"Game of Thrones" in your Kingdom?

Adding furniture and decor further envelops you in the world of a time gone by.   Inviting you into the space is a hand carved, wood and metal name plaque.A rustic built-in banquette and pub table have handmade inlayed tile. The built-in banquette offers the coziness and privacy to converse about battles and political intrigue.Step into a world of mystic intrigue...descending a flight of stairs, you are led into an old-world room where you find a crowd gathered by a fireplace and a full bar.  As you move forward, you are enveloped by the feeling that you've just ventured into a different century.This is the idea for our client's "Game of Thrones"-inspired, themed basement, which McGrath Interiors is finishing designing. The clients have a collection of old-looking artifacts (think swords, shields and beer steins) that will be hung on the walls and displayed on the shelves.  Their desire is that our design will provide an authentic backdrop for these pieces, which will be the finishing touches to the themed space.  Our challenge has been to unite the two kingdoms of modern conveniences and medieval lore.In addition to the bar and fireplace, a built-in banquette and table are coming, and a small pub table in the main bar area.  We have also completed a lounge/TV viewing area, wine storage room, a large gym, powder room, and the unfinished area for storage/utilities.  The first image below shows the final product of the bar area. The second image below shows the "before" image of the bar area followed by a 3-D rendering of our design. Existing beams and columns were wrapped in distressed, "hand sawn" wood. We installed vertical wooden posts around the perimeter of the main room, and on the ceiling. The areas between them were refinished to have an old, uneven, and hand-plastered look.  Fieldstone now covers the columns flanking the bar, as well as the floor behind the bar.  A metal foot rail adorns the front of the bar.  The bar-back got custom cabinets with planked doors, with custom ironwork on the fronts of the upper cabinets.  All of the appliances have been hidden behind wood panels that match the cabinetry.  (Nothing modern-looking allowed here)!We selected a variable-width, hand scraped, engineered wood floor, which covers most of the main area.   All of the doors are custom-made to look old, with a glass insert in the door to the wine storage room.  This room has floor to ceiling custom shelving for wine bottle storage, with a sliding shelf to access where beer kegs are stored.For the windows, new wood trim, diamond/gridded wood dividers, and shutters have all been added to heighten the medieval ambiance of the room.  Much of the furniture has been custom-made.  There are now plenty of sconces and candelabras to complete the old-world feel.  By using distressed textures and paying close attention to design and details, our clients and their guests will be transported to another world-- a perfect place to relax and have a drink, or perhaps lose oneself in a popular television series.