Autostrada Oyster Bar & Grill
Britannia Beach, BC. Heritage Fir in the Historic School House
New Fir Matched to a Century-Old School House Floor
About the Project
Britannia Beach began as a mining company town on Howe Sound. As part of Britannia Village’s renewal, the site was raised two metres and its original buildings were moved, restored and returned. One of them is the historic School House, now home to Autostrada Oyster Bar & Grill, where original first-growth timber sits alongside a modern fit-out by Vancouver design studio Ste. Marie.
Its Fir floor is more than 100 years old. Our scope was to add new narrow-plank Fir matched to it, floor the booths in Fir, and refinish old and new together so the room reads as one floor.
The Challenge
New boards had to sit beside century-old Fir without reading as a repair. Old growth and new timber take stain differently, and a restaurant floor has to carry service traffic from open to close.
- Matching a heritage floor: New narrow-plank Fir had to suit the width and character of boards more than a century old.
- Booths: The seating areas needed the same Fir as the dining room.
- One tone across old and new: A single stain and finish had to bring both together.
- Built for service: The finish had to take restaurant traffic.
Our Solution
We installed new narrow-plank Fir matched to the original boards and floored the booths in Fir. Then the whole floor, old and new, was sanded and refinished together in Bona DriFast stain in Jacobean, under a Bona Traffic HD commercial finish.
- Narrow-plank Fir: New boards chosen to match the existing School House floor.
- Booth floors: Fir installed through the booths.
- Refinished together: Old and new sanded and stained as one with Bona DriFast in Jacobean.
- Restaurant-grade finish: Bona Traffic HD, built for commercial traffic.
A century-old School House floor, extended and back in service.
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