Woman Builds Pop-Up Pub In Garden So Dad Can Celebrate His Birthday During Lockdown
Selma Teskeredzic
Posted On April 5, 2020
Lottie Hiscox, 29, and her brother Jamie made their dad his very own pop-up pub – The Lord Ravensbourne – in his shed by getting creative with some old boxes and paint so that he can celebrate his birthday during lockdown.
Lottie said: “Listening to the very sound advice of the Government to stay home, we were a little sad we couldn’t celebrate my Dad’s birthday at our local pub.
“So, I decided to take some IKEA [boxes] and wine boxes out of the recycling and set to work the night before, making a pop-up pub in his much-loved garden shed.”
She raided her childhood bedroom to find some paints and crayons to add a bit of a colour. Then she cut up on an old carrier bag to make bunting and used old beer bottle stickers to place on the pub’s ‘taps’ – which move like real beer pumps, by the way.
She added: “The traditional pub sign is inspired by my brother‘s face and we named it The Lord Ravensbourne as the river Ravensbourne runs through our garden.
“I’ve hung up a dart board which was gathering dust in the shed, because every pub needs a dart board, and the paintings were actually painted by myself whilst in isolation too.” Fair play.
It will come as no surprise that Lottie’s dad ‘bloody loved it’.
“He was genuinely chuffed, and we had a fabulous day in the pub for him,” Lottie said. He’s even considering live-streaming a karaoke night and a pub quiz from his new brand-new watering hole.
Her crafty pub has since inspired a couple of her friends, who are also currently building their own garden pubs and say they can’t wait to visit The Lord Ravensbourne once the lockdown is over.
Offering advice for anyone else thinking about getting creative during isolation, Lottie added: “Use your imagination, however silly; raid your childhood art supplies, but most importantly stay at home!”
