About Me - punke.paul@gmail.com

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Oak Park (Chicago), Illinois, United States
I work with restaurateurs, designers, architects, businesses, construction companies and homeowners who need assistance turning ideas, visions, carefully thought out projects and sometimes even bewilderment into beautiful, well crafted finished products. I began doing paint finishes, murals, signage and building custom furniture and art pieces after graduating from art school in the early 80's and have been at it ever since. My largest project spanned almost ten years and began when a client needed help with a restaurant concept that he wanted to duplicate. After the second store came a third, a fourth,until I found myself responsible for creating and maintaining the "vibe" and the look of just over 200 stores in many different US markets along with a warehouse/furniture/artifact/signage production facility to support them! Now, I'm again spreading my talents around not knowing what new project or opportunity is around the corner and loving it. This blog/portfolio shows only some of the work I have produced over the years. I encourage you to dig back a ways. Some interesting things in here! Contact me at punke.paul@gmail.com with questions, comments and inquiries.

Jul 19, 2011

Nando's Peri-Peri, Gaithersburg, MD

http://www.nandosperiperi.com/

I just returned from working on my third Nando's in the DC area.  I had dinner at one of their other locations that I worked on last summer to see what it looked like finished.  Have to say, I was impressed.  I went back a second time before I came back just because of the food!  What a great concept. 

At this store I installed some cut wine bottle bottoms into two large windows with lights behind and installed bottles into a large curved wall inside the space.  The background of the windows and the wall were all textured with a rough plaster.  A large curved wall in the dining room and some areas not covered by tile in the restrooms were also textured with the same plaster. 



The bottle windows.






The bottle wall under construction.


Finished!


 




The walls.

 
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