Basement bar renovations, part 1.

The basement of our house is partly finished.  In the 60s or 70s the old owners added some walls clad in fake wood paneling along with a drop ceiling.  They also built a bar also clad in the fake wood panels.  The bar frame its self is in good shape and will serve as a base structure for a full rebuild.

The starting point

My plan is to move the bar 90* from where it is now so its in front of the wall  and not the foundation.  Also under the wood paneling is the brick chimney.  I plan on using that as the back wall of the new bar.  I started stripping down the paneling today.  I do have some mortar work to do  to the bricks to fill in some spots but over all the wall is in very good shape for being over 100 years old.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll get the bar stripped down and finish up removing the panels around the brick.