The Fish Shop

All the high tables were covered in chalkboard oilcloth that can be easily wiped down and the table legs were based on a table I saw in Amsterdam with a beautiful picnic feel to them. The metal shades over the counter were customised with red stripes and the longitude and latitude of 22 Challis Ave.

Out the back I created an amateur fishing club. I lined the walls in the underside of old floorboards to give the feel of the interior of an old boathouse – I got this idea from a favourite old book printed in the 80s, Seaside Houses. Our blacksmith covered the tables in zinc and put all the patches in them, there are lots of marble tops and some are even made out of plastic chopping boards. I recycled beautiful old English tiles that have a crackle. I wanted to have a few materials that weren’t toss-away.

Lots of vintage lights collected from all over the place were dotted throughout the space, including Japanese glass buoys covered in knotted rope that our glasscutter hesitantly put a small circle into so we could turn it into a functioning light. I scoured Australia for old fishing nets, cork floats, cane covered bottles, an amateur shell collection from the 1950s, old canvas sails, hand fishing nets and cork fishing line (just like my grandfather had when I was growing up), glass bottles, shell lights and a huge collection of fishing flies and lures all made up the look & feel of this great little fish shack.

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