavor of vintage retro fun paired with classic new dishes and cocktails to downtown Greensboro, NC. Interior Designer Erica at Assembly Design did an amazing job mixing industrial and retro styles to make a cohesive design.

Bourbon Bowl, a space-born from a junkyard and a gas station, enlivened the downtown scene with classy industrial swag and trendy decor in June 2021. Featuring six bowling lanes, patio seating, Greensboro’s longest bar, and craft food, beer, and cocktails, the venue hosts the traditional dine-snack-bowl idea paired with upscale eats and drinks. The restaurant also serves as an event venue and hosts kids’ parties, along with being the local fun bowling alley hangout with offerings of craft beer, craft cocktails (bourbon is a house specialty), and entrees southern-style like Bourbon BBQ Chicken Kabobs and Brisket Mac.

Many of the vintage-industrial items that grace the restoration space were sourced from Olde Good Things. OGT splices old and new into a custom design, making our architectural salvage and altered antiques stimulating visual and textural contributions for so many redevelopment project clients. Restaurant and retail designers take the cue from the green-repurposed, industrial, and vintage antique movements and invent classic, stylish, contemporary ways to arrange and rearrange collective spaces – often also repurposed.

Oak tabletops with a natural stain, reclaimed and reused from industrial hardwood flooring, make a sharp impression in Bourbon Bowl’s lounge and bowling seating areas. Tabletops were created from OGT stock of reclaimed flooring, along with square industrial table legs.

Diners, drinkers, and bowlers are illuminated by OGT inventory large and double large industrial holophane lights with Art Deco fixtures. Read more about the intriguing history of our stock of holophane lights, reclaimed from factories and industrial settings, initially invented to maximize the dispersion of light. The client also incorporated a NY copper flush mount subway light; original pieces such as this are eye-catching details that give imaginative spaces character.

Frosted chicken wire window glass makes an updated, reinforced replacement for glass windows, along with sets of Poughkeepsie windows. Chicken wire glass is a favorite for strength and durability. Its atmospheric contribution to spaces is the natural filtering of light with varying levels of opacity for privacy. Glass-paneled oak doors add an additional structural touch to the overall metro industrial theme, complementing the raw brick and corrugated aluminum meets colorful vintage tile and decor.

Redevelopment of downtown areas is a major movement nationwide, and OGT continues to delight in serving designers, retail, hospitality, and other industry with reclaimed architectural salvage from historic buildings – a vision that flows along with the contemporary green design and modern industrial chic.

Our pieces are sourced from famous and historic buildings during demolition or renovation to keep these history-riddled, character-filled classic pieces in use for their beauty, durability, and craftsmanship. For more information on our inventory, customization process, or design tips, contact us at Olde Good Things to have a specialist work with your specific needs.

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Colonial Eatery Brings Repurposed Architectural Elements

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The Assembly Design Studio designers of Ledger, a local restaurant and bar on New England’s North Shore, envisioned a “rough restoration” of the historic Salem Savings Bank — a place where customers could relax in a contemporary dining space and absorb the colorful history of Salem.

Salem Savings was erected in 1818 and is the second oldest incorporated savings bank in America. Notable bank customers of bygone days include Salem-born Nathaniel Hawthorne, dark romantic author of The Scarlet Letter, and Alexander Graham Bell, who patented the first telephone.

History comes in many flavors at this modern eatery. Regional cuisine is on the menu, inspired by traditional Colonial New England cooking techniques and local fish, meat, and produce. Local fare, cocktails mixed behind a leathered white macaubus granite bar, and fresh seafood from the oyster bar are offered in an authentic vintage industrial atmosphere. The restaurant’s decor was formed from the existing raw materials of the historic building, accentuated with reclaimed materials and distinctive pieces of architectural salvage. In the entry, visitors will walk through a glass and metal vestibule which showcases the original plaster ceiling and a custom 82” chandelier. A bank teller window adds to the ambience as guests enter the dining area, where a repurposed communal white oak table provides seating for 22. A contemporary wall crafted from metal safety box doors lends an industrial edge to the dining area, while a bank vault houses the walk-in refrigerator.

Exposed iron beams and rough brick and wood architecture provided a raw palette for the designers of Ledger to work with. Custom charred wood planking was incorporated into the design, a material reminiscent of Salem’s powerful and dark history which includes the Witch Trials and Great Fire of 1914. Other authentic details include distressed leather barstools, tufted banquettes, tile from the 1930s, and historic bank ledgers used for artistic display.

Ledger’s sophisticated vintage holophane lighting hails from the 1920s era and was supplied by Olde Good Things. The soft ambience of the fixtures offers a stark contrast to the lofty reclaimed wood inset on the ceiling and exposed iron beams. Our industrial Holophane light fixtures are sourced from factories across the Northeast and are a reminder of the Golden Age of “scientific illumination”. OGT’s extensive selection of Holophane fixtures from the 20s and 30s is salvaged and restored in our shop.

Besides their widespread usage in industry, the luminaires are ideal for contemporary commercial usage to illuminate a space without glare or dark spots. They are very popular in auction houses and amongst reclamation connoisseurs for their economical and efficient dispersion of light, along with the historic magnetism of their design.

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Industrial Style Dining Room Tables at Olde Good Things

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Who would have dreamed that interiors once reserved for factories and warehouses would one day grace our living spaces? The industrial style movement has taken the design world by storm — and we love it! Here at Olde Good Things, our salvage team seeks out the industrial with our careful excavations of historic buildings.

 

Not only is the loft look the epitome of sleek and modern, it adds a simple, utilitarian vibe to household effects. By combining the durability of historic craftsmanship with contemporary design, hard, manufactured edges with soft, discreet undertones, the industrial living space achieves a robust balance between nature and the innovation of man.

The secret to achieving this ambience is by using open space as a design element and breaking up the space with a few signature items. The industrial look may include, but is not limited to: marine salvage, industrial carts, pulleys, salvage machine bases, and salvage lockers illuminated by industrial lighting fixtures. Lighting can be achieved by utilizing overhead holophane fixtures from a factory, or repurposed steel cage sconces. Earthy elements like copper, tin, iron, and corrugated metal are salvaged from the discard pile and made by Olde Good Things shops into mirrors and furniture.

Custom Industrial Tables

One of the most highly revered pieces of the modern design aesthetic is the custom, industrial style dining room table. Olde Good Things prides itself on repurposing pieces of unassuming, natural materials into beloved and substantial tables. Custom tables can feature surfaces constructed of reclaimed wood or steel, paired with steel or cast iron legs. Clients have the option of ordering matching wood benches to complement their custom industrial dining table. Tables are made-to-order with a 6-8 week production time. Table top sizes can be customized to fit need and usage.

For a custom piece of history like the rustic table, Olde Good Things offers a selection of pine, oak, maple, walnut, and steel for the surface. Slabs are available in smooth, rustic, or semi-rustic textures with a selection of stain colors. Cast iron or steel legs serve as a base.

To learn more about our distinctive crafting process, visit our website page here, or come see us in person at our Scranton, Pennsylvania warehouse.

Industrial Cast Iron Table Legs Styles Video

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Our cast iron machine table legs are redesigned from original jewelry press legs made in America during the early 19th century. These legs are manufactured specifically to pair with our one of kind reclaimed wood table tops. Each leg has a top plate with four mounting holes for easy mounting, great for making your own industrial farm dining room table, coffee table or bench. There are five styles to choose from, two with a counter height option. Each leg is lacquered to prevent rust and gives the iron a blackened color. We offer metallic highlighting of the embossed lettering on the Brooklyn legs and the New York legs. We also offer custom coloring and distressed finishing. Please contact us for pricing on custom options.

 

 

 

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