Designers recently completed major renovations in both the Club and Little Venice restaurant.

"Bath/Butterworth issued us the plans and we worked with them,'' said Mr.

Charles Whited, carpentry supervisor of DeCosta Construction Ltd.

The construction company began the restorations in February and completed most of their work by mid-April, according to Mr. Whited. "We gutted the entire insides of The Club,'' he said.

"Prior to the refurbishment, windows existed in the club but they were dry walled so we exposed and reconditioned them. Also, we resurfaced the main walls, redid the ceiling and relocated the bar,'' he said.

The brass tiles in the ceiling were replaced with a fire rated dry-wall ceiling. And the walls were panelled with stained mahogany in a three foot border starting from the floor. Also, the old bar was moved and replaced with an elegant mahogany and marble bar.

DeCosta Construction built a fireplace set in a stone-grey, brick-faced wall at the back of the club. And they custom-made two iron-cast gate wine display cases which are set into the wall. "We also custom-made 20 small mahogany tables for the club,'' said Mr. Whited.

In the downstairs restaurant, DeCosta Construction enhanced the decor by re-tiling parts of the floor and replacing the glass in all of the windows.

"We basically upgraded and remodelled the restaurant,'' Mr. Whited said.

The company is still in the process of improving the facade of the building.

"We already put sunburst details over the door of the main entrance and around the windows,'' said Mr. Whited. "It is very intricate masonry work.

But we plan to eventually put more architectural detail around the windows of the second story as well as shutters,'' he said.

New fire safety measures in the Little Venice building were installed by DeCosta Construction. The company built new ceilings and doors in the fire escape at the rear of the building.

In the kitchen, DeCosta Construction re-tiled the walls and installed a new fire-rated drop ceiling. They converted an old trash room into a gas cylinder room at the rear of the building.

And they added other security features to protect patrons in the event of fire. "We installed the most up-to-date fire alarm system,'' Mr. Whited said.

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