Upon entering the venue, a corridor leads you to the centre of the venue where the bar is situated. The walls are clad in beautiful old Ship lap pine timber vertical panels that are roughly sawn and painted with Porters Wood Wash in Silver Birch. Polished concrete flooring is featured throughout with carpet in the lounge area.
Throughout the venue there are large stone columns complete with sturdy bolts that appear to be supporting the building structure however these are totally fake and are the work of master-fakers Diemme Creative Solutions.
The bar is very oversized for the venue and features a Jet Black Caesarstone surface with Acadamy Tile’s Feza Wall Tile laid in a hexagonal pattern on the bar front. Under bar lighting is provided by Optic Fibre & LED Lighting Solutions’ flexible SMD LED Strip lighting which offers energy efficient, maintenance free lighting technology perfect for continuous linear forms of illumination. Nudie Gold pendants from Ism Lighting hang above the bar.
“It’s not your classic eclectic space,” explained Paul. “It’s quite a punchy little bar with lots of character but not in a quirky style as it’s still quite a polished bar.”
The main dining area has fixed booths to its boundary with custom dining tables from Hughes Commercial Furniture, replica Wishbone dining chairs and a feature Shady Multi Chandelier pendant from Ism Lighting. Ikeda high tables from Café Culture are teamed with trio barstools.
The lounge area features booths created out of timber cladding sections and a warm russet coloured carpet. Standing out against this backdrop is the cobalt blue soft furniture of So Pretty upholstered chairs and Twingo sofas, both from Hughes Commercial Furniture. Low Roland and Antonio tables are scattered amongst the seating whilst HD3 wall lamps in brushed gold provide subtle lighting.
“The venue fit out is very soft and certainly targeted at females,” remarked Paul. “It’s a venue that operates on many different levels – after works drinks, snacks, bar menu, meals, late night snacks, late night kitchen and cocktails.”
Australia Venue Services Pty Ltd was approached to supply a back ground music system that could cater for the occasional DJ playing. Having already successfully used the Martin C115 speakers in places such as Hemmisphere and Lotus Restaurant in Potts Point, it was felt this was the best choices for The White Hart and consequently six were installed along with a Martin CS265 subwoofer. An Allen & Heath GR-05 rack mixer and a couple of QSC RMX850 amplifiers drive the system.
|