The 40 Year Old House

[Nick Grant]

matty g said:

I'm torn. Not my style at all, But it looks fantastic. You should be very proud of that house......and Bar

Thanks dude

[Nick Grant]

More progress. Needed a unit for the bar to be the bar itself so I wanted to put something together that looked like it had been made of bits of driftwood or whatever was lying around, which it was. Used some more of the door for the top. Also finished lining the inside of the shed too with more doors. That makes it all pretty much done with the exception of the electrics, so need to get those finished off.

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

[Nick Grant]

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

[Steven-fuwza]

awesome place you have there! the inside of the house looks like it could be right out the 60's and 70's, but in a good way haha!
cant be too far from me either, i live near grangemouth and i noticed on your flickr you aint far from stirling! some bit of land you have out the back of your house too!
how did you hear about young ross and his pinstriping? i guess with the chevvy and the liking for old vehicles, he's kinda got himself a good name in and around the scene! i know ross and jaye from the volkswagen scene!

[Nick Grant]

Steven-fuwza said:

awesome place you have there! the inside of the house looks like it could be right out the 60's and 70's, but in a good way haha!
cant be too far from me either, i live near grangemouth and i noticed on your flickr you aint far from stirling! some bit of land you have out the back of your house too!
how did you hear about young ross and his pinstriping? i guess with the chevvy and the liking for old vehicles, he's kinda got himself a good name in and around the scene! i know ross and jaye from the volkswagen scene!

Thanks for the kind words. Yep not too far away. When I moved up I was having trouble finding out what was going on with Hot Rods/Yanks so set up a facebook group, Kustom Kulture Scotland. I think I met Ross through there, he is going to do some work on my Plymouth Van this weekend. His stepdad Jerry over at Deadline Paint and Body has flaked the roof on the Chevy too. I come from a VW background myself so love aircooled stuff. Some awesome cars coming out of Tillicoutry.

[Koosh-m]

Nick Grant said:

Thanks for the kind words. Yep not too far away. When I moved up I was having trouble finding out what was going on with Hot Rods/Yanks so set up a facebook group, Kustom Kulture Scotland. I think I met Ross through there, he is going to do some work on my Plymouth Van this weekend. His stepdad Jerry over at Deadline Paint and Body has flaked the roof on the Chevy too. I come from a VW background myself so love aircooled stuff. Some awesome cars coming out of Tillicoutry.

Not a problem! you dont see too many americana day-to-day up here but there are alot hidden away (saying that there is a baby blue chevy bel air sitting in my works car park this morning). Jaye used to help his buddy gordon out at a shop called G-Wagenz in Alloa and we used to have a monthly meet there so i know jaye quite well! i have deadline on facebook and i can actually remember seeing photos of the flaked roof on there! looked very cool!

[Nick Grant]

Very excited about this weekend's planned activity. Last weekend I prepped by digging trenches and fixing posts into the garden and mounting lights on the bar, this weekend the electrician is coming to connect it all up. The bar and wood will all be lit up

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

[Hoonabator]

Love it, not following trend and doing it your own way. Very refreshing to see.

[Nick Grant]

Hoonabator said:

Love it, not following trend and doing it your own way. Very refreshing to see.

Thanks very much.

Lighting is taking longer than I thought due to the weather and availability of the electrician. Will update when it up and running.

[smithyithy]

This is such a unique and cool build, I love the interior style!

And that garden looks fantastic - something like that would sell a house to me, exactly what I'm after.

How far back does it go / what does it back onto, if you don't mind me asking?

How you mentioned above moving north of the border, and another recent thread about relocating to Scotland has my interest peaked at the moment

[Nick Grant]

smithyithy said:

This is such a unique and cool build, I love the interior style!

And that garden looks fantastic - something like that would sell a house to me, exactly what I'm after.

How far back does it go / what does it back onto, if you don't mind me asking?

How you mentioned above moving north of the border, and another recent thread about relocating to Scotland has my interest peaked at the moment

Cheers. The whole plot is about an acre. There is nothing behind at all, it was thick woodland when we moved in but was cut down a week later, some of it has been replanted. There is planning in submission to build a mountain bike track there (as a sweetner for house building elsewhere) but I don't think it will be approved.

[Nick Grant]

I never got round to putting up pics of the lighting done, it only got finished just before Christmas. Looking magical in the snow tonight around the bar...

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

Tiki Bar by Nick Grant, on Flickr

[Rich_W]

Nick Grant said:

IMG_8909 by NickGrant.co.uk, on Flickr

Nick, I saw a pic a while back of your egg shaped toilet on Tumblr! (from a link on here IIRC) So had to read this thread!

Like many, not really my style (though I like the bathroom)

May I ask where are these display/storage units from?

[BigTom85]

They look like IKEA units to me.

[Nick Grant]

Rich_W said:

Nick, I saw a pic a while back of your egg shaped toilet on Tumblr! (from a link on here IIRC) So had to read this thread!

Like many, not really my style (though I like the bathroom)

May I ask where are these display/storage units from?

Yes IKEA, Besta, but I think they have changed the design now.

[Rich_W]

Thanks guys.

Yes, the design has changed a little. But I still like them

[Mrs Muttleysnoop]

Those pictures are stunning, wow, wow and more wow.

[milner993]

Well done on the project, I would love to this amount of space to let my imagination run wild. Congrats

[miniman]

Lighting is fabulous. Very jealous of the amount of secluded outdoor space you have there!

[jjones]

Love this! Mad as a box of frogs.