Like a kid in Candy Store...

A bit retrospective but I thought I'd post a couple of pictures of the Tuck Shop transformation that happened earlier in the year! It's quite a thing when your bosses not only go away for a week and trust you not to burn the place down but also let you loose on redecorating something especially in pink and green...

So this is what the Tuckshop used to look like- a bit tired and erm...well uninspired shall we say?

To put it another way- it needed some lovin! So we cleared it out, fridges, shelves (which weigh a ton by the way!) and everything else, and set to work giving it a new lease of life! Darla came up with a funky 50's theme, and so we cracked open a tin of pastel pink and a tin of mint green and set to work on the walls! She came up with a cool idea of different sized circles in patterns on the walls- although dubious at first, I agree it looks awesome!

After that, I got with making some new shelves out of super wood (MDF) which went together quite nicely. A lick of yellow paint and a coat of varnish and they were good to go!

The same had to happen on the existing shelving to give it a bit razzmatazz, and we were getting there! The desk got a 'Cash Rap' an MDF front (painted yellow of course) and a custom made bespoke chequer board top. I was insist ant that chequer boards had to be used somewhere- if only we could afford to redo the floor....

When that was done, there was but a few finishing touches to complete before we were ready for customers. Not least our huge and possibly illegal Coca Cola poster rip off which adorns half of one wall...hopefully its altered enough to get around most copyright infringement laws...

And that was us pretty much done- from tired old camp shop into a rockin 1950's Candy Store in a mere week! I think its probably the most unique shop on a campsite I've ever seen!

We did get the seal of approval from the kitchen ladies though...so all is well...