Yesterday Tandleman (@tandleman) posted a load of pictures on Twitter from a 1960s Wilson’s brewery calendar. They’re great because (a) they show pub interiors, which is rare; and (b) they’re in colour.
We couldn’t stop looking at them last night: they’re so vibrant and the colour choices so… Un-pubby. Finally, stealing an idea from @CINEMAPALETTES, we spent a few minutes coming up with these.
1. Classic Pub
2. 1960s Pub
Even allowing for the difference in the style of photo — the former was snapped by one of us on a smartphone in afternoon light; the latter looks stage-lit and Technicolor gaudy — that’s quite a difference.
We might do a few more and add them to this post as we go. It would be interesting to look at a full-on craft beer bar, for example, most of which, we suspect, would be shades of cream and grey. And Samuel Smith pubs would be brown, dark brown, darker brown and black-brown, right?
If, by the way, you want to decorate your pub (or house…) in 1960s Wilson’s style, Florrie & Bill sell refurbished vintage ‘cocktail chairs’; this carpet is probably close enough; here’s a suitable wallpaper; and turquoise mosaic tiles, too.
5 replies on “What Colour Should a Pub Be?”
Nothing wrong with bright primary colours, but pastel shades are a no-no!
Wallpaper? Or Jason King’s smoking jacket?
Extraneous COlour? What’s wrong with just plain brick and wood?
The fine old 60s phrase ‘done up like a tart’s boudoir’ springs to mind.
Dark, oaky and smokey.