Project Team

design: Plans and Elevations Pty Ltd

Suppliers

furniture: James Richardson
lighting: Great Dane
decorative wine racks:
Lifetime Industries
Stone:
Quantum Quartz

Charles Sedgley, owner of the successful European restaurant Barça Food and Wine, has teamed up with his entrepreneur brother, Edward Sedgley to bring the groove of Barça-Lona to Armadale in the form of
Lona Pintxos Bar.

The concept was derived through Charles Sedgley’s travels to Spain where he fell in love with the fun and vibrant honesty system of a pintxos bar.

Easy Barstool

Easy Techno-polymer barstool with 75cm Chrome or White Painted frame

James Richardson


On commencement of Lona Bar, the designers were presented with an old dated Chinese restaurant, however, the potential of the space was immediately apparent in its double height ceilings, prominent skylight, and full height curved glass façade.

The brief for Lona was that it needed to be a modern, clean somewhat high end space, and so the approach to the site was to work with it and its existing features, including the not so desirable ones, rather than against it, in order to achieve, the simplest most succinct outcome.

The floor was in very good condition, so it was decided the existing floor tiles were to be kept, hence the start of the palette. The tiles being quite busy, the rest of the palette was kept fairly simple, based on textured dark greys and whites with a pop of bronze/gold in the feature bar lighting which added warmth and linked in nicely with the existing stair rails and ceiling grates. The feature lighting together with the dark grey of the walls and ceiling, and the dark leather booth seating worked together to create a warm and inviting somewhat intimate space, which was important as the area being quite large, if not treated well could have felt cold.

Also existing were four Grecian style columns in the centre of the space. Again they were used to our advantage as an opportunity for zoning and breaking up the large space, painting the area white in contrast to the dark grey surrounding it, the space became a bright light filled area housing the beautiful inherited skylight. The feature wine racks also help to zone the space, creating a partition between the booth seating and the new bar area, while the new concrete finish feature wall links all the areas together and adds an edginess to the space.

Taking advantage again of an existing feature, the double height glass façade was used to its full capacity with large fluorescent Lona signage taking centre stage. The signage is a favourite feature and works perfectly to draw in passers by.

Overall the end result is very pleasing, the original vision has definitely been realized and even improved on in some aspects. Lona bar has become an amazing space, which feels both modern and edgy yet warm and inviting. It’s a place where people can come to enjoy a quick
drink or relax and enjoy the ambience, and the designers are proud to have had the opportunity to work on such a great project.